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In case you missed it: This week’s best reads from Pennsylvania cities
Politics, politics and politics. Is it November yet? Pols behaving badly We’ve got to start with the top story of the ...
10 years ago
In case you missed it: This week’s best reads from Pennsylvania cities
Politics, politics and politics. Is it November yet? Pols behaving badly We’ve got to start with the top story of the ...
10 years ago
In case you missed it: This week’s best reads from Pennsylvania cities
Politics, politics and politics. Is it November yet? Pols behaving badly We’ve got to start with the top story of the ...
10 years ago
Wolf administration seeks to move Pa. graduation requirements away from standardized tests
Critics worry that expectations are being scaled back. Pennsylvania continues to wrestle with an essential question for the future ...
10 years ago
ListenBroader questions emerge in Lancaster refugee lawsuit
The School District of Lancaster’s treatment of student refugees is on trial this week, but practices affecting a wider population ...
10 years ago
Seeking accountability, states revise charter school laws
Pennsylvania has not updated its original 1997 law that allowed the schools’ creation. Gary Miron, a researcher at Western M ...
10 years ago
For states, there may be good reason to stop cities from going bankrupt
Researchers find that states with programs that make it harder for cities to go bankrupt see several benefits, including economic stabili ...
10 years ago
Trial starts over refugee student enrollment in Lancaster
As many as 700 refugees are resettled each year in Lancaster, a high number for the city’s population. Four of them are spending to ...
10 years ago
Cooking up sustainability: How shared kitchens contribute to Pennsylvania’s economy
More than a dozen commercially-equipped kitchens across the state help entrepreneurs launch their businesses. Tastykake, Hershey ...
10 years ago
Clinton, Biden seek home field advantage in Scranton
Monday’s rally drew a large crowd of supporters — and a number of family members for both speakers. What do Democrat ...
10 years ago
In Philadelphia, teaching entrepreneurship through hip-hop
This fall, a program funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will use the lessons of hip-hop entrepreneurs to teach 18- to 3 ...
10 years ago
Trump talks job creation in Erie, Altoona
Trump made two campaign stops in Pennsylvania on Friday. In Altoona, Trump shared the spotlight with a number of special gue ...
10 years ago
In case you missed it: This week’s best reads from Pennsylvania cities
Eds, meds, leads and…corruption. (It is Pennsylvania, after all.) Cure what ails you The medical sector is growing in ...
10 years ago
Medical centers in Pennsylvania are benefitting from medical tourism. Ah, summer: the time to break free of routine, plan a trip, ...
10 years ago
In African American neighborhoods, primary care may be harder to find
A new study finds a link between the racial makeup of Philadelphia neighborhoods and the number of primary care doctors who work there. ...
10 years ago
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