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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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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

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

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