Pennsylvania
PUC’s review of pipeline safety regulation prompts attacks by residents, groups and lawmakers
Some argued for no added regulations, but most urged tighter curbs on the pipeline industry.
7 years ago
What the Trump administration’s latest immigration move might mean for Pa.
A detention center in Berks County has been operating in a licensure ‘limbo’ that could be resolved under the administration’s proposal.
7 years ago
Deported from Montco, dead in Mexico: ‘What [he] feared is exactly what happened’
The story illustrates the life-or-death stakes that can be inherent in immigration case law.
7 years ago
Listen 1:52‘We don’t understand why they haven’t done this yet’: Groups sue US Steel over emissions data
Lawsuit alleges company withheld required pollution data after Dec. 24 fire
7 years ago
Pennsylvania House wins appeal in atheist prayer-policy suit
A federal appeals court is reversing a lower court ruling that the Pa. House's policy barring atheists from delivering invocations doesn't violate the U.S. Constitution.
7 years ago
AGs announce agreement to crack down on robocalls
Pennsylvania's attorney general is touting an agreement he and other attorneys general have made with a number of the country's biggest phone companies.
7 years ago
Wolf tells pipeline activists he won’t shut down Mariner East
Governor Tom Wolf deferred to the state's Public Utility Commission on pipeline safety.
7 years ago
Tiny suburban Philly township saves, transforms historic quarantine station
For Tinicum Township, renovating the Lazaretto Quarantine Station was part of a broader plan to draw visitors to the community.
7 years ago
Wolf allocates $3.8M to BuxMont towns for PFAS treatment, eliminating surcharges on water bills
The new funds will eliminate the surcharges some residents see on their water bills — “a stick in the eye” for them to pay, State Rep. Todd Stephens said.
7 years ago
Libraries, like the one in Ephrata, have struggled for years with state funding cuts.
7 years ago
Almost 10 years in, Pa. commission struggles to agree on sentencing reforms
Pa. commission is holding hearings this week in Philly, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh to get feedback on its latest effort to make its criminal sentencing process more objective.
7 years ago
Hospitals to share opioid treatment strategies under $10 million plan
Health systems are known more for competition than working together, but when it comes to treating opioid addiction, that may be changing.
7 years ago
How to get rid of property taxes? Lawmaker looks to retirement income.
One state House lawmaker is trying to pitch a new solution to a very old Pennsylvania problem: the reliance on school property taxes.
7 years ago
Don’t eat the marshmallow: Students from a ‘no excuses’ charter grow up to tell the tale
"If you actually said, 'We’re gonna hold you accountable to setting up your students for life.' Then how does that change the work of that school?”
Air Date: August 21, 2019
Listen 43:06West Chester hopes its plastic bag ban sends Harrisburg a message
The state moratorium calls for more study of regulating plastics. But many say the benefits are clear, and that it’s also a matter of local autonomy.
7 years ago
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