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Pennsylvania

In this July 7, 2020 photo a woman drops off a mail-in ballot at a drop box in Hackensack, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Politics & Policy

No bipartisan fix to Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting in sight

Republican state Senate leaders introduced legislation that Democrats quickly opposed as restricting access to voting.

6 years ago

police car lights flashing
Community
Spotlight PA

Peaceful civil rights marchers shot at in Pa. while on trek from Milwaukee to Washington, D.C.

A white Bedford County man shot into a crowd of about 50 peaceful civil rights marchers who were crossing through Pennsylvania during a pilgrimage from Milwaukee to D.C.

6 years ago

Reading, Pa.
Politics & Policy

Wolf: Pennsylvania eviction moratorium to lapse Aug. 31

The Democrat called on state lawmakers in the Republican-controlled General Assembly to pass legislation to extend the statewide moratorium.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf
Politics & Policy

Wolf asks lawmakers to legalize pot, spend coronavirus funds

Pennsylvania's governor is urging lawmakers to legalize recreational marijuana and spend down the remaining $1.3 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds.

6 years ago

A voter casts a mail-in ballot at a drop box in West Chester, Pa., prior to the June 2 primary election. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Battleground 2020: Mail-in voting

Pennsylvania's battle with the USPS, Joe Biden's narrow lead in the state, and the ins and outs of voting this November.

Air Date: August 25, 2020

Listen 49:30
Becky Ansel is a violinist who’s been out of work since the pandemic started. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community
Broke in Philly

Locked out of the economy: Unemployed workers face mounting fiscal, emotional stress

For families, a financial freeze is the first fallout from being out of work for months, but the effects can go deeper. There is also “an emotional crisis.”

6 years ago

Listen 5:20
Crews worked on Monday Jan. 21 to stabilize a new sinkhole that opened up at Lisa Drive, a suburban development in West Whiteland Township, Chester County where Sunoco operates its Mariner East pipelines. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Sunoco asks Environmental Hearing Board to block new DEP shutdown of troubled Chester County drilling site

Company says prolonged pause at West Whiteland will harm public interest.

6 years ago

Mail-in ballot
Courts & Law

Gray area of mail-in voting law up to Pennsylvania court

The state Supreme Court could decide as early as Monday whether to take over a lawsuit that would order counties to count mail-in ballots without secrecy envelopes.

6 years ago

State Sen. Judy Schwank (Commonwealth Media Services)
Education
Spotlight PA

After Spotlight PA report on campus racism, lawmaker tells state system to take action

Pa. Sen. Judy Schwank (D., Berks) is calling on Pennsylvania’s 14 public universities not to forget another critical issue amidst confronting COVID: racial equity.

6 years ago

A worker processes mail-in ballots
Courts & Law
WITF

Federal judge stays Trump campaign lawsuit over Pa. voting rules

U.S District Court Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan's order says the federal case won’t move forward pending the conclusion or delay of similar lawsuits in Pennsylvania state courts.

6 years ago

The state's hoping to save some money by combining the Department of Corrections with the Board of Probation and Parole. (AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Pa. offering ‘safe return’ to some parolees who have violated supervision rules

Nearly 2,000 state parolees have “absconded” from their supervision. The state is giving them a chance to get back into compliance without going back to prison.

6 years ago

Unionville High School in Kennett Square, Pa. (Courtesy of Unionville High School)
Education

Unionville High School’s team name is likely to be retired

A recommendation to abandon Native American iconography will go before the school board Monday. Resistance has been less vocal than in other districts.

6 years ago

The correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia.
Health
Spotlight PA

Review of COVID-19’s effect on communities of color largely ignores those incarcerated in Pa.

A state task force is calling on the legislature to give corrections and parole officials greater flexibility to release incarcerated people during declared disasters.

6 years ago

In this 2018 file photo, Energy Transfer, the parent company of Mariner East 2 pipeline builder, Sunoco, works at Snitz Creek in West Cornwall Township, Lebanon County after a drilling mud spill during the summer. (Marie Cusick / StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

DEP fines Sunoco again for drilling mud spills, but Mariner East pipeline opponents say penalties aren’t fixing the problem

Fines for 2018-2019 violations come less than two weeks after spill in Chester County.

6 years ago

A virtual town hall about a prospective public health department in Delaware County drew 200 people. (Screenshot)
Health

A town hall update on Delco’s move toward a health department all its own

Highlighted at the virtual session, attended by 200-plus, was a Johns Hopkins report assessing the public health profile and availability of resources.

6 years ago

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