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Government Accountability

Philadelphia students participate in a national school walkout commemorating the one month anniversary of Parkland, Fl. high school shooting
Politics & Policy

Students: 1 million expected at anti-gun-violence marches

More than 800 March for Our Lives demonstrations are planned around the world this Saturday.

8 years ago

The U.S. Supreme Court (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Supreme Court keeps revised Pa. congressional map in place

Court rulings boost Democrats' chances of retaking Congress.

8 years ago

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

Federal judges reject lawsuit over Pennsylvania district map

A panel of federal judges on Monday dismissed a legal challenge by Republican congressmen to a district map imposed last month by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

8 years ago

A rendering of an Accelerated Bridge Construction project, as illustrated by the Michigan Department of Transportation. Two bridges along the Pennsylvania Turnpike were recently built with ABC techniques. PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE/MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

The Florida Bridge Collapse Made Us Wonder: What Is Accelerated Bridge Construction?

Last week, a partially-constructed pedestrian bridge collapsed in Miami, Florida, killing six people and sending more to the hospital. Th ...

8 years ago

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke looks on before speaking at the Western Conservation and Hunting Expo Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, in Salt Lake City. Zinke says he's taking steps to improve habitat and migration corridors in Western states for big-game animals such as elk, mule and deer.
PBS
Politics & Policy

Trump wildlife protection board has many trophy hunters

The board is stacked with trophy hunters, including some members with direct ties to President Donald Trump and his family.

8 years ago

Julia Bright (left) celebrates while her mother, Rebecca Rhynhart (center), is sworn in as Philadelphia city controller.
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Sweet promises of soda tax money gone flat, Philly Controller says

The Controller’s analysis reported that about $22 million of the nearly $85 million in beverage tax revenue collected has gone towards pre-K and community schools.

8 years ago

State Rep. Nick Miccarelli, R-Delaware (AP, file)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

In Harrisburg, Capitol police will bar lawmaker Miccarelli from building

State Rep. Tarah Toohil, who said Miccarelli stalked and harassed her in 2012, claimed he once brandished a gun and threatened to kill her by crashing his car.

8 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf aide, Yesenia Bane, speaking on a panel discussion at the Marcellus Shale Coalition's Shale Insight conference in 2016 in Pittsburgh. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

State ethics commission investigating complaint against Wolf aide

The Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission is investigating a complaint against one of Gov. Tom Wolf’s top aides, for potentially mixing the public’s business with her own.

8 years ago

Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski, pictured in this Thursday, July 27, 2017 file photo, announced his resignation days after being found guilty of federal corruption charges. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Allentown mayor resigns office following corruption conviction

Democrat Ed Pawlowski said Thursday he is leaving the office he's held for a dozen years, effective 5 p.m. Friday.

8 years ago

Listen 4:33
Dick Thornburgh
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Nuances of Pa. redistricting pit Thornburgh against Thornburgh

The battle over how to handle Pennsylvania’s congressional maps has even political families divided.

8 years ago

Then-FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on June 13, 2013, on Capitol Hill
NPR
Politics & Policy

Robert Mueller’s pace measures up with best prosecutors ‘in modern history’

The man leading the Justice Department's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election has been keeping busy.

8 years ago

From left to right: Diego Uribe, Ben Shaman, Jake Richard, and Quinn Berger evalute Pennsylvania's new congressional district map compared to the 2011 version at the Westtown School in West Chester, Pa. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Despite landmark Pa. court decision, subjectivity remains in congressional mapmaking process

Now that districts have been completely overhauled, some big questions remain: just how much gerrymandering is too much?

8 years ago

Listen 6:28
Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski, who is facing corruption charges, walks to the federal courthouse in Philadelphia during a break in a pretrial hearing, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. Pawlowski has denied accusations that he accepted more than $150,000 in campaign contributions in exchange for city contracts.
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski found guilty on 47 of 54 felony counts

A federal jury has found Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski guilty of corruption.

8 years ago

Democratic congressional hopeful Laura Quick in between calls on a recent afternoon. Quick, who’s running for the U.S. House of Representatives in the new 9th Congressional District, was trying to find volunteers to help her get signatures for her nominating petition in areas where she hadn’t been campaigning until after Pennsyvlania Supreme Court released the state’s new district map.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Candidates statewide scramble to adjust to Pennsylvania’s new congressional map

This year has been anything but predictable in Pennsylvania.

8 years ago

Listen 4:34
 Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski arrives at the federal building in Philadelphia, Thursday, July 27, 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Allentown mayor’s corruption trial in hands of jury

Democratic Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski faces charges including fraud, bribery, attempted extortion and lying to the FBI.

8 years ago

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