Pennsylvania
Aqua Pennsylvania looks to increase suburban water bills by 17% for up to 490,000 customers
The company has filed a rate request with the state Public Utility Commission, seeking to increase water bills by 17% and wastewater bills by 33%.
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Pa. ends ‘prison gerrymandering’ with closely divided committee vote
The commission redrawing Pa.’s House and Senate maps has voted to stop counting state prisoners as residents of the districts where they’re incarcerated.
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Listen 7:50Hearings in Pa. election ‘investigation’ to begin, senator says
Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman said he has communicated with Trump, whose baseless claims about election fraud have propelled loyalists to pursue election "audits."
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Climate activists set their sights on the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
The Public Utility Commission has sway on everything from pipeline safety to utility rates. A grassroots effort seeks members to address climate change.
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How to break into the FBI: 50 years later, Media burglars get local honors
The confidential files they stole in 1971 revealed widespread surveillance of the American public and the FBI’s infamous COINTELPRO operation.
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Listen 6:30New report urges changes to Pennsylvania’s 1990s-era TANF benefit
The Meet the Need Coalition surveyed more than 350 current or past recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; many found it too restrictive.
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Overtime pay for up to 190K workers died in Harrisburg this summer. Why aren’t more people upset?
The now-abandoned rule could have extended overtime protections for an estimated 190,000 workers.
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Over Pa. Education Department objections, Nafis Nichols, the City of Chester’s chief financial officer, was named interim receiver.
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Hershey native Pulisic tests positive for virus ahead of World Cup qualifiers
United States soccer star Christian Pulisic has tested positive for COVID-19 less than two weeks before United States players begin reporting for camp.
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F&M poll shows a majority of conservative Pennsylvanians view 1/6 attack negatively
State and congressional Republicans have all but avoided talking about the attack, and Franklin and Marshall College poll results offer some insight on that.
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North Penn School Board mandates masks for all students, as parents remain divided
A week after a raucous work session featuring altercations among parents, the board in Montco’s largest district voted unanimously to require masking.
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The last decade brought Philadelphia its biggest population jump since 1950. The number of Black and white residents declined, while Latino and Asian numbers spiked.
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Berks County to detain asylum-seeking immigrant women for feds
The county-owned facility is no longer holding immigrant families.
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Pa. Sen. Mastriano’s plan to issue election subpoenas ‘stopped’
Mastriano, who has helped spread Trump's baseless claims that the election was stolen from him in Pennsylvania, also said he has “been stopped for the time being.”
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Tornado hit Bucks and Montco, National Weather Service says
After a storm survey, the National Weather Service says a tornado touched down in the Souderton area early Thursday morning.
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