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Keystone Crossroads

Keystone Crossroads Archive

 A motorcyclist rides by shops and restaurants on Penn Street including Jimmie Kramer’s Peanut Bar in downtown Reading.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

How do you like your Main Street — old fashioned, retro, flashy?

Berks County communities have collectively allocated close to a million dollars this year, on improving Main Street.    ...

11 years ago

It's not too late to learn about the candidates running in your district. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads

Last minute guide to Pennsylvania’s Election 2014

Registered voters head to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots for Pennsylvania governor, U.S. Representative, State Senator, State ...

11 years ago

 Two teenagers take in the view of Reading, Pa. from Mount Penn near the Pagoda.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

ReDesign Reading’s Brian Kelly on the costs of competition and financial illiteracy in a city with low self-esteem

Brian Kelly is the executive director of ReDesign Reading. The city created the CDC last year with an ecologically-minded, inclusive ...

11 years ago

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Voter turnout over time in Pennsylvania cities

Voter turnout has dropped 12 percentage points in Pennsylvania over the last fi ...

11 years ago

 Trivia:  Can you identify the Pennsylvania city where this image was taken?  Bonus points if you can name the exact location.  Tell us in the comments below or on Twitter @PaCrossroads. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
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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: Here’s a list of recommended reading for your weekend: W ...

11 years ago

 A voter steps into voting booth at the Oregon New Years Association in Philadelphia. An analysis of Department of State data shows turnout in Pennsylvania's struggling communities in 2010 was down nearly 20 percent from 1994. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Voter turnout trends lower in distressed cities, but Harrisburg and Erie are exceptions

An a ...

11 years ago

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 Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski, Carlisle Mayor Tim Scott, Lemoyne Mayor Larissa York and Highspire Mayor John Hoerner at Harrisburg Hope's mayoral summit. (Emily Previti/WIFT)
Keystone Crossroads

Pennsylvania mayors say creativity is key to solving most pressing local problems

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11 years ago

 Altoona citizens will be able to vote for or against a new home rule charter in the November election. (Anna Foley/WPSU)
Keystone Crossroads

Taxes, local control, full-time mayor: Altoona citizens to vote on home rule

Altoona asks voters to decide whether the city will become a home rule municipality. In the upcoming election, the ci ...

11 years ago

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Shippensburg University's Center for Land Use Director George Pomeroy says documentary
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Professor George Pomeroy on traffic circles, micro-landscaping and Michael Moore

George Pomeroy heads the Center for Land Use at Shippensburg University, where he’s also a professor of geography and earth sci ...

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 Two Pennsylvania municipalities, West Hazleton Borough and Westfall Township have been cleared to exit the state’ Act 47 program for financially distressed communities. (<a href=Photo collage via ShutterStock) " title="act47_cleared" width="1" height="1"/>
Keystone Crossroads

Two municipalities cleared to exit Act 47

Governor Tom Corbett announced Wednesday that the state’s DCED rescinded West Hazleton Borough’s Act 47 status. Govern ...

11 years ago

 Workers are lifted beside the superstructure on the Ft. Pitt Bridge over the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh.. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Keystone Crossroads

Pennsylvania’s crumbling infrastructure and its role in the governor race

For many Pennsylvanians crumbling infrastructure is a big concern. What are the gubernatorial candidates saying about it?  ...

11 years ago

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 Lake Ontaulanee provides 13-14 million gallons of water per day for Reading city residents. The city has debated selling or leasing out the water system to pay off debts. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

Pa. cities consider leasing out water system to balance budget

Struggling Pennsylvania cities have to make hard decisions about how to balance the budget. One move? Selling or leasing out a city’ ...

11 years ago

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 Harrisburg Hope is sponsoring a mayoral summit Monday at Harrisburg Community College. The group has organized dozens of public forums in the city.
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City mayors to convene in Harrisburg

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11 years ago

 A view of downtown Pittsburgh from the North Shore. Fitch Ratings released a statement after the state legislature passed a measure changing the Commonwealth’s municipal distress recovery program.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
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New Act 47 could increase financial scrutiny of Pennsylvania’s state, local, governments

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11 years ago

Pedestrians and cyclists use the river walk along the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh.  Under changes to the Act 47 law
Keystone Crossroads

New Act 47 provisions could mean more accountability for distressed cities – and less local control

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11 years ago

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