
Politics
Judge could force SEPTA to end ban on political ads
A fed. judge may force SEPTA to scale back its effort to keep politically charged advertisements off its bus shelters and vehicles when he issues a decision later this month
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Despite running for reelection in a historically blue state, New Jersey Democratic Senator Bob Menendez is struggling to maintain a lead over Republican challenger Bob Hugin.
Air Date: November 1, 2018
Listen 14:30Pennsylvania House lawmaker convicted of taking cash bribes
A Harrisburg jury found Philadelphia Democratic Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown guilty of bribery.
7 years ago
Transgender rights: #WontBeErased
Guests: Heath Fogg Davis, Leonore Carpenter, Nadia Dowshen The Trump administration is considering legally defini ...
Air Date: November 1, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:56Pennsylvanians abroad run into online roadblocks for absentee voting
Pennsylvanian expats have run into a roadblock trying to access absentee ballots: The Department of State website can’t be accessed from a foreign country.
7 years ago
Do Bob Casey's close relationships with pro-abortion rights progressives put his anti-abortion position in doubt?
Air Date: October 30, 2018
Listen 15:07N.J. announces $50M fund for 1,200 families still rebuilding after Sandy
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has ordered a $50 million appropriation to assist hundreds of families still rebuilding six years after the massive storm struck.
7 years ago
A Pennsylvania case that got to the Supreme Court in 1992 could have spelled the end for Roe vs. Wade.
Air Date: October 29, 2018
Listen 14:19Biden on mail bombs: ‘This division, this hatred, this ugliness — it has to end’
Biden quoting Yeats, "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
7 years ago
Pa., N.J., and Del. upgrading voting machines — not in time for midterms
The three states use electronic voting machines that can be hacked, and don’t have a paper trail to facilitate vote audits.
7 years ago
Two packages addressed to Biden intercepted in Delaware
None of the bombs have detonated and no one has been hurt.
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Menendez, Hugin clash in N.J. Senate race’s only debate
Sparks flew as New Jersey Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and Republican rival Bob Hugin clashed in their first and only debate.
7 years ago
Trump’s development tax break presents ‘unusual’ opportunity for Philly, Drexel fellow says
The Treasury Department this month issued proposed guidelines for the program, which includes 82 zones in Philadelphia, 300 in Pennsylvania.
7 years ago
Crude pipe bombs sent to Obama, Clintons, CNN; no injuries
All the confirmed bombs appeared to come from the same person or persons.
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Former Allentown mayor gets 15 years in prison on corruption charges
Pawlowski was denied bail. After sentencing, he was handcuffed and taken from the courtroom.
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