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 Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway speaks as Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price looks on, at the Mirmont Treatment Center Friday Sept.15, 2017, in Media, Pa. Conway and Price toured the center for drug and alcohol addiction recovery and discussed the opiod crisis. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
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On Delaware County visit, Trump emissaries point to progress on opioids

President Donald Trump campaigned on lifting the United States from the depths of the opioid epidemic. Amid criticism that his adm ...

7 years ago

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 Philadelphia City Commissioners (from left) Anthony Clark, Lisa Deeley, and Al Schmidt, review write-in votes from the 197th legislative district special election in which more than 90 percent of the votes were write-ins. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Two losing Pa. House candidates ask court for new election

Two losing candidates in a special election to for Pennsylvania State Representative seat in the 197th  District argued in federal c ...

7 years ago

U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa.  (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
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Midstate GOP Congressman Charlie Dent won’t seek another term

One of Congress’s most vocal moderates has announced he’s stepping down. Pennsylvania’s 15th District representative, Republ ...

7 years ago

 Gov. Tom Wolf is shown at a news conference at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, May 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)
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Pa. voters must hold elected officials accountable on climate protection

It’s been a few weeks since President Trump put partisan politics ahead of the health of future generations with his announcement t ...

8 years ago

 President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting, Monday, June 12, 2017, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, file)
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Dark money is compromising American democracy

If Donald Trump, his family and associates are hopelessly compromised by foreign influence and “dark money” — beholden to Russian o ...

8 years ago

 Christina School District, the largest in Delaware, had 1.1 percent and 1.2 percent turnout, respectively, for its two contested school board races Tuesday. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
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Tuesday’s school board voter turnout in Delaware only 1.5 percent

Turnout in Delaware’s school board vote continued to be abysmal Tuesday, with just 1.5 percent of registered voters showing up to c ...

8 years ago

 Students at Conrad Schools of Science learn to discern real news from fake news. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
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Halting the spread of fake news amid ‘flurry of undecipherable stuff’

“Fake News” is dominating headlines these days. Not only do sensational stories that are complete fabrications spread ...

8 years ago

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People with dementia entitled to the dignity of voting

As the 2016 Election approaches, the right to vote will be a deciding factor in the outcome. While courts are over-turning racially motiv ...

8 years ago

 A neighborhood in West Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
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Portraits through door frames, a changing Philadelphia

Knocking on doors to ask if people planned to vote in the upcoming election, I thought I could identify the pulse of the city. Turns out there are as many pulses as people.

10 years ago

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