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Pennsylvania

In this June 2, 2017, file photo, former Penn State President Graham Spanier departs after his sentencing hearing at the Dauphin County Courthouse in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Courts & Law

Prosecutors ask judge to order former Penn State president Graham Spanier to report to jail

The attorney general's office wrote in a Monday letter to Judge John Boccabella that no legal impediment prevents him from enforcing the minimum jail sentence of two months.

6 years ago

The University of Pennsylvania campus in West Philadelphia.
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

How UPenn could revoke Trump’s Wharton degree

The bylaws don’t have a clause for incitement of insurrection, but there’s always the question of cheating on the SAT.

6 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists storm the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
Politics & Policy

House votes to impeach Trump for ‘incitement of insurrection’ — Pa. delegation split

All nine Democrats voted to impeach the president on a charge of “incitement of insurrection,” and all nine Republicans voted against Trump’s removal.

6 years ago

The Pennsylvania state Capitol in winter
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

House GOP advances plan to elect Pa. judges by region; opponents say it would ‘gerrymander the court’

Republicans who back the measure say the idea would give voters in rural Pennsylvania a greater voice to elect judges.

6 years ago

(Dan Gleiter/PennLive)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. State Police resume tracking racial data during traffic stops in response to Spotlight PA report

The data is critical to detecting potential racial profiling, but the agency had quietly stopped collecting it in 2012.

6 years ago

Pa. State Sen. Doug Mastriano, left, seen at the protest outside of the Capitol by Rick Saccone, right.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Mastriano campaign spent thousands on buses ahead of D.C. insurrection

The Pa. state senator is facing calls to resign after spreading misinformation about the 2020 election and orchestrating travel to D.C. on Jan 6.

6 years ago

The Delaware River in 2018. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania lawmakers sue over Delaware River drilling ban

The GOP senators want a federal court to invalidate the ban, potentially opening a sliver of NE Pa. to what their lawsuit describes as $40 billion worth of natural gas.

6 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

These are the 94 elected officials from Pa. who supported challenges to Biden’s win

Several major corporations are stopping donations to lawmakers on this list, which includes eight congressional reps and 85 state reps.

6 years ago

Eric Crawford sits in front of a Philadelphia Fire Department banner while wearing a mask
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: Philadelphia announces next vaccine priority groups

Philadelphia’s priority groupings, unlike federal or state guidance, prioritizes people under the age of 74 with high-risk medical conditions. Here’s why.

6 years ago

Pa. Sen. Jim Brewster
Politics & Policy

Federal court rules in favor of Democrat who won Pa. Senate race but was barred by GOP

A federal judge has ruled in favor of Democrats in a close, hotly contested Pa. state Senate race that caused an uproar in the Capitol last week.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Jake Corman speaks to the press
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

New Pa. GOP leader pushes transparency reforms despite party’s past reluctance, obstruction

Sen. Jake Corman wants to enact new transparency measures to restore trust in the legislature. But skeptics counter that the GOP has for years allowed reform efforts to fail.

6 years ago

A protester walks past the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill
Politics & Policy

Early warning signs emerge for GOP after US Capitol riots

The Republican Party is losing voters, including in Pa., as it's pulled in opposite directions after the attack on Congress by Trump loyalists.

6 years ago

The exterior of The Pennsylvania Capitol
Politics & Policy

Police move to increase security at Pennsylvania Capitol

Police who guard the Pennsylvania Capitol are working to be more visible and have been coordinating plans with other agencies to secure the building.

6 years ago

People wearing protective masks walk past businesses and apartments along East Carson Street
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: Vaccination pace slow, improvements promised

Pennsylvania has received 827,300 vaccine doses and has given out 285,671. More than 48,000 nursing home residents and staff are among the recipients.

6 years ago

Protestors and city officials gather outside the DELCORA building in Chester to protest the Delaware County Regional Water Authority’s deal with Aqua America, Inc. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Delco leaders mull an appeal after judge upholds $276.5 million DELCORA deal

The pending sale of the county wastewater system to Aqua Pennsylvania is at the center of a long-running, will-they-won’t-they political feud.

6 years ago

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