Pennsylvania
A dog urine detector? How Pa. lawmakers spent millions in campaign cash
A country club membership, California wines, a dog urine detector — all paid for with campaign cash. Why are Pennsylvania candidates allowed to spend donors' money this way?
Air Date: November 4, 2019
Listen 14:17At Philly Bike Expo, a look at how women led the biking movement in the suburbs
When the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia was organizing a suburban bike advocacy panel, it was made clear that most of the efforts were made by women.
6 years ago
'Where’s your money going?' one student asked of the college. 'Because there are people who don’t have insurance who really rely on these services for help.'
6 years ago
At western Pa. climate change summit, one scientist says effects can be managed if emissions are cut
Pennsylvania’s ecosystem has already been permanently altered due to climate change, but it’s not too late to act before these changes become unmanageable, experts say.
6 years ago
Authors say the system is expensive, ineffective and harmful for Pennsylvania youth.
6 years ago
High-stakes judicial seats decided with little information, dearth of voter engagement
Voters will decide local races for Municipal Court and Court of Common Pleas, as well as help fill two statewide spots on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
6 years ago
Pa. House spends $1.1 million to win court battle to preserve opening prayer tradition
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives went to federal court to maintain an opening prayer that invokes a higher power and it came at a high cost to taxpayers.
6 years ago
Pa. quietly reverses ‘lunch shaming’ ban as school district debt grows
Language within this year’s school code bill allows districts to withhold hot meals from students who accrue more than $50 in lunch debt.
6 years ago
Listen 3:24Bringing Jenkintown Creek back to nature, to improve water quality downstream
A section of the creek will be moved out of a concrete pipe to clean it and slow it down, reducing flooding and improving water quality downstream.
6 years ago
Listen 1:56After morning raids, feds say they’ve busted up two Chester drug gangs
Law enforcement officials announced charges against 22 defendants, all of whom, they say, belong to a pair of Chester-based drug gangs.
6 years ago
House members launch a plan they say will make Pa.’s pensions more transparent
The bills are in their early days, but they’ve already gotten early rebukes from staff for one of two pension systems.
6 years ago
Voting reform bill heads to governor’s desk; critics say the state’s ramming through changes
Counties would get back 60 percent of election system upgrade costs under SB421.
6 years ago
Pa. could vote on Marsy’s Law: Here’s what’s at stake
Would a Marsy’s Law amendment on victims’ rights infringe on bedrock rights of the accused? The last-minute legal fight over a question on the Pa. ballot.
Air Date: October 30, 2019
Listen 15:21Pa. lawmakers, county officials raise concerns about implementing election reforms
State lawmakers are on track to send a voting reform bill to Gov. Tom Wolf after negotiations over election security funding provisions went late Monday.
6 years ago
Gov. Wolf and a Berks County official are plotting ways to close an immigrant detention center
The controversial Berks Family Residential Center is one of three facilities in the US that detains undocumented parents and children together.
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