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Teacher Laura Kangay, (center) helps a student with his reading at Lincoln Middle School Friday, Sept. 30, 2011 in Lancaster, Pa. Financial woes have forced school districts to shed thousands of teaching jobs, adopt a four-day school week and cut electives such as art. And the budget situation probably won’t improve any time soon for school districts that rely heavily on state and local tax dollars. But what might happen in a best-case financial scenario that assumes strong economic growth next year?
Keystone Crossroads
Education

From pupil counting to plagiarism, Pa.’s school funding trial takes twists during defense phase

From money matters to plagiarism accusations, the defense portion of Pa.’s historic school funding trial took several twists over the last few weeks.

4 years ago

Pa. Supreme Court building
Courts & Law

The Pa. Supreme Court prepares to decide how to draw the state’s Congressional districts

Candidates were supposed to have been working to get on the ballot by now, but the state's election schedule is on ice because new political maps are not in place yet.

4 years ago

Norristown, Pa. in Montgomery County. (Wikimedia Commons)
Community

Montgomery County calls on residents and organizations to submit ideas for American Rescue Plan funding

With $161 million to disburse, the county will host three town halls next week, in person and virtually, to offer more details on the process.

4 years ago

In this Oct. 22, 2019 file photo, pipes lay along a construction site on the Mariner East pipeline in a residential neighborhood in Exton, Pa
Community

Mariner East pipeline project is finished, after years of environmental damage, construction delays

Energy Transfer says it has completed the troubled 350-mile-long natural gas liquids pipeline, two years behind the initial schedule.

4 years ago

File photo: The logo for the Tesla Supercharger station is seen in Buford, Ga, April 22, 2021,. Tesla is recalling nearly 579,000 vehicles in the U.S. because sounds played over an external speaker can obscure audible warnings for pedestrians. The recall is the fourth made public in the last two weeks as U.S. safety regulators increase scrutiny of the nation’s largest electric vehicle maker
Community

Tesla faces another US investigation: unexpected braking

The government says it has 354 complaints from owners during the past nine months about “phantom braking” in Tesla's Models 3 and Y.

4 years ago

File photo: Former president Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. A judge is hearing arguments Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Trump's fight to avoid being questioned under oath in a New York investigation into his business practices
Courts & Law

Trump must testify in New York investigation, judge rules

A judge has ruled former President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in a New York investigation into his business practices. It is likely to be appealed.

4 years ago

File photo: United States Military Academy graduating cadets march to their graduation ceremony of the U.S. Military Academy class 2021 at Michie Stadium on May 22, 2021, in West Point, N.Y. U.S. officials say reported sexual assaults at the U.S. military academies increased sharply during the 2020-2021 school year, as students returned to in-person classes amid the ongoing pandemic. The increase continues what officials believe is an upward trend at the academies, despite an influx of new sexual assault prevention and treatment programs
Community

Sexual assault reports increase at US military academies

The increase continues what officials believe is an upward trend at the academies, despite new sexual assault prevention and treatment programs.

4 years ago

Attorney General Kathy Jennings (at microphone) says straw purchases are a prevalent menace. (State of Delaware)
Courts & Law

‘Real evil of straw purchases’ revealed in Delaware firearms cases

Delaware prosecutors say guns obtained illegally via straw purchases include one woman who bought her boyfriend a gun used in a Dover murder.

4 years ago

An empty classroom.
Education
Spotlight PA

As virus surged, few Pa. schools signed up for free COVID-19 testing

Despite spikes in coronavirus infections and low child vaccination rates, schools across Pennsylvania have been slow to enroll in a free testing program offered by the state.

4 years ago

Will Tung and his daughter Juniper hold signs that say
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Scrapping the original city plan for Washington Ave. compromises safety

Philadelphia planners have reversed course on a plan for traffic flow on Washington Ave, and it’s going to compromise the safety of neighbors.

4 years ago

 In this Sept. 16, 2017, file photo, a person uses a smart phone in Chicago.  (AP Photo, File)
Politics & Policy

How to prepare for a Russian cyberattack

The Cyber Security & Infrastructure Agency issued a ‘shields up’ warning to U.S. companies to protect against cyberattacks that could accompany a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

4 years ago

The main parking lot at the Los Angeles Angels Tempe Diablo Stadium remains closed as pitchers and catchers are not starting spring training workouts as scheduled as the Major League Baseball lockout enters its 77th day and will prevent pitchers and catchers from taking the field for the first time since October in Tempe, Ariz., Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Arts & Entertainment

Lockout gets real: MLB’s spring showcase goes silent

It’s Day 77 of a lockout that’s become the second-longest work stoppage in baseball history.

4 years ago

Representatives from the Amazon Black Employees Network based at hubs in Deptford and Florence present checks totaling $10,000 towards the restoration of Locust Hill Cemetery in Trenton. There will also be a Black history museum constructed on the site as well
Community

Effort to preserve Trenton’s Black history gets a funding boost from Amazon employees

The money will help restore the historic Locust Hill Cemetery, the city’s oldest burial site for African Americans.

4 years ago

Customers sit in a booth at the Penrose Diner
Health

Many Philly restaurants, hotels ‘very happy’ with relaxed vax mandate

Restaurant and venue owners largely praised Philadelphia’s decision to immediately end the requirement to present proof-of-vaccination to dine indoors.

4 years ago

Asantewaa Nkrumah-Ture points to a padlock she installed on her bedroom
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

‘I can kind of relax now’: West Philly housing activist fights off illegal eviction

Following a virtual hearing, Asantewaa Nkruma-Ture will have 30 days to move out of her West Philly apartment — without any hostility from the property owner.

4 years ago

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