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Pennsylvania

Pa. Health Secretary Rachel Levine (Commonwealth Media Services)
Spotlight PA

Pa. health secretary denounces transphobic attacks: ‘Our children are watching’

Pennsylvania’s top health official on Tuesday denounced a recent series of transphobic attacks against her, saying she felt compelled to personally address the discrimination.

6 years ago

Methane monitor
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. DEP urged to close ‘loopholes’ in new regulation on VOCs and methane

Cutting VOCs would help environmental justice communities that are disproportionately affected by poor air quality.

6 years ago

Vice President Mike Pence
Politics & Policy

Campaigns bring dueling messages to Pennsylvania this week

Trump won Pennsylvania in 2016 by less than 1 percentage point. No Democrat has won the presidency without winning Pennsylvania since Harry S. Truman in 1948.

6 years ago

A man dressed in all black wore a tactical vest and carried an AR-15-style rifle
Community
PA Post

Free speech and firearms raise tensions in suburban Pennsylvania

Activists come armed to protests in a mansion-lined neighborhood in Berks County.

6 years ago

In this July 9, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden arrives to speak at McGregor Industries in Dunmore, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Battleground 2020: 100 days out

In the latest installment of Battleground 2020, we look at the polls, the issues, and the discussions within the Democratic party about Biden's platform and messaging.

Air Date: July 28, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:29
Emergency procedures have been put into place to allow state lawmakers to vote on bills remotely. (Dani Fresh for Keystone Crossroads)
Politics & Policy

Millions of paycheck protection dollars went to Pennsylvania lobbyists

PPP money isn’t supposed to go to businesses primarily engaged in lobbying. Pa. lobbyists who received the money say it’s only part of their business.

6 years ago

Pa. coronavirus data
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Death reports are still lagging. Pa. hasn’t made it easy to find out just how badly.

It’s one of many instances of the state dropping the ball on best data practices. Instead of making its COVID data easy to view and scrutinize, the state has limited access.

6 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Gov. Tom Wolf will allow transparency bill to become law despite veto threat

Wolf had argued Grove’s bill was flawed and would endanger state workers by forcing them to return to offices during an emergency, like the current pandemic.

6 years ago

Concertgoers at People's Light
Arts & Entertainment

‘It’s the new normal’: Drive-in concertgoers embrace a new summer venue

Drive-ins are the socially distant live music venues of the summer of 2020. “I don’t ever want it to stop,” said one concertgoer at People’s Light in Malvern.

6 years ago

Listen 1:50
Elizabeth Gray
Community

Pa. unemployment offices have doubled staff, but thousands still waiting on claims

Tens of thousands of Pa. workers are still trying to receive unemployment compensation as those processing claims work seven days a week.

6 years ago

Listen 5:58
Amanda Vendetti of Tullytown
Community

Elcon scraps plan for controversial wastewater plant in lower Bucks County

For years, community members have resisted Elcon Recycling Services’ bid to treat hazardous wastewater so close to rivers and waterways.

6 years ago

Craps players and dealers are seperated by partitions at the Golden Nugget Casino
Health

Casinos in Pa. and N.J. have finally banned smoking. Why now?

Do the new prohibitions reflect a greater coronavirus danger from smokers? The jury is still out, but there are real safety reasons behind the new rules.

6 years ago

(Dan Nott for Spotlight PA)
Health
Spotlight PA

Citing ‘overwhelming’ spread, Pa. moves to add staff, app to trace the coronavirus

The state health department has received approval to spend nearly $27 million to ramp up contact tracing efforts.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Chief Justice Thomas Saylor. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Courts & Law

Former Pa. Supreme Court judge says chief justice accused her of having ‘minority agenda’

Cynthia Baldwin, the second Black woman to serve on the Pa. Supreme Court, says Chief Justice Thomas Saylor treated her unfairly in disciplinary proceedings.

6 years ago

(BalkansCat/BigStock)
Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Delco tracking virus surge in under 30 crowd

Contact tracing has shown a large portion of residents have contracted the virus while visiting N.J. beaches, attending Fourth of July barbecues, and socializing without masks

6 years ago

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