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Pennsylvania

Three Mile Island
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pieces of Three Mile Island to be preserved for history

The plant’s control panel and a model of the reactor core will be preserved, as well as signs, maps, and photos from the time of TMI-2’s partial meltdown in 1979.

2 years ago

Chester Water Authority building
Urban Planning

If Chester’s water assets must be sold, the city’s retirees want them to go to the highest bidder

The bankrupt city’s largest creditor group believes the current plan doesn’t pull in enough money for the struggling city.

2 years ago

Listen 1:22
Kamala Harris sitting while holding a microphone
Politics & Policy

Harris addresses lower support from young Black men

Kamala Harris has gone up in the polls, but support from Black men is lower than what Biden needed to win Pennsylvania in 2020.

2 years ago

Chester County election workers process ballots
Politics & Policy

Despite confusion, mail voting has not yet started in Pennsylvania

County election officials say they will need time to test, print and mail the ballots — a process that could stretch into October.

2 years ago

Malcolm Kenyatta and Timothy DeFoor
Politics & Policy

Race to watch: Contested election for Pa. auditor general

Republican Timothy DeFoor, Democrat Malcolm Kenyatta and three other minor party candidates are in the race.

2 years ago

Listen 1:21
Tate Fall speaking at a podium
Politics & Policy

Election officials in Pa. and across U.S. preparing for threats with panic buttons, bulletproof glass

Luzerne County election officials estimate they now spend about 40% of their time on security and working with local law enforcement and emergency managers on election plans.

2 years ago

Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Politics & Policy

Democrats run unopposed to fill 2 state House vacancies in Philadelphia

Keith Harris is seeking to replace Rep. Donna Bullock, while Andre Carroll is in line to succeed Rep. Stephen Kinsey.

2 years ago

File photo: Harvard Professor Cornel West speaks at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at the Whittemore Center Arena at the University of New Hampshire, Feb. 10, 2020, in Durham, N.H. West says he will run for president in 2024 as third-party candidate.
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court rejects Cornel West’s bid to get on ballot, clears way for mail voting

The decision by the state Supreme Court sets in motion the process for counties to issue mail-in ballots to voters who requested one ahead of the Nov. 5 election.

2 years ago

Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Don Waddell speaks
Community

With grief lingering, Blue Jackets GM Waddell places focus on hockey in wake of Gaudreau’s death

The resumption of hockey in Columbus began last week, when most Blue Jackets players returned to their facility to be together and lean on each other.

2 years ago

A worker in the plant
Community

Scranton, Pa. is churning out Ukrainian weapons

Morning Edition visited the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant for a behind the scenes look at how defense manufacturing contributes to the economy of northeastern Pennsylvania.

2 years ago

police car lights flashing
Courts & Law

Prosecutors: Armed man barricaded in Montco basement charged officers with weapon, was shot and killed

Montgomery County authorities say they are investigating the death of a man who allegedly charged at police officers with a weapon before being shot and killed.

2 years ago

Sen. Bob Casey and David McCormick
Politics & Policy

McCormick’s hedge fund days are a double-edged sword in Pennsylvania’s Senate race

Sen. Bob Casey, in speeches and ads, is hammering away at investments made by Bridgewater Associates while David McCormick was CEO.

2 years ago

A selection of yarn hanging
Science

Climate Fixers: Slowing down ‘fast fashion’ with natural dyes

Synthetic dyes are often petroleum-based and pollute waterways. At a former dairy farm in Lancaster County, Pa., flowers, plants and kitchen waste color clothes naturally.

2 years ago

An adult box tree moth
Science

Invasive box tree moth spotted in Pennsylvania. Here’s what to know about the threat it poses and how to control it

The box tree moth, which originally hails from Asia, has only one victim: boxwoods, a non-native shrub commonly used for hedging and topiary.

2 years ago

Listen 1:08
Officials walk through Chester County's new call center to respond to mental health crises
Health

Chester County officials unveil the new Human Needs Network Initiative

Pennsylvania DHS Secretary Dr. Valerie A. Arkoosh got a behind-the-scenes look at Chester County’s contact center and mobile crisis resolution system.

2 years ago

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