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Keystone Crossroads

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 Children play on playground equipment at Franklin Square in Philadelphia, Pa. Our partners over at PlanPhilly are celebrating what would have been Jane Jacobs' 100th birthday this weekend with Jane's Walk 2016. (AP File Photo/George Widman)
Keystone Crossroads

In case you missed it: This week’s best reads from Pa. cities

Happy Seis de Mayo!   Act 47 updates ...

9 years ago

Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski (left) and Reading Mayor Vaughn Spencer (Images via Seven Points Consulting/Wikipedia Creative Commons and Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

Updated: What we know about the ‘pay-to-play’ investigations in Allentown and Reading

A summary of the ongoing federal investigations in the two cities. Last updated: 5/12/16 Federal prosecutors have ...

9 years ago

A bridge connecting Plymouth Township and Nanticoke in Luzerne County.  Plymouth Township is the twelfth municipality to exit the state’s Act 47 program for distressed municipalities. (Emily Previti/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads

Township makes 12: home rule, debt payoff key to municipality’s exit from Act 47

Plymouth Township has some lingering unknown costs, however, that could be problematic for its narrow budget margins. Plymouth Tow ...

9 years ago

Pennsylvania State Police on horses outside Beaver Stadium before an NCAA college football game between the Penn State and the Michigan State in State College
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Half of Pa. municipalities rely fully on state police

And they don’t pay a dime for it. All taxpayers in Pennsylvania pay for the state police, and the state police serves all ta ...

9 years ago

 A few campaign workers sit outside the small polling location called the Simpson Voting House in New Alexandria, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Keystone Crossroads

In case you missed it: This week’s best reads from Pennsylvania cities

The good news: the primary is over. The bad news: everything else.  In case you missed the election here on Tuesday, there ar ...

9 years ago

 From left to right presidential primary candidates: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads

Pennsylvania Primary Results: Presidential, U.S. Senate, Attorney General races & more

Results of Pennsylvania’s 2016 primary election.   Incumbent P ...

9 years ago

Much of the debt that nearly bankrupted the city of Harrisburg was tied to its incinerator. As part of the deal to resolve its obligations
Keystone Crossroads

Pa. law giving extra time to arrest public officials critical at latest Harrisburg corruption hearing

Nearly 450 charges would be reduced to just two against the former longtime Harrisburg mayor if his legal team prevails. They̵ ...

9 years ago

The sun sets behind the steeple of St. Benedict The Moor Catholic Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Keystone Crossroads

Catholic churches consolidate and close as population declines

Demographic trends and priest shortages prompt reorganizations. It’s not unusual to see full pews in a Catholic church on Ea ...

9 years ago

 Gallitzin, Pa., a small borough with about 1,600 residents, passed an ordinance in January 2016 that bans landlords from renting to anyone who has a felony drug conviction on their record with in the past seven years. That law was challenged in court this week. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

In case you missed it: This week’s best reads from Pennsylvania cities

April 26th, our time to shine. Education funding, Pennsylvania-style When Tom Wolf ran for governor, his campaign promises ...

9 years ago

Last July
Keystone Crossroads

Former political consultant to mayors pleads guilty to conspiracy, tax evasion

Michael Fleck is the seventh person to plead guilty in an ongoing federal investigation of pay-to-play schemes in Pennsylvania citie ...

9 years ago

Deborah Smith and her daughter Darcy Smith talk to a reporter after a hearing Wednesday morning at the Cambria County Courthouse in Ebensburg. Darcy Smith is suing the borough of Gallitzin over an ordinance that fines landlords $1
Keystone Crossroads

Felon tenant ban goes to court

Landlords in the borough of Gallitzin face a $1,000 per day fine for renting to anyone convicted of a drug felony within the past seven y ...

9 years ago

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The skyline of Pittsburgh in 2003
Keystone Crossroads

Pennsylvania cities have some of the worst air pollution in the country

But the numbers are improving. More than half of Americans live in places where the air is unhealthy, according to a ...

9 years ago

Reading received a perfect score for its complete streets policy in 2015 by Smart Growth America. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

Reading receives national recognition for ‘complete streets’ policy

The city of Reading was one of 16 U.S. cities recognized by Smart Growth America (SGA) recently  for creating exemplary ‘compl ...

9 years ago

Darcy Smith
Keystone Crossroads

Pa. town law says landlords can’t rent to ex-drug offenders; one woman fights back

In a handful of Pennsylvania communities, it’s illegal for private landlords to rent to people convicted of a felony drug offense withi ...

9 years ago

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 Five projects in Pennsylvania were awarded grants from the Knight Cities Challenge including Reading Terminal Market to host cooking demonstrations with different immigrant communities in Philadelphia.  (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

In case you missed it: This week’s best reads from Pennsylvania cities

Not one single mention of any presidential candidates.  The Pennsylvania state government can sometimes seem like a Lord of t ...

10 years ago

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