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Keystone Crossroads

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Representatives Jordan Harris and Carol Hill-Evans stand with the Grandview Five — the name the women involved in the golf course incident have given themselves. Jordan said he is
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Pa. golf course incident prompts lawmakers to call for stronger anti-discrimination laws

The moves come in the wake of an allegedly racially-motivated incident at a York County Golf Course in late April.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Sen. Mike Folmer
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Working through ‘crunch time,’ Pa. Senate struggles toward final redistricting bill

Few concrete details are leaking out of Senate lawmakers’ feverish negotiations on a sweeping bill to overhau ...

7 years ago

Will Mega (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Philadelphia man’s racial profiling charge prompts Lowe’s to suspend receipt-checking practice

The home improvement chain Lowe’s has suspended its practice of checking customers’ receipts at t ...

7 years ago

Elizabeth Geyer shares the story of her boyfriend, George Trudel, an inmate at Graterford with a life sentence. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Criminal justice reform advocates decry Pa.’s life without parole law at Chester rally

Elizabeth Geyer has been talking herself hoarse trying to change Pennsylvania’s criminal justice laws. She says a bill stalled i ...

7 years ago

Students change classes at a public school in Pennsylvania. (Jessica Kourkounis for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

More Pa. school districts feeling the crunch of mandated expenses, according to survey

An annual census of Pennsylvania districts suggests they're faring worse financially than last year and are more likely to raise taxes.

7 years ago

In this 2017 photo, protesters in Harrisburg call on lawmakers to support redistricting reform. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Congressional redistricting bill in Pa. Senate pits purists vs. realists

After ...

7 years ago

The State Capitol Building in Harrisburg. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

With deadline looming, Pa. redistricting overhaul attempts are still scattershot

There's a hard July 6 deadline for lawmakers to pass the measure through both chambers. If they don't make it, the redistricting process stays as-is for another decade.

7 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf signing an anti-discrimination executive order in April 2016. (Courtesy of Pa. Dept. of General Services)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

After pressure from religious schools, Pa. removes nondiscrimination language from tax credit program

Should private schools that benefit from Pennsylvania’s tax credit programs adhere to the rules of the public system? That d ...

7 years ago

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Scott Wagner has resigned his Senate seat early to devote more time to running for governor. (AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Scott Wagner gives conciliatory farewell speech, departs Pa. Senate

The now-former York County lawmaker sent leadership his resignation last week, saying he wants to devote more time to running against incumbent Democrat Tom Wolf.

7 years ago

Ashley Oleson, with the League of Women Voters of Maryland, carries signs of the state's districts, before oral arguments in the Supreme Court in March.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

On heels of Pa. congressional map changes, U.S. Supreme Court to rule on gerrymandering

This month the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to deliver two highly anticipated decisions on cases involving partisan gerrymandering.

7 years ago

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Source: Pennsylvania State Data Center
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Pa.’s population increase in 2017 was the most dramatic in five years

Pennsylvania’s population is on the rise again, after declining in 2016 — but growth remains concentrated in certain spots, and m ...

7 years ago

8th grade student Kristina Kelly and English teacher Monique Traugerat Thomas K. Finletter Academics Plus School in the Olney section of North Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Say anything: Inside a writing assignment gone right in North Philadelphia

A second-year English teacher in the Olney section of North Philadelphia gave up control and gave her students the space to open up. To their own surprise, they did.

7 years ago

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Congressional districts in Southeastern Pennsylvania as they were adopted in 2011 and then ruled unconstitutional by the Pa. Supreme Court in January 2018.  (Google Maps)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Ohio advocates find Pa. ‘instructive’ in quest to overturn congressional map

Advocates for changing congressional maps are looking to Pennsylvania’s recent redistricting case as an examp ...

7 years ago

Over 300 graduating students from 19 Philadelphia-area colleges and universities are shown throwing their mortarboards in the air on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in a 2012 ceremony. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo, file)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

State grants for Pa. college students remain steady, but face uncertain future

The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency is digging into its reserves to keep money flowing into a g ...

7 years ago

Alisha Risser owns and runs a dairy farm in Lebanon county. Having been in the business for 17 years, Risser said consistently low milk prices in recent years have been really hard for farmers.
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Pa. dairy farmers struggling to find greener pastures in tough milk market

Along stretches of farmland on South Lincoln Avenue in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, you will notice yard signs with bright orange letters that read, “SAVE OUR LOCAL DAIRY FARMS.”

7 years ago

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