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 Xelba Gutierrez leads a protest demanding that the Democratic National Convention reveal its sources of funding on Thursday, July 21, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pa. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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In case you missed it: This week’s best reads from Pennsylvania cities

Education, convention and liquor legislation Educational activities Just because it’s summer doesn’t mean there ...

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 Whitney Henderson (right) with Dominique Booker are both Strong Vincent High School students in Erie, Pa. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
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In Erie, the school integration plan that could fast-track equity

On the edge of insolvency, district studies controversial proposal In the waning days of the school year, a group of students at S ...

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 Superintendent Jay Badams leads a coalition of students, parents, educators, and community members at the state capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., urging state lawmakers to alter policies that have left Erie's public schools on the brink of insolvency. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
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In Erie, a microcosm of Pennsylvania’s struggle for education equity

State policy has pushed Erie Public Schools to the brink of insolvency. Urban school districts in Pennsylvania face a particularly ...

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Some of the 120 Silverliner V railway cars taken out of service by SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority) are shown in a storage yard. This summer rail service in the Philadelphia region has been impacted due to cracks in the structure of the equipment. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)
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How to deal with transit delays — and make people rethink their commutes

Unexpected delays or closures are a huge problem for people who take public transit.  A few years ago, I was living in Boston ...

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ACLU sues Lancaster school district over education of refugees

The lawsuit says Lancaster failed to offer equal access to education to students with refugee status. ...

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Why a coup attempt in Turkey brings protests to the Poconos

A Turkish exile has made his home in Saylorsburg, a small village in Monroe County. Over the weekend, Turkish president Recep Tayi ...

10 years ago

In this file image, teacher Laura Kangay, center, helps a student with his reading at Lincoln Middle School in Lancaster, Pa. (AP File Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Lawsuit brewing over refugee education in Lancaster

Older student refugees are slipping through the cracks — in part, some allege, because schools are breaking the law. About 17,00 ...

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 Young adult artists in the Homewood section of Pittsburgh paint a mural on the side of a building as part of a community wide 10 mural project organized by Moving the Lives through its Community Mural Project Wednesday, July 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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In case you missed it: This week’s best reads from Pennsylvania cities

Gotta catch ’em all. Headlines, that is. Pennsylvania passed a budget No, this isn’t a joke. Less than two week ...

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Governor Tom Wolf has tasked the State Planning Board to work on three issues: funding transportation
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Wolf directs state planning board to consider policies to help older cities

Tasking them with working on three issues: funding transportation, addressing fragmentation in local government, and supporting Pennsylva ...

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Pennsylvania Sen. Vincent Hughes (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
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Pa. budget deal with education funding boost hinged on compromise, avoiding controversy

Deal hashed out only 13 days overdue. The dust has settled on the 2016-17 Pennsylvania budget, and, as usual, debates over educati ...

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Borough will let ban on tenants with drug felonies die

Officials in one Cambria County borough have decided not to fight a recent court ruling that overturned its ban on landlords renting to p ...

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The Pennsylvania state guide to tracking down Pokemon

After perusing the papers, one thing is clear: Pokemon Go has deeply infiltrated Pennsylvania. Each weekday morning, one Keystone ...

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Marchers from 40 progressive groups from 30 states take part in the “Still We Rise” March in downtown Pittsburgh Friday
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Making Pa.’s police forces reflect the communities they serve

City police departments are working on diversity. Last week was rough. In separate incidents, young black men were shot and killed ...

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Debate over Pa. charter schools gets swirled into larger state budget talks

Negotiations center on potential changes to the nearly 20 year old charter law. A bill that would substantially revise Pennsylvani ...

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Pa. cities vary in response to firearm ordinance rulings, legislative activity

Allentown City Council is looking at reinstating as many as three ordinances previously repealed to avoid lawsuits facilitated by Act 192 ...

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