
Pennsylvania
Poll shows Pennsylvanians support climate action amid pandemic
Forty-two percent of the 444 registered voters surveyed said that Pennsylvania should “definitely” do more to combat climate change and its impacts.
4 years ago
How one Pennsylvania lawmaker billed taxpayers $1.8 million in expenses
Mileage, meals, lodging, travel, and a special perk called per diems are part of the hidden costs charged to taxpayers to support Pennsylvania’s legislature.
4 years ago
Malvern Prep’s Carl Nassib becomes first active NFL player to come out as gay
The Raiders defensive end made the announcement from his home in West Chester.
4 years ago
Chester County received close to $35 million from the Emergency Rental Assistance Program and has already helped about 1,000 families.
4 years ago
‘More harm than good’: Most Pa. prisoners are vaxxed, but isolating COVID rules remain
More than 75% of the people incarcerated in Pennsylvania prisons are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but only 22% of corrections staff have gotten the shots.
4 years ago
Pa.’s first lady and acting physician general hold COVID-19 panel for youth
Pennsylvania’s first lady and acting physician general held a virtual panel with young leaders to educate and encourage young people to get vaccinated.
4 years ago
Hearing on Mariner East 2 reroute shows public rifts persist over pipeline project
Sunoco’s defenders say the plan will help complete the work, while opponents urge DEP to deny the permits.
4 years ago
Fired Pa. contractor seeks to secure contact tracing data after learning personal info still online
After Spotlight PA found that Insight Global, the company handling Pa. contact tracing., had not secured its data issues, the company called on ex and current staff for help.
4 years ago
In the context of marijuana legalization, equity encompasses many issues, such as seeking to remedy the societal damages from the War on Drugs.
4 years ago
Aide says former Pa. Governor Tom Ridge had stroke
Ridge was taken by ambulance from the home in Bethesda, Maryland, to a hospital for treatment, Ridge spokesman Steve Aaron said.
4 years ago
GOP’s major election overhaul advances in Pa. House as Democrats call it a ‘farce’
The bill — dubbed the Voting Rights Protection Act — includes stricter voter ID, signature verification requirements, and limits on drop boxes.
4 years ago
Wolf, Pa. Democrats again push for passage of LGBTQ discrimination protections
Similar legislation has failed to move out of Republican-controlled committees, and it's unclear if this year will be any different.
4 years ago
Fuel spill in Brookhaven, Pa. forces school to go virtual for last week of classes
Some students in Delaware County will be finishing the school year virtually as the cleanup of a major fuel spill continues.
4 years ago
A West Philly Dem is going tough on crime. Progressives say his bill is ‘terrifyingly awful’
State Rep. Amen Brown, who took office in January, is pushing legislation that would make sweeping criminal justice changes in two areas.
4 years ago
Pennsylvania Republicans eye referendums to get past vetoes
The lesson, it seems, was in last month's primary, when voters approved two GOP-penned proposals to expand the power of lawmakers over a governor's disaster declarations.
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