Pennsylvania
What the exit of Pa.’s top election official means for the future of voting
Sec. Kathy Boockvar’s resignation has emboldened her fiercest GOP critics, even though it was not related to her handling of the closely watched vote in a battleground state.
6 years ago
Biden’s executive orders to examine policies affecting thousand of Pennsylvania immigrants
Local immigrants and activists have greeted Biden’s more measured approach with a mixture of hope and cynicism.
6 years ago
Who gets paid more than $200,000 at a part-time job? Some former SEPTA managers
The positions are just a sliver of SEPTA’s 9,400-strong workforce, but the handful of part-timers collectively cost the agency about $1 million a year.
6 years ago
Former U.S. Attorney McSwain tests waters for higher office at meetings with GOP leaders
Several sources said McSwain has met with Republican county committee members across the state in preparation for a bid for U.S. Senate or governor.
6 years ago
Education ‘as a beacon of hope’: Montco kicks off Black History Month conversations
In the first of four virtual panels on “The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity,” a panel of educators talked about the power of learning.
6 years ago
Wolf budget gives huge boost to schools in Philly, Allentown, Reading and other cities
The biggest winners in terms of per-pupil funding would be York City, Allentown, Reading, Pottstown, Scranton, and Norristown.
6 years ago
Montco officials bemoan vaccine supply, ‘line-jumpers’ as Pa. urges patience
Montgomery County officials on Wednesday asked for the public’s patience as it continues to administer COVID-19 vaccines to residents who are eligible under Phase 1A.
6 years ago
Pa. enacted 140 laws last year. Only 27 of them addressed the coronavirus
The nation’s largest full-time legislature — with some of the highest-paid lawmakers — emerged from 2020 having failed to address some of the public’s most pressing needs.
6 years ago
Wolf pitches massive attempt to fix Pa. school funding inequities with income tax hike
Wolf’s fiscal plan is winning him plaudits from education advocates but few friends in the GOP-controlled legislature, who see a tax increase as a “non-starter.”
6 years ago
Wolf seeks big increase in Pa. school funding, tax increase
Under the plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1, Wolf will ask the Republican-controlled Legislature for what could approach $2 billion extra for public schools.
6 years ago
A gloomy Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil says more winter
Punxsutawney Phil has emerged from his burrow to forecast there will be six more weeks of winter.
6 years ago
Proposed constitutional amendment threatens independence of Pa. appellate courts
Deborah Gross, president and CEO of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, and Lauren P. McKenna, chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association, argue that House Bill 38 threatens
6 years ago
Bucks County man charged with assaulting officer at US Capitol
According to the criminal complaint, the injured officer was treated for a concussion.
6 years ago
A primer on Pa.’s Bruce Castor, who Trump tapped to co-lead his impeachment defense
Castor once pledged not to prosecute Bill Cosby and had a brief stint as state attorney general after Kathleen Kane was convicted of multiple felonies.
6 years ago
Survivors react to Pa’s botched sexual abuse amendment: ‘You’ve got to be kidding me’
Department of State Secretary Kathy Boockvar is resigning over a public notice error. Supporters of the amendment across the political spectrum are scrambling.
6 years ago
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