Keystone Crossroads Archive

Pennsylvania housing authorities have used a pilot program’s flexibility to redevelop public housing. A look at its benefits, criti ...

Developer Dennis Benner has big plans for the area surrounding Lehigh University in south Bethlehem. Developer Dennis Benner has ...

Evil force or necessary road to economic improvement? Maybe something in between. Take a run-down, low-income neighborhood in any ...

Things have changed for people who resettle refugees, and their clients. Even in states like Pennsylvania, where the governor supports re ...

Cities that refuse ICE requests are often referred to as “sanctuary cities.” But legislators are considering a law that would ...

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry  A comprehensive plan Altho ...

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry  A comprehensive plan Altho ...

Cities have generally had to plan for growth, but many Pennsylvania cities now face shrinking populations. That doesn’t mean they g ...

The federal refugee resettlement program is concentrated in a handful of states — most with governors who say they don’t want Syr ...

Two former city government officials have pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in an FBI probe of government contracting in Northeast Pen ...

Grand theaters in Philadelphia, Easton and Hershey are still standing, though they offer new entertainment. The last of Philadelph ...

It’s been a week of gridlock, grit and giving.   Budget blues A bill introduced in Harrisburg  would ...

It’s been a week of gridlock, grit and giving.   Budget blues A bill introduced in Harrisburg  would ...

The exemption would apply to 98 percent of Pennsylvania’s municipal retirement systems. Susquehanna Township’s figured ...

Clairton is the 11th municipality to exit the state’s Act 47 program for distressed cities.  The Pennsylvania Departmen ...