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Pennsylvania

Patrick Morrisey speaks to reporters after a debate in Morgantown, W.Va. State attorneys general are finding a national settlement over the toll of opioids to be elusive, as some lawyers for state and local governments are renewing public criticism of the proposed deal with a group of companies led by the nation's largest drug distributors. (Raymond Thompson, File, AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Opioid settlement still elusive as some lawyers criticize it

State attorneys general are finding a national settlement over the toll of opioids to be elusive, as some lawyers are renewing public criticism of the proposed deal.

7 years ago

The 2018 arrest of an Allentown man, who was slammed to the ground by four officers. (Video Screenshot)
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania judge lambastes police over violent arrest

A Pennsylvania judge heavily criticized Allentown police after a jury acquitted a man of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

7 years ago

In this Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 photo, barbed wire lines the top of a wall at the deactivated House of Correction in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

How to lower prison costs? Secretary advises medical parole

Pennsylvania sentences a lot of people to life without the possibility of parole. Research has shown their odds of reoffending are low after years of incarceration.

7 years ago

As Patty Fortney-Julius, left, offers support, her sister Lara Fortney McKeever cries as she speaks to reporters during a news conference in Newark, N.J., Monday, Dec. 2, 2019. The two sisters from Pennsylvania are suing the Archdiocese of Newark and the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. They allege clergy in Newark knew a priest had sexually abused children before he moved to Harrisburg and abused them and their sisters for years. Lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy are taking center stage in New Jersey as the state's relaxation of statute of limitations rules takes effect. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Community
PA Post

‘It’s re-victimization all over again,’ clergy abuse victim says of Harrisburg diocese’s bankruptcy

“You cannot put a price tag on validation. And you cannot put a price tag on reclaiming power."

7 years ago

At left, the Rev. Matthew Larlick of St. Joseph’s in Berwick, Columbia County, speaks with another priest outside the Harrisburg diocese office after a meeting Wed., Feb. 19, 2020. (Brett Sholtis/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Harrisburg diocese bankruptcy could tap into parish assets

Individual churches are not part of the bankruptcy filing but could end up contributing to a fund to settle sex abuse claims.

7 years ago


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County. (Joseph Darius Jaafari/PA Post)
Money
PA Post

Determining Harrisburg Diocese’s assets will be complicated process under bankruptcy

Facing up to $100 million in claims from victims of sexual abuse, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday.

7 years ago

In this Nov. 20, 2019 file photo, former state prosecutor Frank Fina walks in the Pennsylvania Capitol after oral arguments before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in Harrisburg, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Sandusky prosecutor and former Penn State lawyer disciplined

Her grand jury appearance led the state Superior Court in 2015 to throw out some charges that Curley and Schultz had faced for their response to complaints about Sandusky.

7 years ago

Andrew Barrow, left, and his brother Ronald Stanley Webb, Jr, nicknamed Stosh, right, stand outside Deer Lake and West Brunswick Fire Co. on Jan. 16, 2020, in Deer Lake, Pennsylvania. Webb was subjected to a racial slur while at Port Clinton Fire Company and his brother Barrow wrote an op-ed in the newspaper to bring attention to it. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
The Why
Politics & Policy

Meet two Pa. swing voters at the nexus of race and politics

Two brothers found themselves at the center of a racist incident in their rural Pa. town. Their response complicates traditional narratives around race and 2020 politics.

Air Date: February 19, 2020

Listen 16:14
(Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Harrisburg Catholic diocese declares bankruptcy, the first to do so in Pa. under weight of clergy sex abuse claims

The move comes six months after the diocese announced it had paid out $12 million to more than 100 victims of decades-old sexual abuse.

7 years ago

Representatives from Common Cause Pennsylvania. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Pa.’s lobbying law got tougher in 2018. But it still falls short in exposing influence.

If you’re an advocate for government transparency, it would be difficult to not feel disappointed that one of the biggest supporters of Pennsylvania’s lobbying disclosure law

7 years ago

Thirteen children from seven nations took the Oath of Allegience to become U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony at the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia on July 4, 2018. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Could Pennsylvania’s 43K new citizens make the difference in 2020 election?

Naturalized citizens have been adding to the voter rolls in swing states since the last election cycle. Could they make a difference in Pennsylvania for 2020?

7 years ago

Listen 1:19
This photo combo provided by Allentown Art Museum shows from left, before and after restoration of a painting called
Arts & Entertainment

Allentown Art Museum’s Rembrandt knockoff turns out to be the real thing

For decades, the Allentown Art Museum displayed an oil-on-oak panel painting called “Portrait of a Young Woman” and credited it to “Studio of Rembrandt.”

7 years ago

Seminarian Daniel Rice, left, sits with classmates during a lesson on the Gospel of Luke at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pa. (Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)
Community

At a Catholic seminary, hope for church beyond scandals

The seminarians walk along a hallway lined with photos of classes of priests who came before them.

7 years ago

The Trump Store in Bensalem saw large crowds of shoppers on Presidents Day Weekend. (Becca Haydu for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Visiting Bucks County’s new ‘Trump Store’ on Presidents Day Weekend

The Bensalem shop’s owner says people in Bucks County are feeling more comfortable talking about their support of the president.

7 years ago

(MCT)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pennsylvania is spending $4 million to ensure hard-to-reach groups are counted in the 2020 census

Pennsylvania is buying ads and preparing to award grants to nonprofit organizations, grassroots groups, to ensure every resident is counted in the 2020 census.

7 years ago

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