Maria Murray
Founder, President and CEO at thereadingleague.org
The Reading League, @reading_league founder and CEO, former literacy professor turned advocate for change, personal account and views.
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3 weeks ago |
whyy.org | Maria Murray
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker carried an all-night speech in protest of President Donald Trump’s agenda into Tuesday morning. Booker took to the Senate floor on Monday evening saying he would remain there as long as he was “physically able.” He was still on the floor more than 12 hours later. “These are not normal times in our nation,” Booker said at the start of his speech. “And they should not be treated as such in the United States Senate.
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1 month ago |
whyy.org | Maria Murray
President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the U.S. Education Department, according to a White House official, advancing a campaign promise to eliminate an agency that’s been a longtime target of conservatives. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity before an announcement. Trump has derided the Department of Education as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology.
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1 month ago |
whyy.org | Maria Murray
This story originally appeared on 6abc. An underground fire caused a blackout in Philadelphia’s University City section Tuesday morning. It happened around 4:30 a.m. in the 3100 block of Market Street. The fire caused a manhole cover to explode, cutting power for two blocks, according to officials. 30th Street Station is also impacted. Officials there told WHYY News partner 6abc they are operating on a backup generator and that trains are running.
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1 month ago |
whyy.org | Maria Murray
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!Dwayne Fountain styled himself as a serious and savvy businessman who sold illicit street drugs supplied by a Mexican cartel and other sources: fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine.
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1 month ago |
whyy.org | Maria Murray
A president’s speech to Congress — even without the formal gloss of a State of the Union address — is typically a time for a call to national unity and predictable claims about the country being strong. But that wasn’t President Donald Trump’s plan. His speech on Tuesday night was relentlessly partisan, boasting about his election victory and criticizing Democrats for failing to recognize his accomplishments.
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