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Reading, Pennsylvania. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

In Pennsylvania’s 16th district, urban centers grapple with dominant outside interests

In the interactive slider above, the city of Reading can be seen as an appendage thinly sewn to the top of Pennsylvania’s 16th ...

8 years ago

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The U.S. Capitol at dawn on Thursday, hours before the Senate began debate on a sweeping GOP tax bill. (NPR)
NPR
Money

Senate debates GOP tax bill: What to watch for

Many GOP members sound hopeful about passing their tax bill, possibly in a matter of hours. But they aren't there yet.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Health

The uncertain future of CHIP

The future of the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, remains uncertain. Congress is fighting over how to pay for the ...

8 years ago

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Chelsea Manning is pictured in Philadelphia  in this 2017 file photo. (Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, file)
Politics & Policy

No regrets, Chelsea Manning tells Penn audience

Seven years ago, newspapers around the country published details of the explosive cables released by WikiLeaks after Chelsea Manning provided the trove of U.S. Army documents.

8 years ago

Scott Wagner, a Republican state senator from York County and owner of trash hauling firm Penn Waste, speaks to reporters at a Penn Waste facility after formally announcing that he will run for Pennsylvania governor in 2018, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 in Manchester, Pa. (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
Money

Pa. lawmakers floating stringent budgeting bill to save money

Several Republican state senators plan to introduce legislation that would require Pennsylvania to use zero-based budgeting—a standard specifically designed to save money.

8 years ago

Under a proposal by the Christina School District and the 
Carney administration, three schools would be closed and two expanded.  Those slated for possible closure are, clockwise from left, Palmer, Pulaski and Stubbs elementary schools. (Christina School District)
Education

Christina district, state working on proposal to close 3 schools

Christina School District is considering a plan to close three Wilmington elementary schools and expand two others in the city, according to a confidential memo.

8 years ago

The cast of 1812 Productions'
Arts & Entertainment

‘I could do with less material’: Philly comedy troupe dumps Trump

1812 Productions' 12th annual "This Is The Week That Is" comedy show opens this week in Philadelphia. The "year-in-revue" production will not parody the president.

8 years ago

A federal judge has stopped Pennsylvania lawmakers from trying to take surplus money from the JUA to help balance a state budget gap. (AP file photo)
Politics & Policy

Judge halts Pa.’s attempt to take funds from insurer

This is the second year Pennsylvania lawmakers have tried to take surplus money from the Joint Underwriting Association to help balance perennial budget gaps.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The shifting media landscape of the Trump era

Guests: Cory Doctorow, Andy Kroll, Meg James There are a lot of changes in the media these days. We’ll begin to ...

Air Date: November 28, 2017

Listen 49:16
Graduate students from Rutgers University and others in the Philadelphia region protested in front of U.S. Senator Pat Toomey's office on November 21.
Money

Grad students in Philly, Newark plan to join nationwide walkout to protest GOP tax plan

The tax plan passed by the House could increase taxes on graduate students by thousands of dollars, when many make less than $20,000 a year.

8 years ago

In this Sept. 13, 2017 file photo, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney departs after a television interview at the White House in Washington.  Senior Trump administration officials said Saturday, Nov. 25,  that they expect no trouble when President Donald Trump's pick for temporary director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shows up for work, despite the clash on who should take over.   Trump announced he was picking Mulvaney within a few hours of Richard Cordray's announcement on Friday. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo, file)
Money

The government agency in a tug-of-war leadership fight

The U.S. consumer watchdog agency is now at the center of a tug-of-war over who will lead it.

8 years ago

Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch speaks at the Federalist Society's 2017 National Lawyers Convention in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. (Sait Serkan Gurbuz/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Gorsuch establishes conservative cred in 1st year on court

The 50-year-old justice has been almost exactly what conservatives hoped for and liberals dreaded when he joined the court in April.

8 years ago

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

Judge blocks Pennsylvania’s demand for $200M from insurer

U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner this week granted an injunction sought by the Pennsylvania Professional Liability Joint Underwriting Association.

8 years ago

Religious leaders and activists from Church World Service hold up a door, closed to refugees, during a protest urging congress to pressure US President Donald Trump to allow more refugees to enter in front of the Capitol in September.
NPR
Community

Opposition to refugee arrivals keeps getting louder

A few days after Trump was elected, more than a hundred people packed into a church in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. to hear about refugee resettlement in their town. It didn't go well.

8 years ago

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers the keynote address during the General Assembly of the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in Philadelphia. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Courts & Law

DOJ gives funding advantage to cities cooperating with immigration authorities

The news comes not long after a number of federal courts blocked the Trump administration from attempting to keep grant funding from sanctuary cities.

8 years ago

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