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Politics

 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

Listen 1:45
Russian politician Alexander Torshin, standing next to then-Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin, attends a ceremony at the Kremlin in 2011. Torshin is a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association, and says he met Donald Trump through the group in 2015. (Konstantin Zavrazhin/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

Depth of Russian politician’s cultivation of NRA ties revealed

A prominent Kremlin-linked Russian politician has methodically cultivated ties with leaders of the National Rifle Association, and documented efforts in real time.

8 years ago

Top administrators (from left) schools Superintendent William Hite, Managing Director Michael DiBerardinis, Sheriff Jewel Williams, and District Attorney Larry Krasner, applaud during Mayor Jim Kenney's budget address. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Kenney makes school-funding plea, council reacts

Kenney says funding the school district is critical, but council members aren't thrilled about his plan to hike property taxes.

8 years ago

Listen 4:12
Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski, who is facing corruption charges, walks to the federal courthouse in Philadelphia during a break in a pretrial hearing, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. Pawlowski has denied accusations that he accepted more than $150,000 in campaign contributions in exchange for city contracts.
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski found guilty on 47 of 54 felony counts

A federal jury has found Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski guilty of corruption.

8 years ago

A cannabis task force voted to release a report on legalization. (WHYY/Zoe Read)
Politics & Policy

Confusion and disagreement cloud Delaware cannabis report

Confusion and disagreement linger over the final report of a Delaware task force assigned to compile opinion and research on recreational marijuana legalization.

8 years ago

Democratic congressional hopeful Laura Quick in between calls on a recent afternoon. Quick, who’s running for the U.S. House of Representatives in the new 9th Congressional District, was trying to find volunteers to help her get signatures for her nominating petition in areas where she hadn’t been campaigning until after Pennsyvlania Supreme Court released the state’s new district map.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Candidates statewide scramble to adjust to Pennsylvania’s new congressional map

This year has been anything but predictable in Pennsylvania.

8 years ago

Listen 4:34
 Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski arrives at the federal building in Philadelphia, Thursday, July 27, 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Allentown mayor’s corruption trial in hands of jury

Democratic Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski faces charges including fraud, bribery, attempted extortion and lying to the FBI.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
Community

NewsWorks Tonight, February 28, 2018

U.S. Senator Pat Toomey announces a bipartisan plan to promote new gun control measures. Congressional candidates in Pennsylvania struggl ...

Air Date: February 28, 2018

Listen 22:14
Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended himself and the Justice Department on Wednesday after more criticism from President Trump. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Fact check: Sessions vows to probe FISA abuse, but Trump’s patience appears thin

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is trying to defend President Trump in the Russia imbroglio, but Trump has slapped Sessions down — again — for work he says isn't good enough.

8 years ago

Capitol Building, Harrisburg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Courts & Law

GOP lawmakers confront Pa. Supreme Court justices in hearing

This week's annual budget hearings are giving lawmakers a rare chance to publicly question Pennsylvania's Supreme Court justices.

8 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, and House Speaker Mike Turzai stand with other GOP leaders. They're currently appealing to two federal courts in an attempt to get the state Supreme Court's congressional map overturned. (Chris Knight/AP Photo, File)
Money

Pa. lawmakers rack up bills as redistricting battle rages on

Over the last several months, Pennsylvania's House and Senate have spent over $3.5 million on congressional redistricting.

8 years ago

New Jersey Sen. Loretta Weinberg has introduced a measure calling for employers to provide paid sick days to their workers. AP file photo)
Health

Severity of flu season illustrates need for paid sick days in N.J., advocates say

The legislation under consideration would require employers with fewer than 10 workers to offer five paid sick days. Larger employers would have to provide nine paid days.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The evolution of the NRA and the boycott against it

Guests:  Americus Reed and Robert Spitzer Hertz, Enterprise, United Airlines, and MetLife are among the large co ...

Air Date: February 28, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:28
Pennsylvania's new ongressional map as drawn by the Pa. Supreme Court after it found the previous version an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Federal judges decline to immediately throw out court-drawn congressional map

A three-judge panel declined to temporarily hold up implementation of the map put in place by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

8 years ago

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