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Pennsylvania

Comedian Bill Cosby, left, and spokesperson Andrew Wyatt approach members of the media gathered outside the home of the entertainer in Elkins Park, Pa., Wednesday, June 30, 2021.  (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Courts & Law

Bill Cosby freed from prison after sex assault conviction overturned by Pa. Supreme Court

Cosby has served more than two years of a three- to 10-year sentence at a state prison near Philly. He had vowed to serve all 10 years rather than acknowledge any remorse.

4 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf speaks from a podium, flanked by other officials
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Wolf vetoes Pa. GOP-led election overhaul citing voter ID restrictions

Republican lawmakers are likely to use the constitutional amendment process to take the issue to the voters.

4 years ago

Fairfax County Public School buses are lined up at a maintenance facility
Keystone Crossroads
Education

School funding winners and losers in Pa.’s new $40B budget

The new budget includes a $300 million increase for K-12 schools and will give boosts of 10% or more to 35 school districts in every corner of Pa.

4 years ago

The exterior of the Pennsylvania Capitol Building.
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa.’s $40 billion budget includes more money for poorest school districts, saves bulk of federal relief funding

Republicans said squirreling away $5 billion in federal money was smart planning for the future, while Democrats lamented the investments that might have been.

4 years ago

Residents line up outside the Montgomery County, Pa., Voter Services office, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, in Norristown, Pa. Monday is the last day in Pennsylvania to register to vote in the Nov. 3 election in which the presidential battleground state is playing a central role in the contest between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. GOP circumvented Wolf on pandemic rules by ballot measure. Next up? Voter ID

Critics say it’s a technique that Republicans appear increasingly willing to use as they clash with Gov. Tom Wolf over highly politicized issues, like voting and the pandemic.

4 years ago

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

Pennsylvania officially lifts indoor face mask mandate

Businesses still maintain the option of requiring employees, guests, or customers to wear face masks, health officials stressed.

4 years ago

(Prospect Hill Cemetery)
Community

Cradle grave gardens are brought back to life

A popular practice for memorializing loved ones in the late 19th century has been brought back in York.

4 years ago

A view of the central Pennsylvania campus of the nation’s wealthiest school, the Milton Hershey School. (Dan Gleiter/PennLive)
Education
Spotlight PA

How the state’s richest charity spends its money: The Milton Hershey School, by the numbers

With $17.4 billion in assets, the Milton Hershey School is the wealthiest K-12 school in the U.S.

4 years ago

A person holds a mask while walking outside in Philadelphia, Friday, May 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health
6ABC

Pennsylvania lifting universal masking order on Monday

The mask mandate will be lifted as of 12:01 a.m. on June 28, the Department of Health announced Friday.

4 years ago

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (Wilfredo Lee/AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. immigrants hopeful, but skeptical that Dem control in D.C. will finally create a path to citizenship

While recent White House attention has focused on stopping border migration, local immigrants and activist groups are pressuring for laws to change in the U.S.

4 years ago

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The exterior of the West Chester transportation building alongside a crosswalk
Community

SEPTA moves to take over Chester County bus route

SEPTA’s proposed route will serve passengers riding between Coatesville, Exton, and West Chester, replacing the privately-run Route A.

4 years ago

The correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Courts & Law

Philly agrees to $125K fine for not giving incarcerated people enough out-of-cell time

Under the settlement agreement, the money will go to a pair of organizations that raise money to bail out incarcerated people who are locked up pre-trial.

4 years ago

The exterior of the Supreme Court
Courts & Law

Supreme Court rules in favor of Pa. cheerleader over cursing Snapchat post

The court voted 8-1 in favor of Brandi Levy, who was a 14-year-old high school freshman when she expressed her disappointment over not making the varsity cheerleading team.

4 years ago

A close-up of a Pennsylvania congressional map.
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Panel agrees to put guardrails on how Pa. lawmakers draw congressional maps, but not their own

The decision diminished anti-gerrymandering advocates’ hopes of preventing Pennsylvania’s most powerful lawmakers from drawing maps that unfairly benefit one political party.

4 years ago

Protesters with the Black Lives Matter march down Pine Street on Juneteenth in West Philly. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

After first federal Juneteenth holiday, reformers say harder racial justice work remains

Advocates say a new federal holiday is nice, but it’s no substitute for policy change. On the federal level, most of the big proposals have stalled.

4 years ago

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