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Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports  – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.
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Sports in America

Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.

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Politics

Members of the Delaware House discuss the FY 2019 budget bill, which was approved surprisingly  early. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Money

Delaware General Assembly approves fiscal ’19 budget

The Delaware General Assembly, in an unusually early move, has approved a $4.27 billion budget bill for the fiscal year that starts July 1.

8 years ago

People gather at the Supreme Court awaiting a decision in an Illinois union dues case, Janus v. AFSCME, on Monday. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Supreme Court deals blow to government unions

SCOTUS ruled Wednesday that government workers who choose not to join a union cannot be charged for the cost of collective bargaining.

8 years ago

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, right, and White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, left, talk as they switch places at the podium during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Monday, June 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The “civility” debate

Guests: Tom Scocca, Sarah Sobieraj Since the disrupted dining experiences of a few Trump administration officials ...

Air Date: June 27, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:56
N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy says he will focus on a measure to gradually bring the minimum wage up to $15. That would fulfill one of his campaign promises. (Courtesy of Edwin J. Torres/Governor's Office.)
Politics & Policy

Murphy says he cannot sign legislators’ $36.5B budget

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday he cannot sign the Legislature's $36.5 billion budget because it relies on what he calls unsustainable revenue.

8 years ago

Avalon, Cape May County, New Jersey in 2015. (Alan Tu/WHYY)
Community

Merging N.J. towns could move beyond glacierlike pace with government support

One proposal calls for forcing towns with fewer than 5,000 residents to merge with a neighboring one.

8 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

30 years of data show how much the U.S. has warmed. Now the race is on to adapt

Eastern Pa., New Jersey and Delaware have seen a rise of about 2 degrees.

8 years ago

A 2-year-old Honduran girl cries as an official searches her mother in McAllen, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border, earlier this month. For many, the image has become indelibly associated with a Trump administration policy that for weeks separated migrant children from their parents — but the girl's father says she was not separated from her mother. (John Moore/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Crying toddler on widely shared ‘Time’ cover was not separated from mother

Nevertheless, Time's editor-in-chief said he stands by the decision to use the image on the magazine's cover.

8 years ago

In 2016, Donald Trump captured 68 percent of the vote in West Virginia, a state hit hard by opioid overdoses. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Analysis finds geographic overlap in opioid use and Trump support In 2016

The study has limitations and can't establish that opioid use was a definitive factor in how people voted.

8 years ago

Darwin Mejia, 7, saw his mother for the first time early Friday, reuniting with Beata Mariana de Jesus Mejia-Mejia at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport after they were separated at the border by U.S. agents (Patrick Semansky/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Mother and son reunite at airport; U.S. had split them because of migrant status

To gain their release from custody and last night's reunion, the woman sued the U.S. government.

8 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Study: Methane emissions cancel near-term climate benefits of natural gas

A new study finds climate-damaging methane emissions from the U.S. oil and gas industry are nearly 60 percent higher than Environmental Protection Agency estimates.

8 years ago

Shapiro accused the Trump administration of
Courts & Law

Pa. AG Shapiro joins lawsuit against Trump admin over family separation

Aside from Pennsylvania, nine other states are involved, and more may join.

8 years ago

Activist Fraidy Reiss shows her support of Delaware's ban on child marriages. (WHYY/Zoe Read)
Politics & Policy

In ceremonial signing, Gov. Carney renews Delaware’s vow against child marriages

A month after an official bill signing, Gov. John Carney recognized activists and lawmakers who pushed for Delaware to become first state to prevent children from marrying.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
Community

NewsWorks Tonight, June 21, 2018

NJSpotlight’s John Reitmeyer gives an update on the New Jersey state budget stalemate. The Trump administration’s policy of s ...

Air Date: June 21, 2018

Listen 16:39
Philadelphia's City Hall Tower (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Money

Philly Council passes $4.3 billion budget, avoiding real estate tax hike

The Council president would not say whether his colleagues would vote for a tax increase in 2019, an election year.

8 years ago

The Delaware Senate has passed the fiscal 2019 general fund budget crafted by the Carney administration and the legislative Joint Finance Committee. (State of Delaware)
Politics & Policy

In early move, Delaware Senate passes $4.27 billion budget

The Delaware Senate, in an unusually early move, has approved a $4.27 billion budget bill for the fiscal year that starts July 1. ...

8 years ago

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