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Pennsylvania

Guests dine at El Serrano restaurant
Health

Pennsylvania lifts capacity restrictions for businesses, retail shops

Starting Monday, restaurants and businesses no longer have capacity limits or physical distancing requirements.

4 years ago

A building is seen beyond railroad tracks
Money
Spotlight PA

Internal PSERS documents show how Pa’s biggest pension fund got key financial calculation wrong

A federal probe is examining the $64 billion fund's exaggerated investment returns and real estate spending.

4 years ago

Cheltenham High School
Education

Cheltenham students, alumni work to change policy on police in district schools

A group called Police-Free CSD is working with the school board to recraft the memorandum of understanding with the local police department.

4 years ago

In this Nov. 29, 2016, file photo, then-U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Pa., gets on an elevator after arriving for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump looms large in Pennsylvania’s GOP primaries in 2022

GOP candidates with strong ties to Donald Trump are running and considered strong contenders for the party's nominations in both Pennsylvania's gubernatorial and Senate races.

4 years ago

Person's legs in wheelchair
Health

AARP/Drexel report shows racial disparities in seniors’ health care in Pennsylvania

A new study from AARP and Drexel’s College of Nursing shows lack of broadband access thwarts telehealth for many older Black and brown residents.

4 years ago

The influenza virus. (Frederick Murphy/CDC)
Health

COVID mask mandate credited with one of mildest flu seasons in state history

COVID-19 restrictions helped keep the flu at record low levels.

4 years ago

(Yong Kim/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Mark Zuckerberg helped some Pa. counties survive the 2020 election. Right-wing lawmakers say that was unfair.

More than 20 Pa. counties turned to private philanthropy when it became apparent the Republican-led General Assembly wasn’t going to help them cover COVID-related expenses.

4 years ago

Actor and comedian Bill Cosby reacts while being notified that the verdict was in during his sexual assault retrial, Thursday, April, 26, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (Mark Makela/Pool Photo via AP)
Courts & Law

No sex offender treatment, no parole for Bill Cosby, 83

The 83-year-old Cosby has long said he would resist the programs and refuse to acknowledge wrongdoing even if it means serving the full 10-year sentence.

4 years ago

In this screengrab posted by an online account that's been identifying people present at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, state Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-Adams), highlighted in a yellow box, appears to walk with a group of demonstrators parallel to the east steps of the Capitol building. (Screenshot)
Politics & Policy

Pa. Sen. Doug Mastriano unlikely to face consequences over newly-released Jan. 6 videos

Several social media accounts that are reviewing videos to try to identify people at the Capitol that day said they identified Mastriano in both videos based on his clothing.

4 years ago

(Lisa Larson-Walker/ProPublica)
Money
Spotlight PA

America’s richest school serves low-income kids. But much of its Hershey-funded fortune isn’t being spent.

The Hershey School says its founding deed prevents it from spending more money on its core mission, even though that hasn’t stopped the school from making changes before.

4 years ago

The Rocky statue is outfitted with a mock surgical face mask
Health

Pennsylvania to lift face mask mandate by the end of June

Pennsylvania's mask mandate will be lifted on June 28 or when 70% of adult residents are fully vaccinated — whichever comes first.

4 years ago

Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf in Wilkes-Barre on May 19, 2021. (Gov. Tom Wolf/Flickr)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

The Pa. legislature has new power to overrule Wolf on COVID. The two camps differ on details

Pennsylvania Republicans have chafed under Wolf’s COVID-19 orders for more than a year, and have tried repeatedly to take back some measure of control.

4 years ago

(Jose F. Moreno/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

‘Internal systemic failures’ led to Wolf administration blunder that derailed child sex abuse amendment

The report by the state inspector general’s office concluded that there was no evidence that the mistake was deliberate or the result of “intentional malfeasance."

4 years ago

Horse-racing. (AP Photo/Hodges Photography, Alexander Barkoff)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Students or horses? Education advocates want to repurpose Pa.’s generous horse-racing subsidy

According to a new study, taxpayers are, in essence, funding racehorses at three times the rate they are investing in students in state universities.

4 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf, wearing a face mask, speaks to the press from behind a podium
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: 70% of adults at least partially vaccinated

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf says he will only lift face-mask requirements once the percentage of fully vaccinated people reaches 70%.

4 years ago

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