Laura Benshoff
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Huntingdon passes LGBTQ anti-discrimination law, a first for rural Pa.
Rural Pa. borough passes ordinance barring discrimination against LGBTQ people in housing, employment and public accommodation.
6 years ago
Super PACs pour money into Pa. ahead of divisive impeachment vote
Conservative and liberal groups are using the proceedings to spread negative messages about representatives in swing districts, with an eye to 2020.
6 years ago
Listen 3:06Delco DA agrees to release lifer after reviving old charges to keep him jailed
A man is now free despite decades-old shoplifting charges that threatened to keep him in prison even after he received a rare commutation.
6 years ago
Pa.’s largest charter school wants to take over grades K-8 in Chester Upland
In what would be a first in Pennsylvania, Chester Community Charter School is pushing to take over all traditional K-8 education in its home district in Delaware County.
6 years ago
Far from home, new wave of immigrant truckers find comfort food along Pa. highways
Indian restaurants have been popping up along truck stops along major shipping routes in the United States, offering comfort foods to a new wave of drivers.
6 years ago
Listen 4:07Pa. task force urges end to public grand jury reports
Members of a Pa. Supreme Court-appointed task force say grand jury reports raise “considerable due process concerns.”
6 years ago
Ahead of DACA hearing, ‘Dreamers’ set to rally in D.C.
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide if the Obama-era immigration decision — which affects 4,700 Pennsylvanians — was an executive overreach.
6 years ago
What you need to know ahead of Sean Kratz’s trial in the Bucks County killings
Kratz is charged with three counts of first-degree murder. He rejected a plea deal that resulted in cousin Cosmo DiNardo serving four life sentences.
6 years ago
In historic win, Democrats take Delaware County Council in a ‘clean sweep’
Democrats swept the election for Delaware County Council and district attorney, taking control of county politics for the first time in 150 years.
6 years ago
Judge: Philadelphia wrongly blocked facility for immigrant minors
VisionQuest, the controversial facility for immigrant minors, has been given the greenlight to reopen after a judge rules zoning permits were wrongly denied.
6 years ago
British family returned home after ICE detention in Pa.
An ICE spokesman confirmed their deportation to the United Kingdom in a statement Wednesday evening.
7 years ago
British family detained in Pa. by ICE: ‘We will be traumatized for the rest of our lives’
The family says the Berks County-run facility is not equipped to care for a baby. Facilities are cold and normal caretaking items have been confiscated.
7 years ago
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