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Pennsylvania state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pa.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Moody’s economic report: Pennsylvania not ready for next recession

Pennsylvania is one of at least 15 states that are substantially underprepared for the next economic downturn, according to a new report from Moody's Analytics.

8 years ago

Clockwise from left to right: Dr. Seth Kaufer, Jessica Tirpak with son, Hunter, Ben Hornberger, Marian and Phil Spotts, Daphne Goggins, and James Bower. (Lindsay Lazarski, Jessica Kourkounis, Margaret Krauss/Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Part 4: Trump supporters frustrated by Congress, the media, but still optimistic about the president

Part four in an occasional series where Keystone Crossroads checks in with Trump voters from across Pennsylvania throughout his presidency.

8 years ago

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Advocates supporting the lawsuit that eventually overturned the state's congressional map rallied outside Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman's office in Centre County in October 2017.  (Min Xian/Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Voter advocates urge Pa. Senate leader to reform redistricting process

Fair Districts PA delivered postcards collected from constituents to State Senator Jake Corman’s office, urging reform in redistricting.

8 years ago

In file photo, Rep. Thomas Marino, R-Pa., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Marino, President Donald Trump's former nominee to be the nation's drug czar, is defending his role in writing a law that critics say weakened the government's authority to stop companies from distributing opioids.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Officials working on opioid crisis in Pa. weigh in on Lycoming County’s Marino, who dropped bid to be Trump’s drug czar

“This was a failure of government," said Pa. Attorney General Josh Shapiro.

8 years ago

 A crew works on a drilling rig at a well site for shale-based natural gas in Zelienople, Pennsylvania,  in 2012. A plan for a severance tax on drillers had advanced in the state House.. (AP file photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. natural gas tax passes House committee, may hit a wall before full vote

Advancing the plan is a big step for Democrats and moderate Republicans, who have pushed for years to levy the severance tax.

8 years ago

Centre County's Jake Corman, the Pennsylvania Senate majority leader. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. House budget plan disliked in the Senate, but being considered as end to impasse

The budget’s completion still could hinge on whether the state House and Senate can agree on a gambling expansion.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania State Police officers walk up a driveway, Friday, July 14, 2017, in Solebury, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Lawmakers want budget details before authorizing new funding for state police support of municipalities

The Pa. State Police must serve municipalities that don't have full-time local services. And as more localities have opted out, state taxpayers have been footing the bill.

8 years ago

The state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., is shown in December 2016. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

House passes familiar budget plan — minus new revenue

House lawmakers narrowly passed part of a proposal Tuesday night to finish Pennsylvania's overdue state budget.

8 years ago

The Federal Reserve Building; white columns, black fencing against a blue sky
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmakers angle for tens of billions in federal restitution

Some Pennsylvania lawmakers are trying to get restitution for what they see as bad U.S. Federal Reserve policies during the recovery of the housing market.

8 years ago

Man in an olive suit at podium
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Trump: Drug czar nominee, Rep. Marino, withdrawing his name following report on opioid distribution bill

Marino is withdrawing from consideration following reports he played a key role in weakening the federal government's authority to stop companies from distributing opioids.

8 years ago

A woman assists her mother filling out her ballot in a church polling place in Lancaster, Pa. (AP File Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Off-year election, political frustrations contribute to dip in Pa. voter registration

It's about one month until Election Day, and voter registration is down by about 2.5 percent in Pennsylvania compared with 2016.

8 years ago

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Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Lawmakers push bump stock ban; gun control groups say ‘do more’

Bump stocks are currently legal — even though automatic weapons are only legal with a special license.

8 years ago

Tom Wolf, profile
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Wolf says Treasury will loan money; Treasury says not so fast

Governor Tom Wolf announced that the Treasury is loaning money to cover short-term expenses — including upcoming payments to public schools. That was news to the Treasurer.

8 years ago

Mimi McKenzie and David Gersch, two of the plaintiffs' lawyers arguing state lawsuit on Pa.'s congressional map, stand outside Commonwealth Court  in Harrisburg in October. (Lindsay Lazarski/Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pa. court weighs delaying gerrymander lawsuit similar to case before U.S. Supreme Court

Commonwealth Court Judge Dan Pelligrini heard arguments Wednesday over whether to stay a lawsuit over the state’s congressional distric ...

8 years ago

Workers listen to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speak at the Pennsylvania Machine Works, a family-owned pipe-fitting manufacturer, in Aston, Pa., Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Paul Ryan brings tidings of tax change to Delaware County factory workers

Employees of Penn Machine pressed the speaker for more details on how the framework would improve their lives.

8 years ago

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