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Public defenders using state money for new positions, equipment
Observer-Reporter· 6 days agoOn Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) approved the grants, which include $6.7 million for indigent defense services. Until the money was ...
Letters to the Editor | June 17, 2024
Philly.com· 7 days agoParker on specific ways Biden’s policies are benefiting Philadelphia. After reading Chris Palmer’s report on the American Civil Liberties Union ...
Louisiana will face lawsuit over Ten Commandments school displays
Pennsylvania Capital-Star via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe four groups bringing the lawsuit issued a joint statement that said, in part, the new law...
Colleges would face financial punishments for boycotting or divesting from Israel under new Pa. bill
WHYY· 2 days agoSchools including the University of Pennsylvania don’t disclose specific holdings, leading to calls...
Record crowds close NJ beaches — NJ Top News
New Jersey 101.5 FM· 4 days agoOn Wednesday, Malik Johnston pleaded guilty to second-degree distribution of cocaine. The 48-year-old Democrat has also been known as Pippin Folk,...
Checking in on the Presidential Race Ahead of the First Debate
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 days agoRCP’s polling averages also show Trump ahead in seven key battleground states: Arizona, Nevada,...
Is it Time for Women to Register for the Draft? Congress Considers a Change
US News & World Report· 2 days agoDespite the fact that the last time the U.S. employed a draft was during the Vietnam War, the topic of a mandate for women to register for decades has been a contentious one, with studies and ...
Williams: With Louisiana's 10 Commandments law, America moves toward theocracy
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 2 days agoIn the latest iteration of the long effort to insert religion into the schoolhouse, Louisiana Gov....
Democrats aim to give state legislative candidates — and Biden — a boost with $10 million investment
NBC News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe arm of the national Democratic Party focused on state legislative races will spend more than $10...
Pennsylvanians deserve a better indigent defense system
The Uniontown Herald Standard· 2 days agoAlong with a right to silence and a right to attorney, it became widely understood by Americans in all walks of life that if a defendant could not afford an attorney “one ...