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Politics

At the June 15 School Reform Commission meeting, demonstrators carried signs calling for the SRC to vote itself out of existence and return the school district to city control. (David Hornbeck/The Notebook)
The Notebook
Education

A history lesson on landmark day for School Reform Commission

Former superintendent says SRC's birth was linked to student walkout, racism.

8 years ago

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Mistrial in Menendez corruption case

Department of Justice prosecutors had accused the New Jersey Democrat and wealthy Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen of engaging in a bribery scheme.

8 years ago

Listen 2:38
Some legislation under consideration in Congress focuses on the safe disposal of prescription opioids. (AP file photo)
Radio Times
Health

The roots of the opioid epidemic

Guests: Keith Wailoo, Lenny Bernstein Pharmaceutical companies, drug distributors, doctors, drug stores and illeg ...

Air Date: November 16, 2017

Listen 49:15
Bradock Mayor John Fetterman meets with reporters to talk about his run for Pennsylvania lieutenant governor at the Down Home Diner at Reading Terminal Market
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Fetterman in race for Pa. lieutenant governor

Fetterman, who ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate last year, is now gunning for the post of lieutenant governor in 2018.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Sexual assault in politics

This is unmistakably an historic moment when it comes to powerful men getting their comeuppance for sexual indiscretion. Today on the sho ...

8 years ago

Listen 30:24
Pennsylvania's congressional map as drawn in 2011. In 2018, it was deemed an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander by the Pa. Supreme Court (Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Two fast-tracked court cases could change the political face of Pennsylvania

With drastic changes to Pennsylvania's political landscape hanging in the balance, two lawsuits challenging the state's congressional map are moving forward at rapid speed.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Speaker of the House Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny.  (Matt Rourke/AP)
Politics & Policy

Turzai announces run for Pa. governor

The Pittsburgh-area lawmaker is now the fourth GOP challenger to Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, who’s seeking a second term in 2018.

8 years ago

The term 'gerrymandering' was coined by the Boston Gazette in 1812 for Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry who signed off on a bill that distorted the state's congressional district into twisted and disjointed shapes.
WITF
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Listen to Smart Talk discuss ‘Over The Line?’ series

We discuss how Pennsylvania's congressional districts came to look like a Rorschach test, the effect on elections and policy and the impact on the citizenry.

8 years ago

Advocates try to convince lawmakers to act on gerrymandering. (Katie Meyer, WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Why Pennsylvania is home to some of the nation's worst gerrymanders

This story is the first in our "Over the Line" series on gerrymandering, a Keystone Crossroads collaboration with PennLive, WITF and other Pennsylvania public media stations.

8 years ago

Listen 5:16
Sen. Pat Toomey appearing on NBC's
Politics & Policy

Toomey: Roy Moore should step aside over sex allegations

Republican Sen. Pat Toomey urged Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore on Sunday to drop out of the race.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Money

The Paradise Papers / GOP tax plan update

Guests: Damian Paletta, Jesse Drucker The Paradise Papers, millions of leaked documents from the Bermuda law firm ...

Air Date: November 11, 2017

Listen 49:15
Pennsylvania’s 7th congressional district is often considered the poster child of gerrymandering. The district cuts through five counties and a number of municipalities including Chester, Upper Darby and Glenolden.
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania Supreme Court orders redistricting lawsuit to proceed 

A state-level challenge to how congressional districts were drawn by Republicans six years ago will proceed on a compressed schedule, a closely divided Pennsylvania Supreme Co

8 years ago

New Jersey Sen. Tom Kean says the state's employers will not be able to sustain a $15 minimum wage. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

N.J. GOP leader offers 2 cents’ worth on Dems’ plan to hike minimum wage

Gov.-elect Phil Murphy, a Democrat, supports gradually increasing the minimum wage — now $8.44 an hour — to $15.

8 years ago

This Saturday, April 15, 2017, file photo shows President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. The Trump Organization asked the federal government on July 20, 2017, to grant dozens of special visas to foreign nationals to work at two of the President Donald Trump’s private clubs in Florida, including his Mar-a-Lago resort. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo, File)
Money

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago gets approval to hire 70 foreign workers

Managers attest there aren't enough Americans qualified, willing and available to do the work.

8 years ago

Delaware County council candidate Kevin Madden (left) was one of two Democrats to win seats on the five-member board, while the bid of Republican candidate Dave White (right) fell short. (Dave Davies/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Democrats win big in Philly suburbs — Congress next?

Democrats had historic wins in local offices in three suburban counties, raising their hopes they can flip some suburban congressional seats next year.

8 years ago

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