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U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa.  (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Dent to leave Congress — another Pa. special election coming

Republican U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent of the Lehigh Valley says he'll resign from Congress in the coming weeks

7 days ago

Pennsylvania has concealed carry permit reciprocity with 29 states . The state Attorney General's hopes to clarify rules for gun owners with a new website. (Seth Perlman/AP Photo, File)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania launches concealed-carry website to clarify rules for gun owners

The state Attorney General’s office has launched a web ...

1 week ago

A Pennsylvania State Police patrol car leaves the Carlisle barracks. (Jose F. Moreno/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

After critical report, Pa. police review their role in ICE deportations

Pennsylvania’s state police force is reviewing its interactions with the federal immigration and customs enforcement, in the wake of ...

1 week ago

Cows from a dairy farm in Central Pennsylvania in a file photo. (Dani Fresh/for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Pa. distributors rescue some dairy farms while others face uncertain future

Two Pennsylvania distributors provided new markets for some dairy farms facing closure, but many other farms still struggle with staying in business.

2 weeks ago

Pennsylvania state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe in a file photo from August 2017.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

GOP guts bill proposing independent redistricting commission

The Pennsylvania legislature would get more control over how state legislative boundary lines are drawn under an amended bill that passed ...

2 weeks ago

A self driving car in Pittsburgh. (Megan Harris/ 90.5 WESA)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

PennDOT announces new regulations for testing self-driving vehicles

Pennsylvania will remain an integral player in the development of self-driving vehicles, but ensuring that the roads are safe must be the ...

2 weeks ago

Protesters angered by President Donald Trump's 2017 executive order that prevented refugees, visa and green card holders from entering the U.S. rally at Philadelphia International Airport. (Branden Eastwood/for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

As refugee arrivals fall by two-thirds in Pa., program changes likely to further slow travel

Data from the midway point of this fiscal year show the U.S. and Philadelphia region are far off pace to reach the federal 45,000-refugee ceiling.

2 weeks ago

The Center for Rural Pennsylvania hosted a public hearing in Tioga County on Thursday, hearing from providers and consumers about the lack of broadband access in rural areas.
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Rural Pa. demands broadband access; providers cite logistical difficulties

About six percent of Pennsylvanians don't have access to broadband internet, but providers say providing service in rural areas are economically burdening.

3 weeks ago

The bill under consideration would shrink the Pa. State House from 203 to 151 members. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

What would downsizing Pennsylvania’s legislature actually do?

At 203 members in the House and 50 in the Senate, the commonwealth has the largest full-time legislature in the country.

3 weeks ago

A towboat pushes barges on the Monongahela river past the skyline of downtown Pittsburgh, March 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Congress’ $1.3 trillion spending bill could mean good things for Pennsylvania waterways

Last week’s 2,200-page omnibus congressional spending bill nearly doubled funding for construction work led by the U.S. Army Corps of E ...

4 weeks ago

Pennsylvania's new Congressional map as drawn by the Pa. Supreme Court after it found the previous version an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. legislature has long history of inaction on redistricting reform bills

Now that legal challenges to Pennsylvania’s new court-drawn congressional map have been rejected, state lawmakers have turned their att ...

4 weeks ago

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas G. Saylor, a Republican, has called the push for impeaching his Democratic colleagues “an attack upon an independent judiciary.”(WHYY file photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

GOP leaders throw cold water on plan to impeach Pa. high court justices

Some Pennsylvania House Republicans urged impeachment after the Democratic-majority state Supreme Court declared the state’s congressional map unconstitutional and redrew it.

1 month ago

In this stock photo, black and white Holstein dairy cows are in their stalls in Penn State's research barn.
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Pa. dairy farms scrambling due to major contract termination

One of the nation’s largest dairy distributors is ending its contract with dozens of Pennsylvania dairy farms at the end of May.

1 month ago

Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

GOP lawmaker introduces resolutions to impeach Pa. Supreme Court justices

A Republican state lawmaker has introduced a number of resolutions to impeach all but one of Pennsylvania’s f ...

1 month ago

The U.S. Supreme Court (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Supreme Court keeps revised Pa. congressional map in place

Court rulings boost Democrats' chances of retaking Congress.

1 month ago

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