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Pennsylvania

Daniel Greenstein speaks at a press conference.
Education

Pa.’s state university system adopts strategy to address campus racism

Students who pushed officials to address campus racism said the board’s unanimous vote was heartening. Still, they’re withholding higher praise until they see results.

4 years ago

The Montgomery County Courthouse Plaza in Norristown, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

A voter’s guide to 2021 court elections in Bucks, Montco, Delco, and Chester counties

An overview of the judicial candidates in Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, and Chester counties for the May 18, 2021 primary.

4 years ago

A sign seeking to hire laborers is posted outside a concrete products company in Evans City, Pa., Wednesday, May 5, 2021. A bill by Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled Legislature to reinstate work-search requirements for people claiming unemployment benefits cleared the House Labor and Industry Committee on a party-line vote Tuesday. Labor and Industry Committee Chairman Jim Cox, R-Berks, contends that employers are having trouble finding workers, and that they often blame the additional $300 per week in federal unemployment benefits during the pandemic and the lack of a work-search requirement. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Money

Pa. GOP wants to restore work-search rule for jobless benefits

Lawmakers suspended the work-search requirement through 2020 amid the pandemic last year, and Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, extended the waiver administratively into this year.

4 years ago

A closeup of of a school bus
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. superintendents, charter advocates continue to spar over school funding

The advocacy from superintendents comes as the financial pressure on districts has increased due to a significant boost in charter enrollment during the pandemic.

4 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf addresses the press. in Harrisburg.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Gov. Wolf squares off with GOP by firing charter school appeals board members

The board seems to have become functionally non-existent as important disputes between Pennsylvania school districts and charter schools are in limbo.

4 years ago

Customers, some wearing face masks, patronize the Reading Terminal Market
Community

What COVID restrictions are in place across the Delaware Valley?

Here’s what you need to know about current restrictions, recommendations, and mandates across the Delaware Valley.

4 years ago

Registered nurse Pat DeHorsey vaccinates physician assistant Dana Steinter
Health

Walkup COVID-19 vaccine appointments begin in Montco

These appointments can only be used for the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, or the single-shot dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

4 years ago

A student walks on the Lock Haven University campus in Lock Haven, Pa, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. lawmakers debate plan to consolidate state universities

Democrats are skeptical of the projected savings and worry about job loss. PASSHE leaders say inaction will lead to “worse outcomes.”

4 years ago

Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman stands at a podium
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

One ritzy fundraiser shows how tough selling lobbying reform in Pa. will be

A campaign event for Jake Corman, the top Republican in the state Senate, is being organized by a company that has cornered the market on a political practice he wants to end.

4 years ago

Pennsylvania Supreme Court (Christopher Millette / PennLive)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. Supreme Court picks former Pitt chancellor to chair powerful redistricting commission

The Pa. Supreme Court announced that it had appointed Mark Nordenberg to the Legislative Reapportionment Commission.

4 years ago

Amanda Holt holds up Pa. House and Senate maps
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Are Pa.’s state House and Senate maps gerrymandered? Depends on how you measure them

While a court declared Pennsylvania's previous congressional map was drawn to benefit Republicans, the current legislative maps have not faced the same level of scrutiny.

4 years ago

A bike is pictured at an overlook just before Ohiopyle.
Keystone Crossroads
Community

No prizes, few rules. To Crush the Commonwealth, just ‘ride yer damn bike’ across Pa.

Follow the brave souls who biked 380.3 miles across Pennsylvania, from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, for the 2021 Crush the Commonwealth ride.

4 years ago

Listen 4:42
A person's hand holds a pen to the Pa. Constitution
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Should Pennsylvania amend its constitution to prohibit discrimination based on race and ethnicity? (ballot question)

The concepts in this ballot question aren't debatable, but they're not yet formally enshrined at a state level.

4 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf addresses the media alongside a group of other state and local leaders
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Should Pennsylvania strip the governor’s disaster declaration powers? (ballot question)

Republicans in the state legislature pushed for this ballot measure after being stymied in other efforts to roll back Wolf’s emergency COVID order.

4 years ago

State Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward (R-Westmoreland) pitches voters on voting up a pair of constitutional amendments that would limit the governor's future emergency powers on Apr. 20, 2021.
Politics & Policy

‘The next chess move’: Emergency powers ballot questions set the stage for a balance-of-power showdown in Pa.

Since last year, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has defended the executive actions his administration took to limit the coronavirus’ spread.

4 years ago

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