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Pennsylvania

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

Judge orders former Penn St. President Spanier to jail May 1

Former Penn State President Graham Spanier must report to jail by May 1.

6 years ago

Six candidates for York County commissioner participate in a forum at on April 10, 2019, at Zion United Church of Christ in York. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Man who called cops on black women in York skips candidate forum organized by African American group

Almost a year ago, Chronister received national attention after he twice called the police on five black women golfers. He claimed they were golfing too slowly.

6 years ago

A menorah is installed outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on the first night of Hanukkah.The synagogue was the site of a mass shooting in October. It was one of a number of tragedies and revelations that made 2018 a difficult year for the city of Pittsburgh. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Community

Victims of Pittsburgh synagogue massacre honored in Capitol

The service was held a day after the Pittsburgh mayor signed new gun control measures that were introduced weeks after the attack.

6 years ago

The Pennsylvania state capitol building in Harrisburg  (AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania considering a constitutional amendment to overhaul its redistricting process

The state Senate has taken a first step toward overhauling Pennsylvania’s redistricting process — passing a bipartisan proposal out of committee.

6 years ago

Barricades surround the gardens outside the Tree of Life Synagogue Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood where Robert Bowers is accused of killing 11 and wounding multiple others during an attack on that Pittsburgh synagogue in October of 2018. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Suit filed over gun controls inspired by Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Gun rights groups sued Tuesday to block Pittsburgh from enforcing firearms legislation passed after a mass shooting at a synagogue.

6 years ago

Bonnie Emilius fears greater school choice in her neighborhood in Philadelphia will hurt her children's school, Thomas Mifflin Elementary. (Greg Windle for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

School leaders in Philly and Pittsburgh frustrated with Corbett-era holdovers on state charter board

School board members in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are pushing for higher standards for charter schools. They say the state appeals board undercuts their efforts.

6 years ago

Supporters of legislation to increase gun restrictions rally at the state Capitol in Harrisburg on Sept. 24, 2018. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Politics & Policy

Lawmakers, Wolf rally for extreme risk gun bill

Gun control bills are always a tough sell in Harrisburg, and this one is no different.

6 years ago

Rep. Mark Rozzi, D-Berks, speaks at a rally in Pennsylvania's Capitol to support legislation he has written to lift time limits for authorities to pursue charges of child sexual abuse, Tuesday, June 12, 2018 in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
Politics & Policy

Once again, lawmakers will try to reform Pa.’s sexual abuse laws

A pair of bills that would overhaul the laws governing child sexual abuse in Pennsylvania have cleared their first hurdle in the state House.

6 years ago

Supporters of legislation to increase gun restrictions rally at the state Capitol in Harrisburg on Sept. 24, 2018. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

New Pa. gun restrictions in domestic abuse cases begin Wednesday

One sheriff in northwestern Pennsylvania is wondering how many more guns his office will seize.

6 years ago

Studies suggest women in Pennsylvania make somewhere around $0.79 for every dollar a man does, on average.  (AP Photo)
Money

How to close the wage gap? Pa. lawmakers look to family leave

Studies — like a 2017 one from the National Bureau of Economic Research — have shown that disparities have a lot to do with motherhood.

6 years ago

In a press conference, Del. Sen. Tom Carper, alongside Pa. Sen. Bob Casey, discusses measures pushing for a federal response to PFAS chemical contamination, following a roundtable discussion at the Horsham Township Library in Horsham, Pa. on Monday, April 8, 2019. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY)
Health

Carper, Casey back bill forcing EPA to classify PFAS as hazardous

The PFAS Action Act would force the EPA to classify these chemicals as hazardous, which would free up money to clean up contaminated sites.

6 years ago

Voters cast their ballots at a fire station in Newtown, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

What, us worry? Pennsylvania conservatives say they like their odds going into the 2020 election cycle

2019 PA Leadership Conference attendees said they see a clear path to repeat a Trump win in Pennsylvania in 2020.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Rep. Tom Murt, R-Montgomery, was found by USA Today to have attached his name to more pieces of copycat legislation than any other lawmaker in the country. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmaker cited by national investigation defends role as ‘copycat’ legislator

State Rep. Thomas Murt says those bills represent just 1 percent of all bills he’s ever backed.

6 years ago

Cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Political fight begins over bill to rescue Pennsylvania nuclear industry

Members of a state House committee heard arguments for and against a bill to try to keep two of Pa.'s five nuclear plants from closing early.

6 years ago

A sign stands outside the Glen Mills Schools in Glen Mills, Pa.
Education

State revokes licenses of Glen Mills Schools amid abuse probes

State officials have revoked licenses for the oldest reform school in the country amid multiple state probes into allegations of child abuse at the Pennsylvania campus.

6 years ago

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