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Keystone Crossroads

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Andrea Martinez (left) and Janelle Rosado are food stamp recipients. They live in Reading, Pa., where 44 percent of households receive SNAP benefits.  (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Food stamp crisis looming in Pa. because of government shutdown

The partial federal government shutdown is threatening food stamp benefits beyond February. Pennsylvania officials see a crisis coming in the next few weeks.

6 years ago

Phoenixville Area High School (Google Maps)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. school districts say later start times are boosting grades

Pennsylvania schools that have pushed start times later say the logistical hurdles are worth it for students who are more awake and alert.

6 years ago

Lancaster County District Attorney Craig Stedman, center, speaks to reporters Dec. 6, 2018 about the October 26 multi-vehicle crash that killed two Warwick High School students. At left is Lititz Borough Police Chief Kerry Nye. At right, Lancaster County Assistant District Attorney Jared Hinsey. (Brett Sholtis/WITF News)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Lancaster County tops list for charging heroin dealers with homicide

Lancaster County pursues drug-induced homicide charges more than any other county in the United States, according to a recent report from data gathering project Mission LISA.

6 years ago

The state Capitol building in Harrisburg. (Tom Downing/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

New education leaders in Pa. Legislature seek to reduce role of state tests, increase accountability for cyber charters

There’s new blood leading Pennsylvania’s House and Senate Education Committees. Both chairmen talked about the upcoming legislative session.

6 years ago

Some Pennsylvanians who work for the federal government are turning to food banks for support. (Michael Rubinkam/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Central Pa. Food Bank feeding hundreds of furloughed federal workers

Hundreds of furloughed federal workers are turning to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank to help make ends meet as the partial federal government shutdown drags on.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf gestures after he was sworn in for his second term, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Four more years of Wolf

At his inauguration, the governor called for politicians to find common ground, for Pennsylvanians to hold them accountable, and for the state to keep reinventing itself.

6 years ago

The Tamaqua School Board voted to temporarily suspend a policy that allows some school staff to carry firearms in classrooms anonymously. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. school board punts on policy to allow teachers to carry guns

The board approved the policy in September, making it the first district in Pennsylvania to sanction armed teachers. The teachers union quickly sued, followed by parents.

6 years ago

School board member Nicholas Boyle, 29, believes arming an anonymous, rotating slate of teachers is a cost effective way to save lives in case of a school shooting. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Proposal to arm teachers in Tamaqua to get postponement vote

Following lawsuits, the Tamaqua School Board will vote Tuesday night on whether to suspend a policy that allows some school staff to carry guns anonymously.

6 years ago

In this Friday, July 17, 2015 photo, unfiltered Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, and Camel cigarettes, Reynolds American brands, are on display at a Smoker Friendly shop in Pittsburgh. (Gene J. Puskar / The Associated Press)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Tracking the tax increases and decreases in Gov. Tom Wolf’s first term

Taxes went up on cigarettes, digital downloads, Pennsylvania Lottery winnings and other assorted items.

6 years ago

In this file photo Gov. Tom Wolf gives his budget address at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. (Chris Knight/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. readies for the start of Wolf’s second term

In his inaugural speech, Wolf is expected to renew calls for a higher minimum wage and natural gas severance tax.

6 years ago

Joe Egan, right, a representative of The Buckeye Firearm Foundation, at a Tamaqua School Board meeting in November 2018. Board member Nicholas Boyle, left, and School Board President Larry Wittig, confer with him. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Officials vote to postpone policy to arm teachers

School board members in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania have voted to postpone a policy allowing teachers to carry guns in school.

6 years ago

In this file photo, Tony Pouliot demonstrates the goCrop app on his mobile photo in the cab of his combine on his farm in Westford, Vt. (Toby Talbot/AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Lack of funding continues to pose challenges for expanding broadband access in Pa.

Advocates for rural Pennsylvania say expanding high speed broadband access is a priority in 2019, but funding for infrastructure continues to be a challenge.

6 years ago

(ShutterStock)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pa. court rejects appeal from family who says son was raped in Philly school

A case that could set statewide precedent in holding school districts liable for ongoing student-on-student bullying has hit a barrier.

6 years ago

In this March 1, 2018 photo, a customer leaves Dylamatos Market owned by Dianne Shenk in the Hazelwood neighborhood of Pittsburgh. About a quarter of Shenk's customers pay with benefits from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Shutdown fight raises questions about fate of food stamps after January

 An estimated 1.8 million low-income Pennsylvanians currently receive the benefits.

6 years ago

School District of Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite praises principals who earned high scores in a district evaluation in this file photo from 2017. (WHYY staff)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Principal turnover highest in Pa. cities, study says, and school leaders may be getting whiter, too

A new report reveals five eye-raising trends among school principals related to turnover, age, race, geography and more.

6 years ago

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