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What connects Philadelphia with Pittsburgh? Altoona with Allegheny National Forest? Harrisburg with Happy Valley? Amish Country with Coal Country?
Quite a lot, actually.
While most media in the state focus locally, Keystone Crossroads explores the stories that matter across the commonwealth, reported with all Pennsylvanians in mind. Four public media newsrooms are collaborating on this project to create in-depth and insightful journalism on key topics that reverberate from the Statehouse to the streets and back again: government accountability, public education, changing communities, and criminal justice.
Recent Articles
Tamaqua teachers continue legal fight against arming school staff despite court ruling
A Schuylkill County judge says she needs more information from the Tamaqua Area Education Association before ruling on a policy that would allow some staff to carry firearms.
3 days ago
Pa. weighs plan to tax violent video games to fund school security
The video game tax would pay for bulletproof glass and metal detectors at schools, but researchers say the proposal is misguided.
5 days ago
Pa. citizens ‘slay the gerrymander’ in congressional mapping competition
Draw the Lines PA is a civic group that plans to host a biannual competition where people can make their own congressional district maps.
5 days ago
Why are there so many school districts in Pa.? Here are four reasons
Pennsylvania has 500 school districts — nearly every one with its own full-time superintendent, hired by locally elected school board members.
5 days ago
The death of cyber charter schools in Pa.?
A proposal backed by a powerful Republican would steer families to district-run cyber programs and away from cyber charter schools.
6 days ago
State’s charter appeals board still run by Corbett appointees
This is important for Philadelphia, where marginal applications are sometimes approved for fear of costly and ultimately successful appeals to the state board.
6 days ago
Under Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan, one Pa. school district would receive $693,000 to raise teacher salaries
In a searchable database, you can see how much your school district would receive.
1 week ago
Why one gun owner decided to finally join the NRA
‘I have no choice but to help them. That’s the way it seems,’ said a gun owner at the Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg.
1 week ago
Gov. Wolf’s Pa. budget plan: What is and isn’t within reach
GOP lawmakers broadly like Wolf’s plans for workforce investment and education investment. But other things, not so much.
1 week ago
Paper chase: Fearing hacked election, Pa. officials scramble ahead of 2020 to bolster security
While there is no case of results being tampered with in Pennsylvania, reports of Russian interference in 2016 have raised concerns that the digital totals could be hacked.
2 weeks ago
Nearly 2 million Pennsylvanians on food stamps have to wait until March before the next round of SNAP benefits.
2 weeks ago
Listen 3:56Federal prosecutors sue to stop nation’s first planned ‘supervised injection site’ in Philly
The civil lawsuit is the first time the federal government has intervened in the hotly debated issue of supervised injection sites.
2 weeks ago
Meet the ‘crazy’ moms saying one of Pa.’s top-rated school districts can’t teach reading
Is it a case of suburban anxiety run amok? Or a window into how enlightened parents can undermine the reputation of a reputedly great school district?
2 weeks ago
Listen 5:26After year one, Philly DA Larry Krasner earns praise from reformers, scorn from victim advocates
After a year in office, Larry Krasner, considered one of the most progressive district attorneys in the nation, sees himself as orchestrating his own movement.
2 weeks ago
Listen 5:52Gov. Wolf calls for salary boost for rural teachers in new budget
Wolf wants to boost the minimum teacher salary from $18,500 to $45,000, a move that mostly affects Pennsylvania's rural school districts.
2 weeks ago
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