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Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane departs from the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Eagleville, Pa., on Wednesday, July 31, 2019.  Kane was sentenced in 2016 to 10-to-23 months for perjury, obstruction and other counts. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Kathleen Kane, once Pennsylvania attorney general, released from jail

Kathleen Kane left the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in the Philadelphia suburbs about 8:20 a.m. When asked by a reporter how she felt, Kane replied "grateful."

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Turnpike
Money
PA Post

V-tolls: What they are and why you might be paying them if you travel the Pa. Turnpike

Mysterious charges appeared on E-ZPass statements of Pennsylvania Turnpike customers at least 350,000 times over the course of a year.

7 years ago

In this Monday, July 15, 2019, file photo, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, (second from left), speaks, as U.S. Reps., (from left), Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.,Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., listen, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

GOP in Pa. swing county posts, then deletes, ‘Jihad Squad’ image

The mock movie poster, which was photoshopped to show one of the lawmakers holding a handgun, remained on the Northampton County GOP’s Facebook page for about 12 days.

7 years ago

The Andover estate in Thornbury Township, Delaware County, along the route of the Mariner East 2 pipeline which began operating on Dec. 29. A valve site for the pipeline is in the center of the picture. (Courtesy of Eric Friedman)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Mariner East opponent heads to appeals court to obtain PUC risk assessment

A Delaware County pipeline foe thought he’d get PUC information on the Mariner East risk, but now he’ll have to fight for it in court.

7 years ago

A customer holds up a SEPTA Key card.
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

SEPTA Regional Rail paper Trailpasses will disappear starting in August

SEPTA is phasing out its paper monthly and weekly Trailpasses. All passes will be sold as Key card purchases starting in August. Click for details.

7 years ago

Fifth-graders Thomas Medley, (left), and Devin Walker study their training materials as they learn to become student leaders at Woodland Hills Intermediate in 2017. (The University of Pittsburgh)
Education

This Pa. school suspended fewer students by using a restorative model

School staff were trained to think of discipline differently. They were asked to find out why students are disruptive rather than remove them from school.

7 years ago

Rafael Robb is escorted from court to a waiting car in King of Prussia Pa. on Feb. 1, 2007, after he was ordered to stand trial on charges of first- and third-degree murder. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
The Why
Politics & Policy

The Pa. loophole a Penn prof and confessed killer almost slipped through

Penn economist Rafael Robb bludgeoned his wife, Ellen to death in 2006 and was released after only 10 years. Why his case revealed cracks in Pa.'s criminal justice system.

Air Date: July 29, 2019

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Gov. Tom Wolf speaks at a campaign rally for Pennsylvania candidates in Philadelphia, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Community

Wolf admin says SNAP restriction could impact 200,000 Pennsylvanians

More than 1.7 million people use SNAP in Pennsylvania, according to the administration.

7 years ago

Cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Money
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Three Mile Island Unit 2, site of nation’s worst nuclear accident, to be sold, dismantled

A Salt Lake City-based company is in talks to purchase and dismantle Three Mile Island’s long-mothballed Unit 2 reactor — the site of the nation’s worst nuclear accident.

7 years ago

Bill Cosby
Courts & Law

Cosby appeal to focus on other women’s testimony, quaaludes

Cosby's lawyers have raised a long list of alleged trial errors as they try to get last year's verdict overturned.

7 years ago

Shapiro and supporters of his Track and Trace initiative on the state Capitol steps Thursday. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Courts & Law

Pa. AG Shapiro works to drum up support for gun tracking among police, sellers

Pennsylvania's attorney general is trying to convince firearms dealers and police precincts around the commonwealth to do a more effective job tracking guns.

7 years ago

Regional rail train
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

SEPTA’s solar-powered train signals expected to improve safety in severe weather

With the new solar technology, SEPTA train engineers should be able to keep Regional Rail lines running safely when the main energy grid goes down.

7 years ago

Nikkole Salter and Renika Williams perform in Dominique Morisseau's
Arts & Entertainment

‘Mud Row’ tells the story of black history in West Chester’s east end

Award-winning playwright Dominique Morisseau chooses West Chester’s east end for a play about gentrification.

7 years ago

Listen 2:59
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper speaks during a full honors welcoming ceremony for him at the Pentagon, Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Washington. President Donald Trump attended the ceremony. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
Community

Bucks and Montco activists skeptical about Pentagon PFAS task force

The new Secretary of Defense says he wants to review how chemicals in firefighting foam contaminated groundwater near military bases nationwide.

7 years ago

Keith and Keren Byrne are pictured with their youngest child. (Courtesy of Keren Byrne)
Courts & Law

Judge orders ICE to release Irish man slated for deportation after decade in Montco

After two weeks in ICE custody, Irish national Keith Byrne, who had been living in Montco for more than a decade, will be released on a judge’s orders.

7 years ago

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