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Politics

This aerial photo shows storm damage from Sandy in Mantoloking, N.J., Oct. 31, 2012. (Doug Mills, AP Photo, Pool)
Down the Shore
Politics & Policy

House extends National Flood Insurance Program through hurricane season

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday to extend the National Flood Insurance Program for four months.

7 years ago

Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks at the Justice Department's Executive Officer for Immigration Review (EOIR) Annual Legal Training Program on Monday in Tysons, Va. Sessions spoke about his plan to limit reasons for people to claim asylum in the U.S
Courts & Law

Sessions laughs at “Lock Her Up” chant at DC speech

Attorney General Jeff Sessions laughed at a "Lock Her Up" chant and repeated the words during a speech Tuesday at a high school leadership summit.

7 years ago

In New Jersey, several Democratic lawmakers are pushing for a state identification card for those lacking the personal documents required to get a federally compliant driver’s license. (WHYY file photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

As New Jersey sues over cap on local tax deductions, Congress keeps arguing

New Jersey's Legislature and governor created a law that allows school districts, municipalities and counties to create their own charitable funds.

7 years ago

Maria Butina, photographed in 2013 at a pro-gun rally in Moscow, is charged with conspiring to act as a Russian agent.(AP Photo)
NPR
Courts & Law

Attorney for Maria Butina says ‘whole story’ is still not known about his client

The Justice Department charged Butina on Monday with conspiring to defraud the United States and acting as an unregistered foreign agent. She faces up to 15 years in prison.

7 years ago

In this April 26, 2018 file photo, Michael Cohen leaves federal court in New York. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

Trump was taped talking of paying for Playboy model’s story

President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer secretly recorded Trump discussing a potential payment for a former Playboy model's account of having an affair with him.

7 years ago

Women demonstrate during a pro-choice rally, Tuesday, July 10, 2018, in New York. Many Democrats and abortion-rights supporters believe a new conservative justice could tilt the court in favor of overturning Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

Abortion Access: Before Roe and Now

Guests: Elizabeth Nash, Amelia Bonow, Gillian Frank Abortion access in America might be undergoing some changes s ...

Air Date: July 20, 2018 10:00 am

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(LA Johnson/NPR)
NPR
Education

Behind the campaign to get teachers to leave their unions

Teachers facing stagnating wages have the option to pay nothing at all while still being covered by the union bargaining contract.

7 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
Community

NewsWorks Tonight, July 19, 2018

Philadelphia strengthens its sexual harassment policy for city employees. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is rethinking the tax incentiv ...

Air Date: July 19, 2018

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President Trump looks on as his nominee for Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell, takes to the podium at the White House on Nov. 2. On Thursday, Trump said he is
NPR
Money

Trump slams interest rate hikes, ignoring hands-off tradition toward Fed

The Federal Reserve got a rare piece of advice from the president Thursday.

7 years ago

Earlier this summer, lawmakers passed their first on-time budget in a number of years. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Money

Report: Pa.’s on-time budget is part of a broader trend

Late budgets have become routine in a number of states since the 2008 recession.

7 years ago

Wagner and Wolf both say the other supports policies that would lead to school funding cuts. (Photo by iStock)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Wagner, Wolf volley back and forth on education

Governor Tom Wolf and GOP challenger Scott Wagner have spent much of this month trying to paint one another as supporters of school funding cuts.

7 years ago

An underwater single-use plastic carryout bag.
Down the Shore
Community

Another Shore town adopts plastic bag ban

A southern Ocean County municipality is the latest to adopt a plastic bag ban at the Jersey Shore.

7 years ago

Victor Galvan uses a bullhorn to lead chants during an immigration rally and protest in Civic Center Park Saturday, June 30, 2018, in downtown Denver. The protest was one of hundreds staged nationwide that has brought liberal activists, parents and first-time protesters--motivated by accounts of children separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border--to press President Donald Trump to reunite families quickly. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

What makes an activist?

Guests: Lauren Duncan, Mary Frances Berry What makes an activist? What fuels their passion and drives them to cha ...

Air Date: July 16, 2018 12:00 am

Listen 48:55
Puerto Rican evacuees Crisjoel Morales Monet, 17, and Judy Morales Monet, 16, are staying at the Holiday Inn Express in Center City with their mom and oldest brother Friday April 20th. They still don't know where to go next. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

National Puerto Rican group meets in Philly to plot the road ahead

The National Puerto Rican Agenda held their second convention at Taller Puertorriqueno in North Philly this weekend to think of ways to mobilize this diaspora.

7 years ago

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announces indictments against 12 Russian intelligence agents for computer hacking, at a news conference at the Department of Justice on Friday. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

The Russia investigations: 6 key insights from the cyberspy indictment

This week in the Russia investigations: Six insights about the latest master blast from special counsel Robert Mueller.

7 years ago

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