
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania grants $40M in competitive school safety grants
The state has approved $40 million in grants for school districts to improve safety. These competitive grants are in addition to $25,000 that most districts received last year
6 years ago
Chester County state Rep. faces backlash for bringing Nazis into pipeline debate
In a now-deleted tweet, Friel Otten responded that “The Nazis were just doing their jobs too,” and linked a PBS article on coercion by people in power.
6 years ago
More than 100 Pa. businesses close for May Day to support immigrant and working communities
Pennsylvania rallies staged as part of International Workers’ Day call for raising the minimum wage and supporting immigrant communities.
6 years ago
Recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania: What should legalization look like?
Pa. is getting closer to legal recreational marijuana but policymakers still face tough questions about what this potentially multi-billion-dollar industry would look like.
6 years ago
Pa. Republicans move to pick judges by region, but clash on details
The merit selection concept has been around for years but this version added a provision in which judges are picked from three legislatively-drawn judicial districts.
6 years ago
Shapiro to appeal tossed conviction of Penn State’s former president
University's former leader, Graham Spanier, had been scheduled to begin serving two months in jail Wednesday in connection with the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
6 years ago
Drop-in centers are a key mental health resource, but some Pa. counties lack them
Some Pennsylvania counties are facing challenges to getting drop-in centers up and running and keeping them funded.
6 years ago
Pa.’s death penalty opposition gets a bipartisan push
Although Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has a moratorium on capital punishment, the commonwealth hasn't gotten close to a ban.
6 years ago
Judge throws out ex-Penn State president’s conviction
A federal judge threw out former Penn State President Graham Spanier's misdemeanor child-endangerment conviction on Tuesday.
6 years ago
Pa. Lutheran pastor criticized for ‘violent purge of Muslims’ comment after Notre Dame fire
On Easter Sunday, Pastor Carl Johnson confessed he had hoped the Notre Dame fire in Paris was committed by Muslims in order to justify the eradication of Muslims from France.
6 years ago
Listen 1:57A Philadelphia attorney bought a $3,500 gun safe in response to Pa.’s new domestic abuse law
Some attorneys say storing guns brings too much risk or is just too big of a hassle.
6 years ago
In Pa., two disparate visions for natural gas
The state House Speaker and other Republican lawmakers announced a slate of bills Monday that are aimed at bolstering Pennsylvania's natural gas industry.
6 years ago
Groups sue U.S. Steel, allege potentially ‘thousands’ of Clean Air Act violations
Pollution controls were off-line for over three months following a Christmas Eve fire.
6 years ago
Pa. commits to Paris Agreement climate goals; state’s plan calls for 80% carbon cuts by 2050
Pennsylvania has become the 24th state to join the U.S. Climate Alliance.
6 years ago
Sunoco buys two homes at Chester County site of Mariner East 2-related sinkhole
State and county documents show the company paid $400,000 each for the properties in Chester County.
6 years ago