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Kris Singh, center, the founder, president and CEO of Holtec International. The company was granted the second-largest tax break in state history, but officials placed a hold on the break following our reporting. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
ProPublica

N.J. freezes Holtec's $260 million tax break pending investigation

Officials took the action after a report last month from WNYC and ProPublica about an inaccuracy in a sworn certification submitted by Holtec CEO Kris Singh.

7 years ago

A screenshot of the Penn State study's live result map shows that only a fraction of the state meets the F.C.C.'s standard for high-speed broadband internet. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Report: FCC overstates broadband availability in Pa., FCC disagrees

The report found median speeds for most of Pennsylvania didn’t meet the definition for broadband.

7 years ago

3rd May 1913:  Grand Marshal Inez Milholland Boissevain (1886 - 1916) leads a parade of 30,000 representives of the various Women's Suffrage associations through New York City. (Photo by Paul Thompson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Politics & Policy
Marketplace

The campaign finance of women’s suffrage

On June 4th, 1919, Congress passed the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing all women the right to vote. It would be another year, in August of 1920, before enough states ratified it.

7 years ago

A Range Resources well site in Washington County in 2018. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Document reveals Range Resources, others agreed to $3M settlement in Western Pa. contamination suit

The public document doesn't specify how much money was distributed among plaintiffs.

7 years ago

In this April 2, 2019, file photo, rapper Meek Mill speaks at a gathering in Philadelphia to push for drastic changes to Pennsylvania's probation system. On Monday, June 3 a Pennsylvania court granted Mill a July 16 hearing in the appeal of his 2008 conviction on gun and drug charges. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Appeals court grants Meek Mill a hearing in 2008 conviction

Meek Mill's lawyers will get a chance to argue the rapper's 2008 conviction on gun and drug charges should be overturned.

7 years ago

Proceeds from the Pennsylvania Lottery go toward programs for seniors. But lawmakers are worried unregulated games are cutting into that revenue. (Nati Harnik/AP Photo)
Money

Pa. lawmakers look to cut down on legally ambiguous ‘games of skill’

Lawmakers and the state Lottery are trying to crack down on so-called "games of skill" — a category of gambling that is largely considered illegal but has some gray areas.

7 years ago

Gov. John Carney calls for $75 million to fund initiatives for low income students, English language learners.  (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Del. Gov. Carney adds mental health dollars to education plan

Carney proposes $75 million to help low-income students, English language learners, mental health programs in schools.

7 years ago

A large tree lays uprooted past the hole where it came from in a yard as people continue cleanup efforts, Thursday, March 24, 2011 in Hempfield, Pa. Severe storms went through the Westmoreland County area on Wednesday March 23, 2011, causing severe damage. The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado was responsible for destroying 30 homes and badly damaging about 60 more in western Pennsylvania. (Keith Srakocic)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. has had a lot of tornadoes this year. But scientists don’t know if there’s a climate change link

Pennsylvania has seen an abnormally high number of tornadoes this year — with more than two dozen confirmed as of last week.

7 years ago

The city's street sweeping pilot in June 2019. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

$2.73 million later, Philly realizes street sweepers are too wide for city’s narrow blocks

Philly’s street sweeping experiment has hit a sizable snag — a nine-foot-wide snag, to be exact.

7 years ago

Listen 2:36
Rowhomes at 34th and Spring Garden Street for sale or rent. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Education

Philly real estate community reacts warily to school district planning process

Last week’s news that the Philadelphia School District could move catchment boundary lines piqued the interest of parents and those that sell them homes.

7 years ago

Listen 2:08
Former UD professor Arica Coleman in her home Wednesday. Feb. 27, 2019, in Newark, Del.  (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Education

Former professor says University of Delaware tenure process stifles diversity

A former professor at the University of Delaware says the refusal to grant her tenure is part of a pattern of discrimination against black women faculty.

7 years ago

Listen 6:02
Cooper University Hospital in Camden
Health

Under new proposal, N.J. patients would be informed of in-state options before being transferred

New Jersey lawmakers may require its doctors to make sure patients know about in-state treatment options.

7 years ago

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Murphy’s plan to grow New Jersey’s medical marijuana industry met with criticism

New Jersey’s governor is moving ahead without the Legislature to expand the medical marijuana program.

7 years ago

U.S. Senators Bob Casey and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Pa., Del. among long list of troubled nursing homes revealed by Casey and Toomey

The federal government for years has kept under wraps the names of hundreds of nursing homes around the country found by inspectors to have serious health and safety concerns.

7 years ago

Police stand along Benjamin Franklin Parkway as City Hall stands in the background, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Courts & Law

Krasner: Racist Facebook posts could get officers barred from criminal trials

Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner is reviewing a database of offensive social media comments posted by city cops to look for evidence of bias.

7 years ago

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