
Keystone Crossroads Archive
What will Trump’s infrastructure plan mean for Pa.’s public transit systems?
Nationally, public transit systems require at least $90 billion in repairs and improvements. Each year, the American Society ...
8 years ago
Data doesn’t solve problems, but it sure can help
The Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center is the repository for more than 150 data sets from Pittsburgh and Allegheny county governme ...
8 years ago
Federal immigration enforcement uptick expands to more Pennsylvania cities
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been increasingly present in multiple Central Pennsylvania cities in recent weeks. &nbs ...
8 years ago
In case you missed it: The week’s best reads about Pennsylvania cities
President Donald Trump’s sixth week in office, balancing the Pennsylvania budget, Pittsburgh news, and more … In the s ...
8 years ago
Pittsburgh faces most pressing challenges with new resilience strategy
This week Pittsburgh announced its strategy to confront the city’s most pressing challenges. Pittsburgh is the only Pennsylvania ...
8 years ago
Pittsburgh to provide water filters to all residents to reduce lead exposure
The Safe Water Plan began with a natural gas utility’s decision to give the city $500,000. With no exceptions, the $1 million Sa ...
8 years ago
Refugee resettlement already winding down in some Pennsylvania cities
Imad Ghajar and his wife Marwa Hilani were born in Aleppo, Syria, met there, and didn’t have plans to leave. Then the war ha ...
8 years ago
ListenTourism, training and tax incentives: DCED’s 2017 budget
The Department of Community and Economic Development is facing cuts — and growth. The Department of Community and Economic ...
8 years ago
In case you missed it: This week’s good reads about Pennsylvania cities
We’re experiencing the political equivalent of whiplash. First, there was the kumbaya moment that President Donald Trump a ...
8 years ago
Pa. manufacturers group optimistic about Trump infrastructure proposal
With infrastructure investment, the state’s manufacturing sector could put the economy in high gear. President Donald Trump call ...
8 years ago
Trump’s immigration talk hits home in Hazleton
The city tried to ban illegal immigrants in 2006. Over a decade ago, Hazleton tried to stem the tide of immigrants flooding the ci ...
8 years ago
Wolf joins governors asking for Trump’s help with infrastructure
At the National Governors Association annual meeting, infrastructure improvements and innovation led the day. Pennsylvania ...
8 years ago
Scranton looks to lose distressed status — eventually
The city’s deadline to exit the distressed cities program is this year — or it can apply for an extension. When Scra ...
8 years ago
In case you missed it: This week’s best reads from Pa. cities
As President Trump fires more policy salvos, many Americans push back. As dawn broke on another week in what ...
8 years ago
Hillary Clinton to speak at St Patrick’s Day event in Scranton, Pa.
Hillary Clinton will speak at a St. Patrick’s Day event in her late father’s Pennsylvania hometown of Scranton. The Ti ...
8 years ago
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