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Pennsylvania

In this Friday, March 22, 2019, file photo, a marijuana plant is visible at Compassionate Care Foundation's medical marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania: What should legalization look like?

Pa. is getting closer to legal recreational marijuana but policymakers still face tough questions about what this potentially multi-billion-dollar industry would look like.

6 years ago

The state Capitol building in Harrisburg. (Tom Downing/WITF)
Courts & Law

Pa. Republicans move to pick judges by region, but clash on details

The merit selection concept has been around for years but this version added a provision in which judges are picked from three legislatively-drawn judicial districts.

6 years ago

Graham Spanier walks to the Dauphin County Courthouse in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, March 20, 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Shapiro to appeal tossed conviction of Penn State’s former president

University's former leader, Graham Spanier, had been scheduled to begin serving two months in jail Wednesday in connection with the Jerry Sandusky scandal.

6 years ago

Mt. Aloysius College student Kylee Clawson, at left, and Pamela Townsend, center, look at art made by Jenny Behe, at right. Clawson, a surgical technology major, is participating in the art program as part of a college class. Townsend and Behe each have struggled with behavioral illnesses and work as peer support specialists. (Brett Sholtis/Transforming Health)
Health
PA Post

Drop-in centers are a key mental health resource, but some Pa. counties lack them

Some Pennsylvania counties are facing challenges to getting drop-in centers up and running and keeping them funded.

6 years ago

Although Pennsylvania has executed only three people since the penalty was federally reaffirmed in 1976 — most recently in 1999 — and Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has a moratorium on the punishment, the commonwealth hasn't gotten close to a ban. (Ted S. Warren/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pa.’s death penalty opposition gets a bipartisan push

Although Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has a moratorium on capital punishment, the commonwealth hasn't gotten close to a ban.

6 years ago

In this June 2, 2017, file photo, former Penn State President Graham Spanier departs after his sentencing hearing at the Dauphin County Courthouse in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Courts & Law

Judge throws out ex-Penn State president’s conviction

A federal judge threw out former Penn State President Graham Spanier's misdemeanor child-endangerment conviction on Tuesday.

6 years ago

A screenshot of Pastor Carl Johnson's Easter Sunday sermon, where his comments about Muslims in France have come under fire.
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Pa. Lutheran pastor criticized for ‘violent purge of Muslims’ comment after Notre Dame fire

On Easter Sunday, Pastor Carl Johnson confessed he had hoped the Notre Dame fire in Paris was committed by Muslims in order to justify the eradication of Muslims from France.

6 years ago

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Philadelphia's Criminal Justice Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law
PA Post

A Philadelphia attorney bought a $3,500 gun safe in response to Pa.’s new domestic abuse law

Some attorneys say storing guns brings too much risk or is just too big of a hassle.

6 years ago

This photo taken on July 11, 2012, shows the Marcus Hook Refinery in Marcus Hook, Pa. The facility, which is owned and operated by Sunoco Logistics, is an international hub for natural gas liquids, propane, ethane, and butane from the Marcellus Shale region of Western Pennsylvania. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

In Pa., two disparate visions for natural gas

The state House Speaker and other Republican lawmakers announced a slate of bills Monday that are aimed at bolstering Pennsylvania's natural gas industry.

6 years ago

US Steel's Clairton Coke Works. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Groups sue U.S. Steel, allege potentially ‘thousands’ of Clean Air Act violations

Pollution controls were off-line for over three months following a Christmas Eve fire.

6 years ago

Protesters gather outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 1, 2017, to protest President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the Unites States from the Paris climate change accord. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. commits to Paris Agreement climate goals; state’s plan calls for 80% carbon cuts by 2050

Pennsylvania has become the 24th state to join the U.S. Climate Alliance.

6 years ago

In this file photo, Mariner East 2 pipeline construction crews work in the backyards of homes on Lisa Drive in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, on May 2, 2018 after sinkholes opened in the area. That caused one of the ME2 project's many delays. (Marie Cusick/WITF)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Sunoco buys two homes at Chester County site of Mariner East 2-related sinkhole

State and county documents show the company paid $400,000 each for the properties in Chester County.

6 years ago

Swarthmore College students gather at the Phi Psi fraternity house during a sit-in, Monday, April 29, 2019, in Swarthmore, Pa. (AP Photo)
Community

Student protesters occupy Swarthmore fraternity house, want it closed

Students at Swarthmore College occupied a fraternity house after alleged documents describing some members' derogatory comments and sexual assault jokes were leaked.

6 years ago

Students walk on the campus of Cheyney University
Education

Pennsylvania colleges face steep enrollment declines in 2026

Enrollment has been falling at many Pennsylvania colleges and universities for nearly decade, since peak enrollment numbers in 2010.

6 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the International Association of Firefighters at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & Policy

Biden heads to Pennsylvania to pitch rebuilding middle class

By picking Pennsylvania for his first campaign speech of the presidential race, Joe Biden is signaling he hopes to own what may be the 2020 election's toughest battleground.

6 years ago

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