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Politics

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Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Governor Tom Wolf; media coverage of the 2020 campaign

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has an ambitious second term lined up which includes criminal justice reform, $15 minimum wage, and progressive gun legislation.

Air Date: March 22, 2019

Listen 49:46
Trucks and cars move through a Pennsylvania Turnpike toll plaza in Carlisle
Money

Pa.’s top auditor says Turnpike on ‘road to ruin’

In his latest review of the Turnpike Commission, Auditor General Eugene DePasquale says the agency cannot sustain itself by hiking tolls every year.

7 years ago

A Philadelphia judge purchased this row home at 1514 N. Hollywood Street and the two adjacent vacant lots from the city. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

An end to sweetheart deals? Kenney orders competitive city land sales

The new sale policies call for the sale of most property to be publicly advertised for at least 30 days.

7 years ago

Former Governor Ed Rendell (Bobby Allyn/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Rendell says Philly group near deal on home for supervised injection site

A real estate developer who wants to remain anonymous has offered a building in the Kensington area to Safehouse, the ex-governor, a member of the board, told a D.C. crowd.

7 years ago

Supporters attend a hearing at City Hall on fair workweek legislation. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Why is Philly turning to national movements for anti-poverty solutions?

Philadelphia is poised to have three laws rooted in national political movements in less than one year.

7 years ago

Listen 5:30
Retired coal miner John Robinson displays his mining helmet at his home in Coeburn, Va., on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. Robinson was 47 when he was diagnosed with black lung disease, part of a new generation of black lung sufferers who are contracting the deadly disease at younger ages. (Dylan Lovan/AP Photo)
Health

With black lung fund in jeopardy, taxpayers could foot bill

At least one Republican congressman from the coalfields has added his voice to the chorus of miners and advocates worried that the fund's promise might not be kept.

7 years ago

Jen Cavallaro-Fromm and Andrea Katz, advocates in New Jersey, attended the first public budget hearing of the year in Trenton on Wednesday. (Joe Hernandez/WHYY)
Money

N.J. school funding dominates first public budget hearing in Trenton

As New Jersey lawmakers delve into particulars of the budget plan, proponents and opponents of changes in school funding argue their positions.

7 years ago

This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office shows the StingRay II, a cellular site simulator used for surveillance purposes manufactured by Harris Corporation, of Melbourne, Fla. Search warrant documents released Tuesday, March 19, 2019, revealed that the FBI used highly secretive and controversial cellphone sweeping technology similar to that of Sting Ray to zero-in on Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, when agents raided his New York City home, hotel room and office. (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office via AP, File)
Courts & Law

FBI tracked Michael Cohen’s phones with controversial device

Michael Cohen, meet the Triggerfish.

7 years ago

Luis Martinez holds a chicken that he has been nursing in a community garden in Kensington. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

Backyard farmers support Philadelphia bill to legalize undercover chicken coops

Farm animal legislation passed in 2004 placed restrictions on what people could keep in areas smaller than three acres — an attempt to crackdown on backyard farms.

7 years ago

Listen 4:24
Thurmond Berry served 39 years in prison before his life sentence was commuted by Gov. Tom Wolf in 2016. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Courts & Law

A narrow path to freedom: Why commutations for Pa. lifers are rare

The answer raises further questions about the effect of politics on the criminal justice system and whether a tool designed to give hope is working.

Air Date: March 20, 2019

Listen 15:53
Michael Cohen walks out of federal court Thursday in New York, after pleading guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on an aborted project to build a Trump Tower in Russia.
(Julie Jacobson/AP)
Courts & Law

Records show FBI was probing Michael Cohen long before raid

The records show the inquiry into Cohen had been going on since July 2017 — far longer than previously known — and that a big part of its focus was Cohen's taxi businesses.

7 years ago

Marijuana
The Why
Politics & Policy

Garden State weed: Why N.J.’s marijuana black market could live on even if it legalizes

New Jersey is poised to become the 11th state to legalize adult use of recreational marijuana. Here's why the black market could still thrive.

Air Date: March 19, 2019

Listen 14:07
State Sen. Anthony Williams announces he will run for mayor of Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Williams: ‘Dirty,’ ‘dangerous’ Philly needs new leadership

Calling Philadelphia a ‘dirty’ and ‘dangerous’ city, West Philly State Sen. Anthony Williams kicks off mayoral campaign against incumbent Mayor Jim Kenney.

7 years ago

A logo sign on a Hyperloop test track outside of the headquarters of Space Exploration Technologies Corp., also known as SpaceX, in Hawthorne, California, on December 10, 2017. (Kristoffer Tripplaar/Sipa USA via AP Images)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Regional Roundup – 3/18/19

In our Monday Regional Roundup, we talk about a proposed hyperloop for Pa, Delaware's popular vote bill, and teenage sleep and school start times.

Air Date: March 18, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:44
(Brennan Linsley/AP Photo)
Health

Murphy says N.J. medical marijuana program added 25K patients

New Jersey's medical marijuana program has seen a 150 percent increase in the number of patients participating since Gov. Phil Murphy took office, the Democrat said Thursday.

7 years ago

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