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Education

Pa. private, charter schools worry bus cuts will strand students

Some districts say they’ll continue to take these students to school, as usual, even though their own campuses are closed, while other districts plan to cancel bus service.

6 years ago

School hallway
Education

Pa. schools get state guidance about handling COVID-19 outbreaks

The state’s largest teachers union, the Pennsylvania State Education Association, urged schools to follow the guidelines but said they need more teeth.

6 years ago

Bucks County town hall on police reform proposals
Courts & Law

Bucks County residents show bipartisan support for police reforms, including chokehold ban

All the proposals were drawn from the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which passed the U.S. House and awaits deliberation in the Senate.

6 years ago

Abolition Hall in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. (Google Maps)
Community

K. Hovnanian drops plan to build 67 townhouses by Underground Railroad site

The homebuilding company did not say why it was no longer considering the Plymouth Meeting location, which includes three historic structures and wetlands.

6 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf
Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Lebanon County to get its $12.8M in CARES Act funds

In May and June, the Pennsylvania Health Department did inspections, mostly following up on complaints about COVID-19. The data has just been released.

6 years ago

Rep. Stephen Kinsey, Chairman of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus speaking about efforts to remove Joe Gale. (Courtesy of PA Women Rise)
Politics & Policy

Coalition calls on Montco Commissioner Gale to resign or be removed from office

If he won’t quit, the groups are backing a novel legislative effort to have him impeached. Bills have been introduced in the State House and Senate.

6 years ago

A colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (green) heavily infected with particles (orange) from the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient sample. (NIAID)
Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Tracing and testing delays in Philadelphia

Of the positive cases interviewed by contact-tracers, more than 40% believed they knew the person who they got the infection from, usually a household member.

6 years ago

A sign warns visitors,
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Paddle protest at Marsh Creek Lake calls for Mariner East shutdown

DEP: No fish-kills or known impacts to drinking water.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania State University. (Tim Tai/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Education
Spotlight PA

Penn State reverses course, plans to provide modified COVID-19 agreement for students

The original agreement required students to “assume any and all risk” of COVID-19, which some said amounted to a liability waiver.

6 years ago

(Spotlight PA)
Health
Spotlight PA

Inside some Pennsylvania rehabs, ‘it’s like COVID doesn’t exist’

When treatment facilities ignore coronavirus protocols, patients are forced to choose between recovery and safety.

6 years ago

Penn State's Old Main administrative building. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Education
Spotlight PA

Students at Penn State forced to sign COVID-19 liability waiver to participate in fall semester

“I assume any and all risk of exposure to COVID-19 that may result from attending Penn State, or participating in Penn State activities,” the compact says.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

‘Making a souffle on a BBQ grill’: Pa. scrambles after Trump goes solo on unemployment relief

The Trump administration’s attempt to sidestep Congress has created a coronavirus relief package that states may not be able to launch for weeks, or even months.

6 years ago

Listen 2:00
Bentonite clay spills into Marsh Creek Lake. (Courtesy of Chris DiGiuilo)
Science

Mariner East pipeline construction spills up to 10,000 gallons of drilling mud into Chesco stream and lake

The spill is one of more than 100 across the length of the pipeline.

6 years ago

Listen 1:40
Election poll monitor
Politics & Policy

Constraints gone, GOP ramps up effort to monitor voting

The GOP heads into its first presidential contest this November free from decades-old legal constraints on the use of volunteers to monitor the polls on Election Day.

6 years ago

College Hall on the University of Pennsylvania campus. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: UPenn to move classes online, freeze tuition this coming semester

The University of Pennsylvania announced that the vast majority of undergraduate classes will be online, with some exceptions like clinical rotations for nursing students.

6 years ago

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