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Keystone Crossroads

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Centre County's Jake Corman, the Pennsylvania Senate majority leader. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. House budget plan disliked in the Senate, but being considered as end to impasse

The budget’s completion still could hinge on whether the state House and Senate can agree on a gambling expansion.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania State Police officers walk up a driveway, Friday, July 14, 2017, in Solebury, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Lawmakers want budget details before authorizing new funding for state police support of municipalities

The Pa. State Police must serve municipalities that don't have full-time local services. And as more localities have opted out, state taxpayers have been footing the bill.

8 years ago

The state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., is shown in December 2016. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

House passes familiar budget plan — minus new revenue

House lawmakers narrowly passed part of a proposal Tuesday night to finish Pennsylvania's overdue state budget.

8 years ago

The Federal Reserve Building; white columns, black fencing against a blue sky
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmakers angle for tens of billions in federal restitution

Some Pennsylvania lawmakers are trying to get restitution for what they see as bad U.S. Federal Reserve policies during the recovery of the housing market.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania State Police vehicle
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Racial inequity of pot arrests spurs ACLU call for legalizing drug in Pa.

In 2016, African-Americans were eight times more likely to be arrested for possessing marijuana than their white counterparts, despite using the drug at similar rates.

8 years ago

Man in an olive suit at podium
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Trump: Drug czar nominee, Rep. Marino, withdrawing his name following report on opioid distribution bill

Marino is withdrawing from consideration following reports he played a key role in weakening the federal government's authority to stop companies from distributing opioids.

8 years ago

A woman assists her mother filling out her ballot in a church polling place in Lancaster, Pa. (AP File Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Off-year election, political frustrations contribute to dip in Pa. voter registration

It's about one month until Election Day, and voter registration is down by about 2.5 percent in Pennsylvania compared with 2016.

8 years ago

Google offices, luxury apartments, and upscale box stores now make up Bakery Square where Nabisco once operated.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
WESA
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Google to invest more than $1 billion in digital literacy, workforce development

Technology alone won’t prepare people to build careers or pursue education in a rapidly changing economy. That was the message from Google executives.

8 years ago

A view of downtown Reading from the 5th Street Bridge near Centre Avenue.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
WITF
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Reading council, mayor at odds over how to address marijuana possession

The city of Reading is calling on the state legislature to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. But Mayor Wally Scott is at odds with council members on the

8 years ago

An Amazon worker walks down steps in a company office before an event announcing several new Amazon products by the company, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, in Seattle. (Elaine Thompson/AP Photo)
WESA
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Investigation finds Amazon benefitted from more than $2.4 billion in subsidies

Amazon benefited from more than $2.4 billion in incentives across the country, according to research published Wednesday by American City Business Journals.

8 years ago

Fire Director Steve Bair wants to raise the stipend for volunteer firefighters in the Alpha Fire Company. (MIN XIAN / WPSU)
WPSU
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Fire company proposes increasing stipend for volunteer firefighters in State College

The Alpha Fire Company in State College is proposing a huge increase in its annual stipend for volunteer firefighters. The proposal underlines the difficulty in recruiting vol

8 years ago

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Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Lawmakers push bump stock ban; gun control groups say ‘do more’

Bump stocks are currently legal — even though automatic weapons are only legal with a special license.

8 years ago

Tom Wolf, profile
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Wolf says Treasury will loan money; Treasury says not so fast

Governor Tom Wolf announced that the Treasury is loaning money to cover short-term expenses — including upcoming payments to public schools. That was news to the Treasurer.

8 years ago

Alissa Parker, whose daughter Emilie died in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, talks about ways to improve school safety during a conference in Drexel Hill. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

At Delco ‘Safe Schools’ event, lessons from Sandy Hook shooting

A woman who lost her daughter in the Connecticut elementary school massacre still steels herself to tell the story. She does so to help others prepare for the next tragedy.

8 years ago

Empty school hallway
Keystone Crossroads
Education

GOP pushes Wolf to distribute Pa. education tax credits

Days after negotiations to balance Pennsylvania's late budget collapsed completely, lawmakers, the governor, and their staffers are still trading barbs.

8 years ago

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