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Pennsylvania

President Donald Trump tosses a hat during a campaign rally in Montoursville, Pa., Monday, May 20, 2019. (Matt Rourke / The Associated Press)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Poll: Half of Pa. voters plan to vote against Trump in 2020

"It's a surprise given the economy. You would expect a sitting president to be in a much better position."

7 years ago

Demonstrators and students gather during a rally against gun violence on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Monday, June 11, 2018, in Philadelphia. (Matt Slocum / AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

64 percent of Pa. respondents to a new poll support more gun restrictions

The majority of people gave the opinion before mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.

7 years ago

Sesame Place in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. (Google Maps)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

‘Sesame Place Sallie’: White woman tells Black woman at Sesame Place to ‘go back where you came from’

A white woman was recorded using racist language, cursing at and raising her middle finger toward a Black woman at Sesame Place in Bucks County on Monday.

7 years ago

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. (AP file photo)
Courts & Law

Jerry Sandusky to be resentenced next month in molestation case

Judge John Foradora filed an order Wednesday that scheduled the proceeding for Sept. 23.

7 years ago

Sunoco's Boot Road station, site of what the company called a 'backfire on a flare stack' Aug. 5 that residents said sounded like an explosion. (Courtesy of Eric Friedman)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pipeline experts say vapor buildup likely led to explosion at Chester County pump station

For now, independent pipeline experts say the blast appears to have been caused by the relighting of a pilot light.

7 years ago

State Sen. Anthony Williams, D-Philadelphia, speaks at a rally to change Pennsylvania’s gun laws at the statehouse in Harrisburg Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. (Emily Previti/PA Post)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Pa. lawmakers, gun control advocates rally to change state firearms laws

Pennsylvania lawmakers and gun control advocates rallied at the statehouse Wednesday evening just a few days after mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.

7 years ago

Belmont Charter School lobbied for the innovation schools law and intends to apply for the designation. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Public schools, charter schools and…innovation schools? Why a new category of school in Pa.?

Without much fanfare, Pa. lawmakers created a new category of schools this year called “innovation schools.” Was it real reform or a political favor?

7 years ago

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Pennsylvania state Sen. Daylin Leach. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP)
Politics & Policy

Fellow Pa. Dems challenging Leach promise similar policies, but a change in culture

With eight months to go before his primary election, Leach already has three challengers.

7 years ago

Sen. Pat Toomey (Flickr via Shirley Li/Medill)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

The NRA hates Pat Toomey, but he still can’t get background checks passed

Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey is working with his Democratic colleagues to strengthen the background checks that folks will face if they want to buy firearms. Again.

7 years ago

Flowers and a Virgin Mary painting adorn makeshift memorial for the victims of Saturday mass shooting at a shopping complex in El Paso, Texas, Sunday, August 4, 2019. (Andres Leighton/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

After mass shootings, some Pa. Democrats urge Wolf to call a special session

'We need to hold folks’ feet to the fire,' said a Philadelphia Democrat.

7 years ago

Members of the group Human Rights Coalition speak at a rally Friday, Aug. 2, 2019 at Department of Corrections headquarters in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County. (Brett Sholtis/WITF)
Community
PA Post

Pa. prison reform group calls for end to ‘long-term’ solitary confinement

Human Rights Coalition is pushing for the passage of a bill that would limit how long a person can be held in solitary confinement.

7 years ago

(Bigstock/mangpor_2004)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. school safety tip-line used more to report bullying, suicidal thoughts, than violent threats

Many of the 23,494 tips received online or by phone were related to bullying, self-harm, thoughts of suicide, or depression.

7 years ago

Ephraim Zimmerman pulls apart a peat sample. (Kara Holsopple/The Allegheny Front)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Into the bog: Scientists are trying to learn more about Pa.’s unique peatland ecosystems

These unique ecosystems are vulnerable to development and climate change, and these conservationists are trying to learn more about them.

7 years ago

PQ Corporation, a chemical plant in Chester, Pa. was ordered to pay a $750,000 penalty for nearly six years’ worth of air quality violations (GoogleMaps)
Health
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Delaware County chemical plant fined $750,000 for air pollution violations

A chemical plant in Chester, Pa. will pay a $750,000 penalty for nearly six years worth of air quality violations as part of a settlement reached with the DEP.

7 years ago

CCTV Security monitoring student in a classroom at a school.(Bigstock/Memoryman)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Exclusive: How these Pa. schools fortified themselves after Parkland

Through a Right-to-Know request, Keystone Crossroads obtained summaries of what schools across the state plan to purchase with an unprecedented level of state grant funding.

7 years ago

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