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Keystone Crossroads

In case you missed it: this week’s good reads about Pennsylvania’s urban issues

Happy Friday! Here’s a list of recommended reading for your weekend:  A “fresh start” Tom Wolf ...

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Who decides what’s a non-profit? Lawmakers consider a change

Some city leaders fear losing money if legislators broaden the definition of a charity. Some municipal governments miss millions o ...

10 years ago

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Dismantling distressed school districts best bet for recovery, analysts say

Moody’s report favors radical moves to stabilize public education in struggling communities. If the Commonwealth’s poorest, wo ...

10 years ago

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Philadelphia’s underfunded pensions could impede long-term economic growth

Philadelphia has only 47 percent of the money it needs to meet its pension obligations. Philadelphia’s underfunded pension syste ...

10 years ago

Superintendent Pedro Rivera poses for a photograph at Lincoln Middle School in Lancaster, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Wolf picks Rivera for Pa. education secretary

Pedro Rivera, superintendent of the School District of Lancaster, will be sworn-in Tuesday as acting Pennsylvania education secretary. ...

10 years ago

 Trivia: Identify the city and location of this Pennsylvania landmark. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

In case you missed it: this week’s good reads about Pennsylvania urban issues

Here’s a list of recommended reading for your weekend: Planes, trains, automobiles, bikes, and pedestrians The ...

10 years ago

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NRA sues Pennsylvania cities, challenges legality of local gun ordinances

The National Rifle Association ...

10 years ago

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 Pennsylvania's municipal pensions were running a $7.7 billion combined deficit last year. (map courtesy Auditor General's office)
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Pennsylvania fiscal watchdog’s municipal pension fix: what it means

Pennsylvania’s local public worker retirement funds have a combined deficit of $7.7 billion. A few years ago, it was $7.2 billion. It w ...

10 years ago

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 The sun hangs over the skyline of downtown Pittsburgh, beginning to melt ice on the Allegheny River. Pennsylvania cities, including Pittsburgh, ranked poorly on the Milken Institute's list of best performing metros. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Pennsylvania cities rank poorly in list of best performing metros

Pennsylvania cities not only tended to be low down on the list, but in most cases actually ra ...

10 years ago

 Participants in the annual Blobfest festival run screaming from the Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, Pa. The exodus is a re-enactment of a pivotal scene from the 1958 horror-sci-fi film
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Mary Foote on parking, artist relocation, and pedestrian walkways

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10 years ago

Locust Walk on the University of Pennsylvania campus in West Philadelphia.
Keystone Crossroads

Why do cities solicit PILOTs and why do nonprofits dislike the idea?

One in a series explaining key terms and concepts of Pennsylvania government. Today’s topic: payments in lieu of taxes, or PILO ...

10 years ago

 Trivia: Identify the city and location of this Pennsylvania landmark. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

In case you missed it: this week’s good reads about Pennsylvania’s urban issues

Here’s a list of recommended reading for your weekend: Living in cities ...

10 years ago

 Crowds gather outside of the PPL Center in downtown Allentown on opening night Friday, September 12, 2014. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
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Allentown has new, high-rent housing

There ar ...

10 years ago

 Cyclists ride along the Allegheny River in this view of a path in a tunnel under the David Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Pittsburgh directs more money to bicycling infrastructure

Pittsburgh’s capital budget includes $1.65 million for expanding bicycling infrastructure throughout the city. Last year, Pi ...

10 years ago

 Auditor General Eugene DePasquale discusses the details of an audit at the State Capitol. (Marielle Segarra/WHYY)
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Auditor general: Pennsylvania needs to better monitor corporate tax incentives

Pennsylvania gives out hundreds of millions of dollars to companies each year. Now, the state auditor general says the state needs to do ...

10 years ago

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