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Keystone Crossroads

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Applicants who wish to open charter schools, opponents of those plans, protesters and parents crowded the School Reform Commission meeting in 2017. The marathon session, which began at 3:30 p.m., lasted well into the night. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. House passes charter school package, but funding conundrum remains

Public school advocates argue overall, charter schools route too much money from traditional districts.  

6 years ago

Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa, who is sponsoring his chamber's version of the police fee bill, speaks at a press conference on the issue. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

As Pa. budget talks progress, Wolf renews request for new state police fee

About half the commonwealth's municipalities and 20 percent of its population would be affected.

6 years ago

A group of children walk with their caregivers on Vine Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

For parents who work nights and weekends, study finds child care is especially difficult

An estimated 150,000 Pa. families need child care outside the typical work day. But a new study says few providers can afford to offer that service.

6 years ago

Parishioners pray the Rosary at Holy Infancy Roman Catholic in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania after mass on Tuesday, August 14, 2018, the same day, Pennsylvania Attorney General released his two-year grand jury investigation into widespread sexual abuse and cover-up within six Catholic dioceses across the state. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Catholic Church lobbying costs spiked in Pa. as statute of limitations debate raged

The Catholic Church spent more on lobbying efforts in Pennsylvania than in seven other northeastern U.S. states combined, according to a recent report covering 2011-2018.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

More tax credits? More spending? Pa. lawmakers continue to clash on education

The proposed increase to the Educational Improvement Tax Credit will likely be used as a bargaining chip in ongoing budget negotiations.

6 years ago

The majority of absentee ballots are rejected in Pennsylvania for lateness, and the rejection rate is increasing. (Alan Diaz/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Lawsuit over Pa. absentee voting claims early deadline is unconstitutional

Voters are suing Pa. over the state’s absentee ballot deadline, which is the earliest in the country. On Wednesday, lawyers presented their first arguments.

6 years ago

(Bigstock/Veja)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Cyber charters in Pa. are wildly ineffective, and 3 other takeaways from new Stanford study

The study says the overall quality of Pa. charter schools is brought down by poor performing cybers. But some brick and mortar charters in cities are a bright spot.

6 years ago

State Sen. Vincent Hughes announces proposed legislation that would allocate surplus state funds to emergency school repairs, largely in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Citing ‘emergency’ repair needs, Democrats call for $125M for Pa. schools

A one-time cash subsidy would remediate the worst conditions in Pa. public schools — with most of the money going to Philadelphia.

6 years ago

Centre County introduced new Electronic Systems & Software voting machines in the primary on May 21, 2019. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Here’s who makes money from the voting machine requirement for Pa. counties

As of early May, 18 counties picked ES&S at an estimated total cost of $48 million.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania's new ongressional map as drawn by the Pa. Supreme Court after it found the previous version an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Want to help fight gerrymandering? Pa. redistricting commission coming to Philly Tuesday

Input on how to create fair congressional, legislative district maps gathered at redistricting commission hearings will be sent to Pa. Gov. Wolf in a report this fall.

6 years ago

Martin Tower, the former headquarters of Bethlehem Steel, is shown days before a planned implosion. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Implosion of former Bethlehem Steel HQ highlights changing face of the Lehigh Valley

Bethlehem Steel built a skyscraper in the 1970s, just ahead of the industry's collapse. The tower sat mostly vacant for a decade, but the city found other ways to revitalize.

6 years ago

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Members of the Eastern Lancaster County school board are seen during a meeting on May 13, 2019. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Keystone Crossroads
Education
PA Post

Eastern Lancaster County school board delays ‘biological sex’ policy

The Eastern Lancaster County school board voted 6-3 to put off the policy until the fall.

6 years ago

The state has approved $40 million in grants for school districts to improve safety. These competitive grants are in addition to $25,000 that most districts received last year.
(Min Xian/WPSU)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pennsylvania grants $40M in competitive school safety grants

The state has approved $40 million in grants for school districts to improve safety. These competitive grants are in addition to $25,000 that most districts received last year

6 years ago

A screenshot of Pastor Carl Johnson's Easter Sunday sermon, where his comments about Muslims in France have come under fire.
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Pa. Lutheran pastor criticized for ‘violent purge of Muslims’ comment after Notre Dame fire

On Easter Sunday, Pastor Carl Johnson confessed he had hoped the Notre Dame fire in Paris was committed by Muslims in order to justify the eradication of Muslims from France.

6 years ago

Listen 1:57
Philadelphia's Criminal Justice Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law
PA Post

A Philadelphia attorney bought a $3,500 gun safe in response to Pa.’s new domestic abuse law

Some attorneys say storing guns brings too much risk or is just too big of a hassle.

6 years ago

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