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Keystone Crossroads

Keystone Crossroads Archive

 Jeff Kirkland is a local historian who recently founded the Historical African American Preservation Society in the city of York, Pennsylvania. Listen to his story on the latest episodes of Grapple. (Jessica Kourkounis/For Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads

In case you missed it: The week’s good reads about Pennsylvania cities

President Trump looks to slash student debt forgiveness program; Philadelphia drops to sixth largest city; new podcasts, and more. ...

9 years ago

Pennsylvania State Police on horses outside Beaver Stadium before an NCAA college football game between the Penn State and the Michigan State in State College, Pa. (AP File Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Keystone Crossroads

Pennsylvania lawmakers advance multiple proposals for state police funding, coverage

No one has introduced legislation providing for the $25 per capita fee proposed by Gov. Tom Wolf. State lawmakers have been consid ...

9 years ago

 Passengers wait to board an Amtrak train at the Lewistown Station in Central Pennsylvania. There is only one round-trip passenger train that runs from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh, which makes it difficult for passengers to commute by train. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

Proposal to expand passenger rail west of Harrisburg gains momentum

State senate to consider a resolution that might jump-start the process.  The eastern half of the state has 13 daily trains r ...

9 years ago

 Viktor, an undocumented immigrant from Belarus seeking asylum in the U.S, strums a bass guitar. He left with bandmate Alexander and hopes to play music again if he is able to attain legal status. Read his stories and other in the series Life, unauthorized.  (Brad Larrison for NewsWorks)
Keystone Crossroads

In case you missed it: The week’s good reads about Pennsylvania cities

Philadelphia DA nominee Krasner, FOP President McNesby continue sparring match. Civil rights attorney Larry Krasner traded some ch ...

9 years ago

 Fans walk past the entrance to PPG Paints Arena before Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final in the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Ottawa Senators, Saturday, May 13, 2017, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Keystone Crossroads

What do the Pittsburgh Penguins have to do with affordable housing?

The NHL team’s development arm has exclusive rights to a major project, now the subject of a fair housing complaint. A giant bil ...

9 years ago

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State College’s Schlow Centre Region Library on the corner of Beaver Avenue and Allen Street. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

Young ‘city champions’ in Philly, State College, awarded funding for community engagement projects

The Emerging City Champions fellowship program offers training and funding.  Downtown State College is known for bars, restau ...

9 years ago

 Danene Sorace, a Lancaster Councilwoman, speaks after winning the city's Democratic nomination for mayor Tuesday, May 16, 2017. She will face Republican Cindy Stewart in the general election. (Emily Previti/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads

How Pennsylvania city mayors fared in the primaries

Lancaster Councilwoman Danene Sorace won the city’s Democratic nomination for mayor Tuesday, and will face Republican Cindy Stewart ...

9 years ago

Keystone Crossroads

2017 Pennsylvania Primary Election Results — contested races

Get the latest results from races in Pennsylvania. tr.eln-subhed-table td.eln-subhed-table { font-weight: bold; ...

9 years ago

 At the second annual Keystone Crossroads Urban Ideas Worth Stealing conference in Harrisburg, Guillermo Velazquez (center), chair of the Latino Business Initiative of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, discusses immigrants starting small businesses. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

In case you missed it: The week’s good reads about Pennsylvania cities

Conference-goers make off with  plenty of ideas worth stealing. Will Allentown mayor get elected before he gets slapped with corrupt ...

9 years ago

 Hilary Coulson (center), a history professor at Harrisburg University listens to a lunch time panel discussion with three mayors from Pennsylvania cities: Lancaster Mayor Rick Gray, Braddock Mayor John Fetterman, and Altoona Mayor Matt Pacifico at the Keystone Crossroads’ Urban Ideas Worth Stealing conference. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

Steal these ideas: Takeaways from the Keystone Crossroads conference

Seriously, they’re worth thieving. More than 100 people gathered at the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg on Wednesday for ...

9 years ago

 Shae Ashe (left) and Jim Lewis are part of the youth movement for civic engagement in Norristown, Pa. (Annette John-Hall/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

Norristown millennials jump into the political fray

For some millennials, the 2016 presidential election has been a catalyst to get more politically and civically involved. In Norristown, a ...

9 years ago

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 Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski and City Hall in Allentown, Pennsylvania. (Jessica Kourkounis/For Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads

Embattled Allentown mayor seeks re-election despite federal probe

Seven officials have pled guilty to pay-to-play related charges and have pointed the finger at a ringleader who fits the mayor’s de ...

9 years ago

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 Students at Gustav Falke elementary school in the Wedding section of Berlin, Germany.  Check out the full series The Social Wall: Universal lessons in Berlin’s attempt to integrate schools. (Jessica Kourkounis/For Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads

In case you missed it: The week’s good reads about Pennsylvania cities

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey stirs up a tweet storm over immigration; anti-gentrification runs amuck in Philadelphia, and what underfunding tells ...

9 years ago

 Officers salute as a hearse carrying the body of Jersey City Police Department Officer Melvin Santiago during a procession prior to funeral services. Santiago was shot in the head while still in his police vehicle July 13. His death has prompted some New Jersey lawmakers to call for reinstatement of the death penalty for police killers. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Some of Pa.’s wealthiest communities get state police coverage at no cost

The finding is in a report from the Pennsylvania Economy League. ...

9 years ago

 File image of former Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed (right) and attorney, Henry Hockeimer, in front of a suburban courthouse after being arrested on corruption charges, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. (Diana Robinson/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads

How can Pennsylvania prevent cities from fiscal crisis?

A grand jury makes several suggestions in a new report focused on “reckless” financial decisions by Harrisburg officials in the early ...

9 years ago

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