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Keystone Crossroads

Keystone Crossroads Archive

Sometimes the deal for new parking meters can be sweetened with the promise of local revenue for projects. (Photo by Mike Linksvayer via Flickr)
Keystone Crossroads

Ideas Worth Stealing: Parking benefit districts

Sometimes the deal for new parking meters can be sweetened with the promise of local revenue for projects. Parking congestion is a ...

10 years ago

 Philadelphia Police officers listen to their newly sworn in Commissioner Richard Ross speak during a ceremony Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016. The latest report for Philadelphia’s stop-and-frisk program showed that one-third of stops conducted by police officers last year were done so illegally.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)
Keystone Crossroads

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

Crime and policing, presidential elections and, yes, the budget.  Budget impasse? More like budget is passed It finall ...

10 years ago

 President Barack Obama speaks to media in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 13, 2013, before a meeting with mayors and newly-elected mayors from across the country . (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, file)
Keystone Crossroads

A national urban policy? Not so fast

Attempts to establish a national urban policy have popped up and failed throughout U.S. history. Attempts to establish a national ...

10 years ago

 President Barack Obama speaks to media in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 13, 2013, before a meeting with mayors and newly-elected mayors from across the country . (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, file)
Keystone Crossroads

A national urban policy? Not so fast

Attempts to establish a national urban policy have popped up and failed throughout U.S. history. Attempts to establish a national ...

10 years ago

In the wake of the water crisis in Flint
Keystone Crossroads

Harrisburg offers ambitious proposals to minimize lead exposure in Pa. cities

Eight laws have been proposed from the House and the Senate over the past two days. Surrounded by state health officials and fello ...

10 years ago

Sunbury
Keystone Crossroads

Capitol recap: Why Sunbury’s police scandal matters

Police problems in 10,000-person coal region city stem from policy lapses that aren’t uncommon in Pennsylvania municipalities. ...

10 years ago

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The Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) demolishes a high-rise towers in North Philadelphia. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for NewsWorks)
Keystone Crossroads

The ambitious public housing plan to remake an entire Philadelphia neighborhood

And what these large-scale redevelopment projects mean for a community. Video by Bastiaan Slabbers/for NewsWorks Cities are ...

10 years ago

Michigan National Guard Staff Sgt. James Green hands out a water test kit to be distributed to residents
Keystone Crossroads

Utilities don’t know where lead pipes are, and water testing offers limited safety assurances

Even if a community water system’s test results meet EPA standards under the Lead and Copper Rule, it doesn’t mean every home’s wat ...

10 years ago

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An ambulance drives in downtown Scranton.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Scranton settles on payment terms for 2011 union judgement

The city negotiated lower interest rates and pension reform. On Friday, Scranton Mayor Bill Courtright announced that a settlement ...

10 years ago

 People take advantage of unseasonably warm weather to fish on the Delaware River near Yardley, Pa. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Keystone Crossroads

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

A lot of Pittsburgh news — with lessons for the rest of the state, too.  A city for all? ...

10 years ago

In this Jan. 6
Keystone Crossroads

Ideas Worth Stealing: Inclusionary zoning to grow affordable housing

Inclusionary zoning encourages developers to set aside a certain number of units in a project as affordable housing.  In Bost ...

10 years ago

Blood is drawn for lead testing at a health fair in a county affected by Hurricane Sandy. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

Explainer: How the state monitors a child who has elevated blood lead levels

It depends on how much lead is in the child’s blood. In Pennsylvania, ...

10 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)
Keystone Crossroads

How cities are using “reverse auctions” to save money

And why some companies say the auctions could backfire. Think, for a minute, about everything it takes to keep a city running. You ...

10 years ago

(File image by nekidtroll via Flickr Creative Commons)
Keystone Crossroads

Lawmakers: More oversight for Pennsylvania’s municipal authorities

Many of the commonwealth’s roughly 2,000 authorities manage essential public assets like water and sewer systems. Basically, ...

10 years ago

Swabs to check lead levels line a table outside of an event where Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders
Keystone Crossroads

Pennsylvania comes up short on funding for lead testing and cleanup

Nearby states outspend Pennsylvania when it comes to lead. Before Flint, Michigan’s water crisis brought lead back to the fo ...

10 years ago

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