Politics
From scarcity to abundance: US faces calls to share vaccines
This stark access gap is prompting increased calls across the world for the U.S. to start shipping vaccine supplies to poorer countries.
5 years ago
After Chauvin verdict, here’s the status of police reform proposals in Pennsylvania
After George Floyd’s death, Dems saw a rare opportunity to pressure the GOP to act on policing reform. Here’s where things stand.
5 years ago
Listen 1:56‘Green Amendment’ designed to bake environmental protections into Delaware Constitution
Delaware’s Green Amendment would create a Constitutional right to a clean and healthy environment.
5 years ago
Civil rights attorney Vanita Gupta confirmed as associate attorney general
The 51-49 vote elevates Gupta to the No. 3 position inside the Justice Department, where she's expected to help shape the administration's efforts to reform policing.
5 years ago
Delaware lawmakers want pandemic-related telehealth access to continue permanently
State Rep. David Bentz has introduced a bill that would eliminate pre-COVID barriers to telehealth access.
5 years ago
Delaware judge prevents convicted ex-police chief from taking town council seat
Michael Capriglione was elected despite lying about crashing his police cruiser into another police vehicle in 2018, then having video surveillance tape erased.
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Listen 1:32Delaware SEED scholarship expansion could help hundreds more students
Legislation to expand SEED scholarship availability could help more Delaware students earn degrees at community colleges.
5 years ago
Pa. man accused of leaving impeachment manager vulgar voicemails
Authorities have charged a man accused of leaving a series of vulgar voicemails at the Pennsylvania district office of U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean.
5 years ago
Lawmakers seek long-term limit on governors’ emergency power
Next month, Pennsylvania voters will decide a pair of constitutional amendments to limit disaster emergency declarations to three weeks, rather than three months.
5 years ago
Biden wants new ban on assault-style weapons. What lessons were learned from the ’90s?
Advocates face steep odds getting a new ban through Congress. If they can succeed, they hope to avoid a repeat of past mistakes that left the original law open to loopholes.
5 years ago
‘Clear the Capitol,’ Pence pleaded, timeline of riot shows
At the Pentagon, officials were discussing reports that the mayhem was not confined to Washington and that other state capitals were facing similar violence.
5 years ago
Group to study more justices, term limits for Supreme Court
In launching the review, Biden fulfilled a campaign promise made amid pressure from activists and Democrats to realign the Supreme Court.
5 years ago
A voter guide to Pennsylvania’s 2021 judicial elections
Voters will elect a slew of judges to Pa’s three statewide appellate courts — judges who will shape important policy in the state for at least a decade.
5 years ago
Philly pols eye wage and business tax cuts ahead of next city budget
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and Councilmember Allan Domb are mulling competing tax cut proposals.
5 years ago
Pa. vote signals support for child sex abuse window in bill form
Many victims lost the right to sue when they turned 18 or were young adults, depending on Pennsylvania state law at the time.
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