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Pennsylvania

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Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Governor Tom Wolf; media coverage of the 2020 campaign

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has an ambitious second term lined up which includes criminal justice reform, $15 minimum wage, and progressive gun legislation.

Air Date: March 22, 2019

Listen 49:46
Corl Street Elementary, in State College, is receiving extensive renovations, all done with safety in mind. (Emily Reddy/WPSU)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

How school construction is changing due to security concerns

In this time of mass shootings, schools are feeling the pressure to make changes to how schools are constructed in an effort to keep intruders out.

6 years ago

Trucks and cars move through a Pennsylvania Turnpike toll plaza in Carlisle
Money

Pa.’s top auditor says Turnpike on ‘road to ruin’

In his latest review of the Turnpike Commission, Auditor General Eugene DePasquale says the agency cannot sustain itself by hiking tolls every year.

6 years ago

A woman who did not want to be identified holds a memorial display with a drawing of Antwon Rose II in front of the court house on the first day of the trial for Michael Rosfeld, a former police officer in East Pittsburgh, last month. Rosfeld was acquitted in the fatal shooting of Antwon Rose II as he fled during a traffic stop on June 19, 2018. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Witness says officer questioned teen’s actions in shooting

A witness in the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer said he saw the officer panicking, saying, "I don't know why I shot him."

6 years ago

Building 5 on the grounds of Norristown State Hospital. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Redevelopment coming for large parcel of Norristown State Hospital grounds

The plan to relinquish 78 acres to Norristown Borough calls for keeping mental health services on the remaining 120 acres with the option of redevelopment.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke, center, thanks students as he leaves the The Hub Robison Center on the Penn State campus in State College, Pa., Tuesday, March 19, 2019. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Beto O’Rourke makes early impression in Pennsylvania visit

Former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke is making an early impression in Pennsylvania, a late-voting state that may yet play a role in the crowded 2020 Democratic presidential primary.

6 years ago

In this Oct. 15, 2014 file photo, an inmate lies on a bunk reading in the psychiatric unit of the Pierce County Jail in Tacoma, Washington. In Pennsylvania, some inmates deemed mentally unfit for trial are housed in similar facilities for up to five months before being put in treatment. (Elaine Thompson/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

ACLU of Pa. back in court, says treatment wait for mentally ill inmates still too long

The state chapter of the ACLU is taking legal action over what it says is are unacceptably long wait times for mentally ill inmates in county prisons to get care.

6 years ago

Farooq Al-Said, left, Jasiri X, center, and Jarrion Manning, right, hold a memorial display with a drawing of Antwon Rose II in front of the court house on the first day of the trial for Michael Rosfeld, a former police officer in East Pittsburgh, Pa., begins on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, in Pittsburgh. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

White officer on trial in fatal shooting of Antwon Rose, 17

A prosecutor urged jurors Tuesday to focus on a white police officer's frame of mind when he shot and killed an unarmed black teenager near Pittsburgh last summer.

6 years ago

In this March 10, 2018, file photo Saint Joseph's head coach Phil Martelli directs his team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball semifinal game against Rhode Island in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament in Washington. Saint Joseph's fired Martelli on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, after 24 seasons. The 64-year-old Martelli became head coach in 1995 after 10 years as an assistant.  (Alex Brandon/AP Photo, File)
Community

After 24 years, men’s basketball coach Phil Martelli out at St. Joe’s

In 2003-2004, he was named AP coach of the year after leading the Hawks to an undefeated season.

6 years ago

Capitol Building, Harrisburg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Pa. House moves Janus-enforcing bill, but a veto likely looms

State House Republicans are trying again to pass a bill that would require union employers to let new hires know they can opt out of collective bargaining.

6 years ago

Photo AP
Radio Times
Education

Glen Mills abuse allegations

Glen Mills was once one of the most prestigious reform schools in the country. Now, students are being pulled out in waves following allegations of widespread abuse.

Air Date: March 19, 2019

Listen 49:46
The state Capitol building in Harrisburg. (Tom Downing/WITF)
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania lawmaker facing sex assault claim quits House

A western Pennsylvania state lawmaker has resigned two months after being stripped of a chairmanship following allegations that he had sex with an incapacitated woman.

6 years ago

A logo sign on a Hyperloop test track outside of the headquarters of Space Exploration Technologies Corp., also known as SpaceX, in Hawthorne, California, on December 10, 2017. (Kristoffer Tripplaar/Sipa USA via AP Images)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Regional Roundup – 3/18/19

In our Monday Regional Roundup, we talk about a proposed hyperloop for Pa, Delaware's popular vote bill, and teenage sleep and school start times.

Air Date: March 18, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:44
Kathryn Whitecotton covers her personal information as she shows her Pennsylvania drivers license and her address update card outside the Penndot Drivers License Center. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Federally approved Real ID driver’s licenses are now available in Pa.

Pennsylvania has beat the federal deadline to make available the new Real ID driver's licenses.

6 years ago

Until now, it has cost more than $60 to apply to have a conviction pardoned. (AP Photo, file)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Come Monday, Pennsylvanians can apply for pardons for free

The commonwealth's Board of Pardons has voted unanimously to get rid of all application fees, starting March 18.

6 years ago

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