Pennsylvania
Half a billion dollars: Pa. medical marijuana sales skyrocket 500% in year two
Nearly 150,000 Pennsylvanians are now certified to buy weed.
7 years ago
State Auditor General: Climate change could be costing Pa. hundreds of millions
Pa. Auditor General DePasqule wants lawmakers to come up with a more comprehensive plan to improve infrastructure, and hopefully prevent future damage from severe weather.
7 years ago
Timeline: Mariner East 2 pipeline project’s permit problems and investigations
Explore this timeline to see how the story of problems and investigations has unfolded.
7 years ago
Wolf says he’s unaware of any wrongdoing in Mariner East pipeline permitting process
Wolf said he was surprised when he began hearing reports of an FBI corruption investigation into permits his administration issued for a major natural gas pipeline.
7 years ago
First day of jury deliberations in Bucks murder trial ends without a verdict for Sean Kratz
The jury deliberated for more than six hours, returning to the Doylestown courtroom after nearly three hours with a series of questions for the judge.
7 years ago
Retired military leaders say Pa. schools need more money
A group of retired military leaders says too many young Pennsylvanians don’t meet standard eligibility requirements for serving in the armed forces.
7 years ago
Pa. couldn’t process unemployment for four days. Now 2,500 people may get late checks.
It’s unclear exactly what went wrong with the commonwealth’s dated system, but from Thursday to Sunday, a crash kept unemployed people from filing claims.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
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
Listen 12:21FBI 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.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
‘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.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
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.
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