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Pennsylvania

Trucks and cars move through a Pennsylvania Turnpike toll plaza in Carlisle, Pa
Courts & Law

Bucks, Montco are ground zero for turnpike toll-dodgers

Drivers in Bucks and Montgomery counties account for $2 million in unpaid Pa. Turnpike tolls. The most egregious scofflaws could face criminal charges.

6 years ago

Applicants who wish to open charter schools, opponents of those plans, protesters and parents crowded the School Reform Commission meeting in 2017. The marathon session, which began at 3:30 p.m., lasted well into the night. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. House passes charter school package, but funding conundrum remains

Public school advocates argue overall, charter schools route too much money from traditional districts.  

6 years ago

Survivors of child sexual abuse hug in the Pennsylvania Capitol while awaiting legislation to respond to a landmark state grand jury report on child sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 in Harrisburg, Pa. (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

New court ruling may help older clergy abuse claims proceed

A Pennsylvania court has ruled that an evolving legal landscape means a woman can pursue her lawsuit claiming church officials worked to conceal her alleged molestation.

6 years ago

Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa, who is sponsoring his chamber's version of the police fee bill, speaks at a press conference on the issue. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

As Pa. budget talks progress, Wolf renews request for new state police fee

About half the commonwealth's municipalities and 20 percent of its population would be affected.

6 years ago

Suboxone, an oral film prescribed for the medication-assisted treatment of opioid addiction and dependency, is pictured in this Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 photo. (Charles Krupa/AP Photo)
Health

Pennsylvania could make it harder for doctors to prescribe buprenorphine

Pennsylvania Senate may tighten rules on doctors using buprenorphine.

6 years ago

A group of children walk with their caregivers on Vine Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

For parents who work nights and weekends, study finds child care is especially difficult

An estimated 150,000 Pa. families need child care outside the typical work day. But a new study says few providers can afford to offer that service.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania State Senator Daylin Leach
Politics & Policy

Leach responds to mounting calls for resignation: ‘Absolutely not.’

In a statement, Leach proclaimed his exoneration but apologized to "anyone who may have been offended" by his sexual jokes.

6 years ago

Children got a lesson in wildlife management after the Pa. Game Commission tranquilized a bear that had wandered into Harrisburg. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Community

A bear stuck in a tree in Harrisburg becomes a wildlife lesson for children

The Game Commission plans to bring the bear north, to the mountains he would typically call home.

6 years ago

Parishioners pray the Rosary at Holy Infancy Roman Catholic in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania after mass on Tuesday, August 14, 2018, the same day, Pennsylvania Attorney General released his two-year grand jury investigation into widespread sexual abuse and cover-up within six Catholic dioceses across the state. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Catholic Church lobbying costs spiked in Pa. as statute of limitations debate raged

The Catholic Church spent more on lobbying efforts in Pennsylvania than in seven other northeastern U.S. states combined, according to a recent report covering 2011-2018.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania has the country’s fifth highest death row population, currently at 175 inmates, according to a memo penned by state Reps. Chris Rabb (D) and Frank Ryan (R). (Kiichiro Sato/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

Proposed Pa. death penalty ban would promote healing, GOP lawmaker says

Two state House members, from opposite sides of the aisle, have drafted legislation to abolish the death penalty in Pennsylvania.

6 years ago

A Bradford County drilling rig.
Politics & Policy

Wolf’s infrastructure plan has bipartisan support, but not from leaders

The plan is intended to fund a range of infrastructure improvements, from roads to flood prevention.

6 years ago

State Sen. Daylin Leach (left) says he's been cleared of wrongdoing by an independent probe of sexual harassment allegations.  Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa disagrees and wants Leach to resign. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call and AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

Sexual harassment probe puts Daylin Leach at odds with Democratic leaders

State Sen. Daylin Leach says he’s been cleared of wrongdoing in a probe of sexual harassment allegations. Party leadership maintains that he should resign.

6 years ago

Vice President Mike Pence tours JLS Automation in York, Pa., Thursday, June 6, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pence touts trade pact benefits in Pennsylvania stop

Vice President Mike Pence toured York-based JLS Automation, a robotics maker in Pennsylvania and urged Congress to pass a new trade pact with Canada and Mexico.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

More tax credits? More spending? Pa. lawmakers continue to clash on education

The proposed increase to the Educational Improvement Tax Credit will likely be used as a bargaining chip in ongoing budget negotiations.

6 years ago

In this Friday, Nov. 14, 2014 file photo, Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace navigator Leticia Chaw, right, helps gather information for Jennifer Sanchez to re-enroll in a health insurance plan in Houston. (David J. Phillip/AP Photo)
Health

Plan for Pennsylvania to take over health insurance marketplace gaining ground

A bill for Pennsylvania to take control of the health insurance marketplace is moving quickly through the state Capitol with bipartisan support.

6 years ago

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