Politics
Wolf admin says SNAP restriction could impact 200,000 Pennsylvanians
More than 1.7 million people use SNAP in Pennsylvania, according to the administration.
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DA Krasner slams Kenney over ‘no excuse’ meddling with police complaints
Once-thorough descriptions of alleged PPD misconduct were reduced to a single sentence.
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Philly lawmakers want to ban guns from city playgrounds, rec centers — but face long odds
Pennsylvania’s preemption laws prohibit municipalities like Philadelphia from passing their own gun-control measures.
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Mueller’s testimony: a preview
Ahead of Wednesday’s testimony, we'll get up to speed on what Congress has been doing since the release of the report and what line of questioning Democrats plan to pursue.
Air Date: July 23, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:02Cranes, bicycles, and Beethoven’s 6th: Philadelphia Orchestra remembers 1973 in Beijing
Reporters from Chinese media invited to Philadelphia, ask the Orchestra about U.S-China relations, and what China was like back during their first visit.
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This economic theory could be used to pay for the Green New Deal
Liberal Democrats have embraced an obscure brand of economics — "Modern Monetary Theory" — to make the case for deficit-financed government programs like the Green New Deal.
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House holds Attorney General and Commerce Secretary in contempt over census probe
Democrats have demanded documents related to the origins of Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
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Philly pilots program to pay for some detained immigrants’ legal defense
Philadelphia and the Vera Institute of Justice launched a one-year pilot program offering pro bono legal support to low-income immigrants facing deportation.
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Biden cancer nonprofit suspends operations indefinitely
A nonprofit foundation set up by Joe Biden that relied on health care world partnerships to speed a cure for cancer has suspended its operations, it announced Monday.
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Democratic presidential candidate Jay Inslee met with members of the environmental advocacy group Philly Thrive on Saturday to hear about their Right to Breathe campaign.
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Earmarks? WAMs? Conservative group says by any name, they must go.
A conservative think tank is renewing one of its annual traditions: calling out state lawmakers for stashing money in the budget for municipal projects.
7 years ago
U.S. appeals court sides with Trump in lawsuit involving hotel
A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously overturned the ruling of a federal judge in Maryland who said the lawsuit could move forward.
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After veto, Wolf and Republicans appear split on voting machine money
A measure that county commissioners were counting on to fund voting machine upgrades recently met its end under Governor Tom Wolf's veto pen.
7 years ago
The Pa. Senate’s viral shouting match and the state of state politics
A dispute over a bill and a violation of rules in the Pa. Senate recently devolved into a brouhaha that went viral. What does it say about the state of state politics?
Air Date: July 9, 2019
Listen 13:01Gov. Tom Wolf says new law ensures teachers can’t carry guns in schools
Some supporters of increased gun restrictions urged him to veto Senate Bill 621.
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