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Politics

Pennsylvania’s 7th congressional district, which is often considered the poster child of gerrymandering. The district cuts through five counties and a number of municipalities.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania Supreme Court weighing decision on fast-tracked gerrymandering case

The court is expected to rule quickly on a lawsuit challenging the state’s congressional district boundaries.

8 years ago

Gurbir Grewal, the former Bergen County prosecutor, has been confirmed as New Jersey's attorney general. He is the first Sikh in the nation to serve as a state attorney general.
Politics & Policy

N.J. confirms nation’s first Sikh attorney general

Bergen County prosecutor Gurbir Grewal becomes the state's top law-enforcement officer.

8 years ago

Erik Arneson, director of the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records.
Courts & Law

With move to expand open-records law pending, most Pa. agencies get few requests

A new study shows that Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know law does not burden public agencies. Still, advocates for the public's right to know say there is room for improvement.

8 years ago

NEWARK, NJ - OCTOBER 19:  Democratic candidate Phil Murphy, who is running against Republican Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno for the governor of New Jersey , speaks at a rally on October 19, 2017 in Newark, New Jersey. Murphy was later joined by former President Barack Obama This is Obama's first return to the campaign trail to stump for Democratic gubernatorial candidates in New Jersey and Virginia as they prepare for next month's elections.  (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

New Jersey’s changing of the guard

Guests: Ryan Hutchins, Brent Johnson On Tuesday, New Jersey has a new Governor, Phil Murphy, putting the state’ ...

Air Date: January 17, 2018

Listen 49:29
Beth Lawn, a chaplain at a retirement community who lives in Chester, Pa., is one of 18 Democratic petitioners challenging the Pennsylvania congressional district map. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania Supreme Court to decide if state congressional district map is a partisan gerrymander

Pennsylvania’s congressional district map is ...

8 years ago

DACA advocates march near Trump Tower in August in New York City. The government says it will resume DACA renewals. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

DACA recipients can apply for renewal, government says

The Department of Homeland Security says it will once again accept renewal requests from recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

8 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie waves to lawmakers before delivering his final state of the state address at the Statehouse in Trenton Tuesday. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Assessing the legacy of Chris Christie: ‘What could have been’

Colorful and controversial New Jersey governor leaves office after eight years with record-low approval ratings. But he was a national leader in combating addiction.

8 years ago

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie waves to lawmakers before delivering his final state of the state address at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Money

Christie signs bill offering Amazon $5B in tax incentives

Under the bill Amazon would have to create at least 30,000 full-time jobs.

8 years ago

In a rush to buy journalist and author Michael Wolff's book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, buyers have mistakenly purchased Randall Hansen's book of a similar name, Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

Author of the other ‘Fire And Fury’ book says business is booming

He moved from "very, very low sales onto three best-seller lists."

8 years ago

Lieutenant Governor Mike Stack wants the state Supreme Court to replace Pennsylvania's Congressional map (top) with one created by an expert witness (bottom) for plaintiffs in a lawsuit claiming the current map is an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. (Graphic designed by Lindsay Lazarski/Keystone Crossroads. Images from the Office of Lt. Gov. Mike Stack)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Redistricting reform proponents make last ditch arguments ahead of Pa. Supreme Court proceedings

Next week, the state Supreme Court will hear a lawsuit claiming Pennsylvania’s congressional map is an ...

8 years ago

A map of the 7th congressional district as drawn in 2011. The district incorporates most of Delaware County and portions of Chester, Montgomery, Berks and Lancaster Counties. (Dan Gleiter/pennlive.com)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Federal judges uphold Pennsylvania’s congressional map in gerrymandering case

Attorneys for the plaintiffs say they plan to appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.

8 years ago

Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

North Carolina gerrymandered map ruled unconstitutional by panel of judges

A three-judge panel ruled late Tuesday that North Carolina's congressional district map was illegally gerrymandered because of excessive partisanship.

8 years ago

(Patrick Semansky/AP Photo, file)
Politics & Policy

Biden talks political divide at Delaware Chamber of Commerce dinner

Former Vice President Joe Biden talked about the “broken political system” in the U.S. during a keynote address to members of the Delaware Chamber of Commerce Monday night.

8 years ago

Youths play ice hockey on a frozen pond at Philadelphia's Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park during a winter storm, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Radio Times
Science

Cold and climate change / Offshore drilling

Guests: Michael Mann, Jennifer Francis, Jennifer Dlouhy The frigid temperatures around the nation made President ...

Air Date: January 8, 2018

Listen 49:27
(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, file)
Politics & Policy

Delaware reacts to AG Sessions cannabis memo

Some Delaware lawmakers have been making a push to legalize recreational marijuana, but new federal guidance could derail those plans.

8 years ago

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