
Pennsylvania
Whistleblower: Lancaster General settlement with DOJ fails to address core problems
Penn Medicine has agreed to pay $275,000 to the Department of Justice to settle allegations that Lancaster General Hospital submitted false claims to Medicaid
6 years ago
Gas impact fee revenue rises to 7-year high, boosted by stripper wells
More than half of 2018 total will be paid to counties and municipalities to offset effects of gas drilling
6 years ago
After a week of ‘passions,’ Pennsylvania’s budget is finished
Governor Wolf has now committed to signing all the components immediately, except one.
6 years ago
Cheyney, Lincoln universities receive awards from UNCF
The United Negro College Fund recently announced that it has awarded Cheyney University and Lincoln University, two of the nation’s oldest historically black universities.
6 years ago
Winners and losers in Pa.’s $34 billion state budget package
Below is a look at who stands to win and lose from the budget package, if it gets back on track.
6 years ago
Person shot at Delaware County courthouse
At least one person was shot at a Delaware County courthouse Friday morning, according to county officials.
6 years ago
Inches from finish line, Pa. House budget talks falter over education
Two components of the measure that would have, among other things, authorized $6.7 billion in basic education funding.
6 years ago
No room to grow: Crowded suburban Philly schools struggle to secure new land to build
Suburban Philadelphia communities are clashing with their districts over how their overcrowded schools should handle growing populations.
6 years ago
Listen 5:20SCOTUS decision doesn’t impact Pennsylvania’s redistricted Congressional map
The decision does not impact Pennsylvania’s recently redistricted map, because the case was based on the state constitution.
6 years ago
ACLU says Pa. police are improperly racially profiling and detaining drivers
The Pennsylvania chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is suing state police for, it says, illegally turning drivers over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
6 years ago
Pa. House plans funding for voting machine bill, with conditions
A change would take away the option to quickly vote a straight party. Instead, voters would have to individually select all the candidates for whom they want to cast ballots.
6 years ago
Escaping pirates: Wyeth artistic patriarch gets a retrospective
The father of Andrew Wyeth was the top illustrator of his day, but N.C. yearned to be a “pure artist.” The biggest retrospective of his work in half a century is now open.
6 years ago
Listen 2:00How media startups in the Philly suburbs are trying to fill the local news ‘void’
Dozens of media startups in Pa. are trying to fill gaps in coverage, while battling the same financial challenges that undercut the newspaper business.
6 years ago
Listen 4:48Pa. Senate session devolves into shouting as GOP repeals cash assistance
The state Senate voted Wednesday to repeal a small cash assistance program for the poor — but before it happened, the session devolved into a loud, chaotic argument.
6 years ago
Funding for census outreach is unnecessary, GOP tells Wolf
The money would help track hard-to-count people: for instance, elderly residents who might have a hard time with the census's new online form, or people don't speak English.
6 years ago