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Keystone Crossroads

Keystone Crossroads Archive

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announces a major lawsuit against vaping company Juul at Radnor High School in Wayne, Pa. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pa. AG Shapiro sues Juul Labs for ‘epidemic levels’ of teen vaping

Pennsylvania has sued the e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs, joining Pennsylvania school districts, district attorneys and other states intent on reining in teen vaping.

5 years ago

Scranton School District Administration Building (Google Maps)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Lawsuit: Scranton school district knew about environmental contamination

It claims the district received test results from environmental studies, starting in at least 2016, that made officials aware of the issues, but they never informed students,

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf talks to Keystone Crossroads staff at WHYY in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Wolf defends charter school cuts, doubles down on opposition to supervised injection sites

Wolf spoke with reporters as part of Keystone Crossroads' "Ask Governor Wolf" program, recorded live at WHYY just a few days after his 2020-21 budget address.

5 years ago

Listen 53:00
Local business owners at Gran Caffe L'Aquila (Laura Benshoff)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Pa. Italian food purveyors say more tariffs could be ‘devastating’

A potential round of new tariffs on European products is sparking fears of “fake parmesan” among Italian food purveyors in Pennsylvania.

5 years ago

Listen 1:40
Longer working hours, longer commutes and the rise of dual-income households have left less time for volunteer firefighting. (Bas Slabbers for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

‘So tragic’: Volunteer firefighter shortage threatens Pa. traditions and public safety

Mike Kitsock never thought he’d still be fighting fires as a sexagenarian. ...

5 years ago

Listen 5:19
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence stands and applauds as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi reacts to President Donald Trump as he delivers his State of the Union address. (REUTERS/Leah Millis/POOL)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Trump, Pence put Pennsylvania at the center of their school-choice push

Trump and his allies are pushing hard for programs that divert tax dollars to private schools. And they’re centering the argument in Pennsylvania.

5 years ago

Brothers Andrew Barrow and Ronald Stanley 'Stosh' Webb (right) have been on a mission to fight racism in Schuylkill County. Is it working? (Bas Slabbers for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

‘Cancel culture’ in Coal Country: Two Trump-voting brothers on a mission to fight racism

After experiencing overtly racist behavior by a quasi-public official, two brothers are on a crusade for accountability. Will anyone in their community care?

5 years ago

Listen 7:56
To Honor and Serve, right, with jockey Jose Lezcano aboard, heads to the finish line during the running of the Pennsylvania Derby horse race at Parx Racing, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, in Bensalem, Pa. (Alex Brandon / AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Woah, Nellie Bly — new scholarship program for Pa. college students could mean end of state horse racing industry

Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to tackle college debt in this year’s budget hinges on a massive new scholarship program

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf delivers his 2020-21 budget address in the House of Representatives as Speaker Mike Turzai, left, and Lt. Gov. John Fetterman look on, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, in Harrisburg, Pa. (Joe Hermitt/PennLive/The Patriot-News via AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

‘Fronts for private management:’ Wolf takes aim at charter schools in state budget

The governor spent years largely ducking Pennsylvania’s charter school debate. Now he’s ruffling feathers with a new proposal on how they’re funded.

5 years ago

Scranton School District Administration Building (Google Maps)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Lead, asbestos contamination shuts down three Scranton schools

Crews in the Scranton School District are conducting air quality tests and making emergency repairs Thursday.

5 years ago

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Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

The Pa. agency that looks for wasteful spending wasted $160,000 on guns and ammo it can’t use

The watchdog office spent nearly $160,000 on pistols and ammunition that its investigators are not legally allowed to carry. The weapons have been in storage for two years.

5 years ago

Wolf, Democratic lawmakers and state secretaries gather to call for toxin abatement funding. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Wolf wants to set aside a billion dollars to fix toxic schools

The governor says he’s planning to include the pitch in next week’s budget address, along with several other lead and asbestos-remediation plans.

5 years ago

Superintendents and other school leaders including Philadelphia Board of Education president Joyce Wilkerson hold a press conference in Norristown announcing a joint effort to seek charter reform (The Notebook)
Keystone Crossroads
Education
The Notebook

District leaders call for moratorium on new charters until law is changed

The new coalition, called LEARN, is statewide, showing that charter reform is not just an "urban" issue.

5 years ago

House Speaker Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny, addresses the House chamber after taking the oath of office Tuesday Jan. 1, 2019 in Harrisburg. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

With Turzai departure, private and charter schools lose a major ally in the capital

As one of Harrisburg’s most powerful lawmakers, Mike Turzai used his muscle to push major education initiatives.

5 years ago

Listen 1:38
Pa. State Police (Dan Gleiter/PennLive)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

The Pa. State Police was warned about possible racial bias in car searches. The agency’s answer? End the research.

Year after year, according to the reports, troopers were roughly two to three times more likely to search black or Hispanic drivers than white drivers.

5 years ago

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