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State Rep. Nick Miccarelli, R-Delaware (AP, file)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

In Harrisburg, Capitol police will bar lawmaker Miccarelli from building

State Rep. Tarah Toohil, who said Miccarelli stalked and harassed her in 2012, claimed he once brandished a gun and threatened to kill her by crashing his car.

8 years ago

City Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Council hearing to focus on Philly’s efforts to fight opioid addiction

City Council will hold a second public hearing in April in Kensington, where residents will able to tell officials how the opioid crisis is affecting their community.

8 years ago

Science Leadership Academy student activists (from left) Tamir Harper, Ella Burrows, Horace Ryans, Kaamil Jones and Zoey Tweh. (
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Voices behind the walkout: Science Leadership Academy

Students weigh in on gun violence and the upcoming National School Walkout.

8 years ago

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Current federal law only requires background checks for gun purchases from licensed gun dealers, but gun control advocates want to extend the law to include private gun sales, too. (John Moore/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

A backgrounder on background checks

As the gun debate and the debate about background checks continues, here's what you should know about how they work:

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
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NewsWorks Tonight, March 9, 2018

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Air Date: March 9, 2018

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People watch a TV screen showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea  (Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Gallup finds Americans split on tariffs, consider North Korea most critical threat

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup's Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

8 years ago

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Outgoing Philadelphia City Solicitor Sozi Pedro Tulante. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

An immigrant’s tale of becoming Philadelphia’s lawyer

After two years as Philadelphia solicitor, Sozi Tulante has resigned to teach at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

8 years ago

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Governor Wolf opted to fill a gap in the state budget by leveraging the Farm Show complex for a loan. GOP lawmakers had intended for him to raid special funds. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Money

Harsh words in Harrisburg over Wolf’s Farm Show deal

Republican state lawmakers wrapped up three weeks of annual budget hearings by tearing into Governor Tom Wolf's administration for several hours straight.

8 years ago

Shoppers explore the goods on display in Ha Giang, Vietnam. The country's textile industry was expected to be one of the biggest winners from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would have provided tariff-free access to U.S. markets. Under the new agreement, the industry is still expected to gain — if not nearly as much. (Linh Pham/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

The TPP is dead. Long live the Trans-Pacific trade deal

When President Trump pulled the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, spurning the massive free trade agreement, most analysts figured the deal was dead.

8 years ago

State police trooper in Franklin County (Public Opinion)
Money

Pa. budget hearings dredge up police funding conundrum (again)

Pennsylvania lawmakers are trying to figure out a better way to pay for state police.

8 years ago

Philadelphia City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Philly’s $1.6 billion Department of Behavioral Health under review

City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart starts a performance audit with Department of Behavioral Health because it funds services she thinks Philadelphians need most.

8 years ago

In this Jan. 16, 2018, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks before signing the first executive order of his administration in Trenton, N.J. Democratic officials in some high-tax states are pushing legislation that would retain a federal tax break for state and local taxes, a deduction that was capped in the recent GOP tax overhaul. Murphy’s office describes the push for a work-around to the new cap on local taxes as a matter of fairness, especially if many of the federal tax breaks expire as scheduled in 2027. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo, File)
Money

New Jersey Dems seek to help wealthy in response to tax changes

Resistance to the Republican tax overhaul comes with an ideological twist for some Democratic state officials.

8 years ago

Carl Icahn quit his job as a special adviser to the president in August of last year, hours before an article about the conflicts of interest created by his advisory role published in The New Yorker. (CNBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
NPR
Money

Before Trump announced tariffs, Icahn sold off millions in steel-related stocks

Carl Icahn, a billionaire investor and Trump's former "special adviser to the president on regulatory reform," sold the shares between Feb. 12 and Feb. 22.

8 years ago

 Pa. Capitol Building, Harrisburg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Community

Allegations against Delco lawmaker raise Pa. Capitol security questions

House Republicans, Governor Tom Wolf, and a number of other lawmakers say Miccarelli should resign. House GOP leaders are urging police to investigate.

8 years ago

Governor Tom Wolf speaks at the First Steps Treatment Center at Chester-Crozer Medical Center.
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

Pennsylvania cuts red tape for medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction

Pa.'s Medicaid program will no longer require doctors to get approval when prescribing medications that are proven to help people stay off heroin and prescription painkillers.

8 years ago

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