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Pennsylvania

Emily Cutaiar, 8,  (left) and her sister Jessica, 9, know not to drink water from the tap in their Sellersville home. Their well was found to be contaminated with PFAS. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

DEP names Bergey’s Tires as source of PFAS contamination in Bucks County private wells

The Pa. DEP determined Bergey’s was the source and “potentially responsible entity” of the contamination involved 14 private wells in Bucks County.

6 years ago

With help from the Defender Association of Philadelphia, Alaya Tyler, 24, petitioned to be released early from a probation term that was set to continue until she was 31 years old. (Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
The Why
Courts & Law

On a judge’s whim, probation can become a trap

Why a system that's supposed to keep people out of jail putting so many people at risk of incarceration in Pennsylvania.

Air Date: November 12, 2019

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In this Oct. 22, 2019 file photo, pipes lay along a construction site on the Mariner East pipeline in a residential neighborhood in Exton, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

FBI opens corruption investigation into Pa.’s approval process of Mariner East pipeline

FBI agents have interviewed current or former state employees in recent weeks about the Mariner East project and the construction permits.

6 years ago

In this historical photo from May 31, 1889, survivors stand by homes destroyed when the South Fork Dam collapsed in Johnstown, Pa. As officials prepare to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the enormous Johnstown Flood of 1889 that killed 2,209 people, new research has helped explain why the deluge was so deadly. (AP Photo)
Community

Report flags 145 of Pennsylvania’s dams as dangerous

Pennsylvania is home to a lot of old dams—many of which are privately owned. The state agency that regulates those dams says it has serious concerns about 145 of them.

6 years ago

Sharif El-Mekki left his job as a principal in Southwest Philadelphia to start an organization which aims to recruit more African Americans into the teaching profession. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

‘Revolutionary’ principal goes all-in on quest for more black teachers

As the son of Black Panthers, Sharif El-Mekki grew up in West Philadelphia enraged at the injustice he saw all around him, including in education.

6 years ago

School buses are seen in a file photo.
Education

Pennsylvania schools struggling with bus driver shortage

A decline in the number of licensed school bus drivers statewide has some districts scrambling to get students to and from school.

6 years ago

In this Sept. 28, 2019, file photo, officials look at damage to Heller Dam at Hagerman's Reservoir near South Williamsport, Pa. Pennsylvanians who live downstream from its many dams may not often think about what could happen, but inspectors know there are potential threats to life and property along the state's 86,000 miles of streams and rivers. (Mark Nance/Sun-Gazette via AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Urban Planning

High risk dams pose upstream danger for many Pennsylvanians

A group of 145 dams are rated, in data supplied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as both high-hazard and in either poor or unsatisfactory condition.

6 years ago

Pa. Congresswoman Madeleine Dean wants to address a growing complaint among service members about aggressive debt collectors. (Ximena Conde/WHYY)
Community

Dean bill aims to curb aggressive debt collection tactics targeting military service members

Pa. Congresswoman Madeleine Dean wants to address a growing complaint among service members about aggressive debt collectors.

6 years ago

Wine
Money

Pennsylvania’s liquor board is posting record profits. That worries some lawmakers.

Republicans in the state legislature have long pushed to privatize the commonwealth’s state-run liquor industry.

6 years ago

Sen. Pat Toomey speaks in Harrisburg on Nov. 8, 2019. He sponsored a bill aimed at barring future presidents from banning fracking. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Politics & Policy

Toomey takes preventative measures as Dems call for fracking bans

Pennsylvania’s Republican U.S. Senator introduced a resolution he hopes will enable Congress to defeat future presidents’ fracking bans in court.

6 years ago

George W. Hill Correctional Facility (Google Maps)
Courts & Law

Better prison oversight overdue, Delco Dems say, as superintendent faces accusations of misconduct

An Inquirer/The Caucus investigation detailed abuses of power by Superintendent John Reilly. A new oversight board hopes to prevent future impropriety.

6 years ago

Lead plaintiff David Schaszberger speaks at a Capitol press conference, flanked by one of his attorneys and Mark Janus, the Illinois plaintiff at the heart of the Janus decision that stopped public sector unions from collecting dues from non-members. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Money

Seven Pa. workers want their union dues back

The suit was filed by the same nonprofits who brought last year’s Janus case, in which SCOTUS ruled public sector unions can’t take dues from non-members.

6 years ago

Bags for ballots sit in the York County elections office on Nov. 6, 2019. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

7 solutions for Pennsylvania’s problems at the polls

Lessons from this year’s election in Pennsylvania could avoid a mess in 2020.

6 years ago

Mail-in ballots are already used in California and several other states (Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

A fix for long lines at the polls? Pa.’s getting mail-in voting for 2020

You’ll have 50 days before the election to finish and submit your ballot.

6 years ago

Elaine Paul Schaefer (left center), Christine Reuther, and Monica Taylor celebrate their historic win for the three open seats on the Delaware County Council. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

What led to the blue wave in the Philly suburbs? Demographics, strong candidates and Donald Trump

Historic elections in 3 of Philadelphia’s 4 collar counties led to a Democratic takeover, driven by demographic shifts and disaffection with the president.

6 years ago

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