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US Steel's Clairton Coke Works, near Pittsburgh. (Reid Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

‘We don’t understand why they haven’t done this yet’: Groups sue US Steel over emissions data

Lawsuit alleges company withheld required pollution data after Dec. 24 fire

6 years ago

Pennsylvania House of Representatives at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania House wins appeal in atheist prayer-policy suit

A federal appeals court is reversing a lower court ruling that the Pa. House's policy barring atheists from delivering invocations doesn't violate the U.S. Constitution.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro arrives at a news conference in Philadelphia, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

AGs announce agreement to crack down on robocalls

Pennsylvania's attorney general is touting an agreement he and other attorneys general have made with a number of the country's biggest phone companies.

6 years ago

Rosemary Fuller, an anti-pipeline activist, urged Gov. Tom Wolf to halt construction of the Mariner East pipelines. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Wolf tells pipeline activists he won’t shut down Mariner East

Governor Tom Wolf deferred to the state's Public Utility Commission on pipeline safety.

6 years ago

This July 10, 2019 photo shows the refurbished Lazaretto Quarantine Station in Essington, Pa. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Urban Planning

Tiny suburban Philly township saves, transforms historic quarantine station

For Tinicum Township, renovating the Lazaretto Quarantine Station was part of a broader plan to draw visitors to the community.

6 years ago

Detailed view on the newly installed system to filter out PFAS Forever Chemicals at Well #2 of the Horsham Water and Sewer Authority facility in Horsham, Pa., on August 22, 2019
Politics & Policy

Wolf allocates $3.8M to BuxMont towns for PFAS treatment, eliminating surcharges on water bills

The new funds will eliminate the surcharges some residents see on their water bills — “a stick in the eye” for them to pay, State Rep. Todd Stephens said.

6 years ago

The Ephrata Public Library
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Pa. libraries are getting more state money this year. But it’s still less than what they received 10 years ago

Libraries, like the one in Ephrata, have struggled for years with state funding cuts.

6 years ago

courtroom
Courts & Law

Almost 10 years in, Pa. commission struggles to agree on sentencing reforms

Pa. commission is holding hearings this week in Philly, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh to get feedback on its latest effort to make its criminal sentencing process more objective.

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

Hospitals to share opioid treatment strategies under $10 million plan

Health systems are known more for competition than working together, but when it comes to treating opioid addiction, that may be changing.

6 years ago

Shown is the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. on the Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

How to get rid of property taxes? Lawmaker looks to retirement income.

One state House lawmaker is trying to pitch a new solution to a very old Pennsylvania problem: the reliance on school property taxes.

6 years ago

(Kimberly Paynter/Keystone Crossroads)
Schooled
Education

Don’t eat the marshmallow: Students from a ‘no excuses’ charter grow up to tell the tale

"If you actually said, 'We’re gonna hold you accountable to setting up your students for life.' Then how does that change the work of that school?”

Air Date: August 21, 2019

Listen 43:06
Kiran Schatz, 12, carries his school supplies home in reusable bags. The West Chester student and his classmates worked to promote legislation that would ban the use of disposable plastic bags in their town. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

West Chester hopes its plastic bag ban sends Harrisburg a message

The state moratorium calls for more study of regulating plastics. But many say the benefits are clear, and that it’s also a matter of local autonomy.

6 years ago

Listen 4:55
This May 22, 2017, file photo, shows the control room at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
The Why
Science

Three Mile Island is closing. Now what?

Pennsylvania is shutting down Three Mile Island for good next month. With the nuclear plant gone, how will the state produce carbon-free energy?

Air Date: August 21, 2019

Listen 13:18
Shawn Terry, a Democratic candidate for the state legislature in Texas, meets with supporters during a campaign event in Dallas on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. Terry has already raised $235,000 as Democratic donors pour money into legislative races nationwide in hopes of flipping statehouse chambers in 2020. (Paul J. Weber/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Democrats spending millions to try to take back statehouses

The stakes are particularly high following a recent Supreme Court ruling that decided federal courts have no business policing political boundary disputes in many cases.

6 years ago

In Pennsylvania, the issue of whether to regulate guns more closely is typically seen as partisan. (Seth Perlman/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

In Pa. and beyond, polling shows key suburban voters want gun reform

A Republican polling firm says its latest survey found compelling evidence that a key bloc of swing voters want stricter gun control.

6 years ago

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