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Keystone Crossroads

Government Accountability

In this March 1, 2018 photo, a customer leaves Dylamatos Market owned by Dianne Shenk in the Hazelwood neighborhood of Pittsburgh. About a quarter of Shenk's customers pay with benefits from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Shutdown fight raises questions about fate of food stamps after January

 An estimated 1.8 million low-income Pennsylvanians currently receive the benefits.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania State House on January 1, 2019 (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Amid swearing-in, Pa. lawmakers add significant updates to chamber rules

Pennsylvania’s House and Senate swore in their newly-elected members on New Year’s Day and are now gearing up to start a two-year legislative session.

7 years ago

(AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Top Pa. lawmaker reiterates prediction that budget deficit will be manageable

York County Rep. Stan Saylor, who heads the pivotal House Appropriations Committee, noted that returns are stronger than expected, and the state's on track for a surplus.

7 years ago

Coal is piled up at the the Blaschak Coal Corporation pit mine Dec. 4, 2018, in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

A new coal mine is opening in Pennsylvania. Is Trump to thank?

A new mine in Pennsylvania's anthracite coal country has not brought new jobs to the region.

7 years ago

(AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Compared nationally, state and local tax burden on Pa. residents ranks average

Pa. residents pay a larger share of income to gambling, liquor and cigarette taxes.

7 years ago

An empty hallway at the old West Philadelphia High School (Ashley Hahn/PlanPhilly)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Report: Philly schools lose more to corporate handouts than any other big city

Philly schools face an estimated $1B funding shortfall by 2022. A new national report found that the city is walking away from more school tax revenue than any of its peers.

7 years ago

John Fetterman, Pennsylvania's newly-elected lieutenant governor, isn't going to live in the taxpayer-funded residence the commonwealth provides him. He's still figuring out what he wants to do with it. (AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

What to do with a soon-to-be empty, taxpayer-funded mansion?

Pennsylvania's new lieutenant governor says it would feel "inappropriate" to move into the residence that comes with his job.

7 years ago

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Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane arrives at Montgomery County courthouse
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Former Pa. Attorney General Kane loses appeal, may soon head to jail

The former top prosecutor for the state of Pennsylvania is likely to soon be behind bars, more than two years after she was convicted and ...

7 years ago

(AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. candidates will devote unused millions in campaign contributions to transition costs, building clout

Every year, politicians raise hundreds of millions of dollars to finance their campaigns. But insiders kn ...

7 years ago

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Brian Fitzpatrick celebrates his reelection with his brother, and former congressman, Mike Fitzpatrick. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Money flooded Pa. congressional races, but didn’t necessarily make the difference

Candidates for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate and congressional seats and their supporters spent $100.7 mil ...

7 years ago

Democrat Jennifer O'Mara is met with joyous celebration after winning a Statehouse race Philadelphia's suburbs. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Surge in Philly suburbs brings Democrats gains in Harrisburg, but GOP holds General Assembly

The wake of the blue wave that swept Democrats into control of the U.S. House of Representatives trickled down to Pennsylvania state legi ...

7 years ago

U.S. Senator Bob Casey, Jr. (left) and Congressman Lou Barletta both hail from Northeastern Pennsylvania's coal region. Their philosophies, though, are worlds apart. (Abby Drey/Centre Daily Times via AP and loubarletta.com)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Casey, Barletta rooted in same region, but see vastly different worlds in U.S. Senate bid

Hailing from neighboring counties in Northeastern Pennsylvania, the two major candidates are rooted in the same challenges, but are coming up with very different solutions.

7 years ago

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Pennsylvania's new congressional map as drawn by the Pa. Supreme Court.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

U.S. Supreme Court rejects another GOP appeal over changes to congressional map

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider another appeal by Republican state lawmakers over this year’s changes to Pennsylvania ...

7 years ago

Candidates for Pennsylvania's 1st Congressional District, incumbent Republican Brian Fitzpatrick (left) and Democrat Scott Wallace. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Suburban Philly congressional race more expensive than U.S. Senate contest

With midterm elections a week away, political action committees that have no campaign contribution limits ...

7 years ago

State Rep. Tina Davis, a Democrat, knocks on doors in Bucks County in her attempt to win Pennsylvania's 6th Senatorial District. (Jim Saksa/Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Even if a blue wave hits, Republican lawmakers favored to keep control in Harrisburg

No neutral observer thinks Democrats can retake either chamber of the state legislature this year.

7 years ago

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