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Hidden Brain helps curious people understand the world and themselves. Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain reveals the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, and the biases that shape our choices.

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Pennsylvania

The National Weather Service has issued ice storm and winter storm warnings for some areas. (Carolyn Kaster/File AP Photo)
Community

Travel restrictions announced on some Pennsylvania roads

State transportation officials in Pennsylvania have announced travel restrictions with wintry weather bearing down on the commonwealth.

6 years ago

The Lynard family carries their Christmas tree at Linvilla Orchards in Media, Pennsylvania on Sunday. (Becca Haydu for WHYY)
Community

You can thank the Great Recession for 2019’s Christmas tree shortage

This is the third year farms have fewer trees to sell because they planted fewer during the recession. Ten and 12-foot trees are the most scarce.

6 years ago

The dome of the Pennsylvania Capitol is visible in Harrisburg. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Health
PA Post

Pa. is a step closer to starting a state-based health insurance exchange

Lawmakers and the governor opted to create their own exchange because it’s likely to save the commonwealth money.

6 years ago

Victim advocate Jennifer Storm, second left, joins survivors of child sexual abuse including Patty Fortney-Julius, third left, and Mary McHale, second right, waiting for a news conference in the Pennsylvania Capitol, in Harrisburg, Pa. (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania’s sexual abuse laws leave survivors conflicted

When Pennsylvania overhauled its child sexual abuse laws after a years-long battle, absent from the bill-signing ceremony were some of the people who had worked hard.

6 years ago

Rehabilitation & Community Providers Association CEO Richard Edley speaks at the state Capitol Oct. 24, 2019. (Brett Sholtis/Transforming Health)
Health

Mental health groups push to restore $84 million in annual funding

Groups that provide mental health and intellectual disabilities services are lobbying for an additional $84 million in funding.

6 years ago

File photo: Erik Furness meets with Antoinette Kraus with the Pennsylvania Health Access Network to begin the process of signing up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act, Monday, March 31, 2014, at Project HOME's St. Elizabeth's Community and Wellness Center in Philadelphia.(Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Health
PA Post

Pa. Insurance Department warns against robocalls claiming to sell health insurance during Affordable Care Act open enrollment

The department says some companies may be selling short-term, limited duration plans, while other callers are falsely claiming to be from the state.

6 years ago

Susann Schofield, 39, and her son Brice, 11,  will be affected by the USDA's proposal to reduce SNAP benefits (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Pa. residents brace for Trump administration’s proposed cuts to food stamps

Pennsylvania is among the states that would be especially hurt because utility costs are significantly higher than the national average.

6 years ago

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The team known informally as the “environmental strike force,” in 1974. Front row, left to right: Elissa Parker; Barb Brandon; Pat McGinley; Bill Eichbaum; Jack Krill; Betsy McCoubrey; Tom Burke; Dennis Coyne; Dennis Strain. Second row, left to right: Eric Pearson; Paul Burroughs; Maxine Woelfling; Bill Oberdorfer; John Carroll; Karin Carter; Tom Oravetz; Bob Shusterman; Fran Dubrowski; Dennis Harnish; Ward Kelsey. Back row, left to right: Gene Dice; Tim Weston; Doug Blazey; Doug White (behind Blazey); Drew Dorfman; Dick Ehmann; Terry Bossert; Bob Yuhnke; Jim Rochow; Ralph Kates; Mike Alushin. (Provided)
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Trailblazing group of attorneys who enforced Pa. environmental laws in 1970s looks to ‘rise again’

Nearly half-a-century later, the environmental strike force is reuniting. The group met last year in Washington D.C. and again last month in Bedford Springs.

6 years ago

Spotlight PA
Community
Spotlight PA

Unrivaled team of investigative reporters to hold the powerful to account in Pa. capital

Today, we’re excited to announce an expansion of our reach throughout the Philadelphia region through a new partnership with WHYY.

6 years ago

A doe looks up from grazing in a meadow at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum where a newly initiated bow hunting season is being used to introduce the sport of hunting to those who have never tried it. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Lifestyle
PA Post

Food safety experts urge caution for hunters in areas with fatal deer disease

There haven’t been any known human cases of CWD, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that people do not eat meat from animals that test positive.

6 years ago

Yassmin Gramian (Courtesy of PennDOT)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Gov. Wolf appoints Yassmin Gramian to replace outgoing PennDOT secretary

Executive Deputy Secretary Yassmin Gramian will assume the top job at the Department of Transportation effective Dec. 6.

6 years ago

(Rick Antuono/Bigstock)
Lifestyle
PA Post

Frying a turkey on Thanksgiving? Pa.’s fire commissioner has some advice.

Every year, Thanksgiving cooking causes a spike in house fires around the country. Deep fryers are disproportionately the culprit.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania's minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, the same as the federal rate. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Money

Pennsylvania’s lowest-wage workers may have a raise coming — or not

The state Senate signed off on increase from $7.25 to $9.50, but it's not clear if the House is willing to follow suit

6 years ago

Shown is a paper ballot during a demonstration of the ExpressVote XL voting machine at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Thursday, June 13, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Jill Stein sues to reopen election security case in Pennsylvania

Issues flagged by election security experts when the settlement was reached a year ago figure prominently in the filing to reopen the case.

6 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf, (center), signs legislation into law at Muhlenberg High School in Reading, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. Wolf approved legislation Tuesday to give future victims of child sexual abuse more time to file lawsuits and to end time limits for police to file criminal charges. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania ends future child sex abuse charges time limits

Pennsylvania enacted legislation Tuesday to give future victims of child sexual abuse more time to file lawsuits and to end time limits for police to file criminal charges.

6 years ago

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