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Westmoreland County MH/ID administrator Dirk Matson, at right, recently traveled to the state capitol with people who receive mental health services through Pennsylvania's Medicaid Program, including John Herrmann of Greensburg, at left. Herrmann said he has bipolar disorder. (Brett Sholtis/Transforming Health)
Health

Pa. counties fight plan to nix Medicaid behavioral health model

The plan would eliminate the state's $4 billion behavioral health program, merging it with the state's $12 billion physical health Medicaid program.

6 years ago

Bertha Garnett, center, listens to speakers at an event honoring her son, Reuben Garnett Jr., who was killed in action in Vietnam. At left is her daughter, India Garnett, who worked for decades to have her brother's service honored. Bertha's great-granddaughters Courtney, Tianna and Sheniah can be seen in the background. (Brett Sholtis/WITF)
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PA Post

After 53-year fight, Pa. family of a black Vietnam veteran finally finds closure

On March 4, 1966, Reuben Garnett Jr. was killed by enemy fire while rushing to help his platoon leader.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf visits Fairhill, one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods, to push for a severance tax on natural gas, which he says could be used to fight urban blight. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Can a tax on natural gas drilling help fix Pa.’s infrastructure problem?

Wolf hopes to use a severance tax on natural gas drilling to fund broadband internet access, emergency infrastructure, and blight removal, among other things.

6 years ago

Ken Smukler outside the federal courthouse in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY, file)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Courts & Law

Brady aide Ken Smukler gets 18 months in prison, $75K fine for election law crimes

A jury found that Smukler helped arrange and cover up a $90,000 payoff to one of then U.S. Rep. Bob Brady’s opponents in the 2012 congressional election.

6 years ago

Members of the group March on Harrisburg dressed in Where's Waldo costumes in 2017, after their second march to the Capitol. They were arrested shortly after this demonstration — a common outcome for the group. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Politics & Policy

As March on Harrisburg approaches, lawmakers take stock of gift laws

Gift laws vary widely by state, but critics like March on Harrisburg deride Pennsylvania's as being one of the loosest in the country.

6 years ago

Special education teacher Ben Slater describes his Father's Day at Dorney Park, where he was detained by security guards who accused him of stealing, then banned from the park for six months.
Courts & Law

Dorney Park settles black patron’s racial profiling suit

The Allentown Morning Call reports Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom's parent company settled the suit for an undisclosed amount.

6 years ago

The state has approved $40 million in grants for school districts to improve safety. These competitive grants are in addition to $25,000 that most districts received last year.
(Min Xian/WPSU)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pennsylvania grants $40M in competitive school safety grants

The state has approved $40 million in grants for school districts to improve safety. These competitive grants are in addition to $25,000 that most districts received last year

6 years ago

A sinkhole that opened up in January was surrounded by orange plastic fencing outside a suburban home at Lisa Drive in West Whiteland Township, Chester County. (Courtesy of Eric Friedman)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Chester County state Rep. faces backlash for bringing Nazis into pipeline debate

In a now-deleted tweet, Friel Otten responded that “The Nazis were just doing their jobs too,” and linked a PBS article on coercion by people in power.

6 years ago

About 30 activists from different organizations marched in solidarity for workers’ rights on May Day on Rising Sun Avenue in the lower Northeast section of Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

More than 100 Pa. businesses close for May Day to support immigrant and working communities

Pennsylvania rallies staged as part of International Workers’ Day call for raising the minimum wage and supporting immigrant communities.

6 years ago

In this Friday, March 22, 2019, file photo, a marijuana plant is visible at Compassionate Care Foundation's medical marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania: What should legalization look like?

Pa. is getting closer to legal recreational marijuana but policymakers still face tough questions about what this potentially multi-billion-dollar industry would look like.

6 years ago

The state Capitol building in Harrisburg. (Tom Downing/WITF)
Courts & Law

Pa. Republicans move to pick judges by region, but clash on details

The merit selection concept has been around for years but this version added a provision in which judges are picked from three legislatively-drawn judicial districts.

6 years ago

Graham Spanier walks to the Dauphin County Courthouse in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, March 20, 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Shapiro to appeal tossed conviction of Penn State’s former president

University's former leader, Graham Spanier, had been scheduled to begin serving two months in jail Wednesday in connection with the Jerry Sandusky scandal.

6 years ago

Mt. Aloysius College student Kylee Clawson, at left, and Pamela Townsend, center, look at art made by Jenny Behe, at right. Clawson, a surgical technology major, is participating in the art program as part of a college class. Townsend and Behe each have struggled with behavioral illnesses and work as peer support specialists. (Brett Sholtis/Transforming Health)
Health
PA Post

Drop-in centers are a key mental health resource, but some Pa. counties lack them

Some Pennsylvania counties are facing challenges to getting drop-in centers up and running and keeping them funded.

6 years ago

Although Pennsylvania has executed only three people since the penalty was federally reaffirmed in 1976 — most recently in 1999 — and Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has a moratorium on the punishment, the commonwealth hasn't gotten close to a ban. (Ted S. Warren/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pa.’s death penalty opposition gets a bipartisan push

Although Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has a moratorium on capital punishment, the commonwealth hasn't gotten close to a ban.

6 years ago

In this June 2, 2017, file photo, former Penn State President Graham Spanier departs after his sentencing hearing at the Dauphin County Courthouse in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Courts & Law

Judge throws out ex-Penn State president’s conviction

A federal judge threw out former Penn State President Graham Spanier's misdemeanor child-endangerment conviction on Tuesday.

6 years ago

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