Pennsylvania
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
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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
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Bringing 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
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After 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
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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
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Pa. 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.
6 years ago
Pa. state commission postpones vote on controversial school mascot
The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission will decide whether the Neshaminy School District can continue calling some of its sports teams “The Redskins.”
6 years ago
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Tension between Pa. DOC and prison staff union flares after hot mic comment
Union leaders interpreted Corrections Secretary John Wetzel’s quiet aside at a prison closure hearing as dismissive.
6 years ago
16-year-old girl fatally hit by SEPTA train near Swarthmore Station
The teenager was pronounced dead at the scene south of Swarthmore Station on the Center City- bound side of the Media/Elwyn Line. SEPTA has ruled out foul play.
7 years ago
Pa. commission to rule on Neshaminy ‘Redskins’ team name
A ruling expected Monday by the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission could end a long-simmering local debate that’s made national headlines.
7 years ago