
Pennsylvania
Voter turnout up in every Pa. county compared to 2014 midterm
Pennsylvania's turnout jumped from 43 percent in 2014 to 58 percent in this year’s midterm.
6 years ago
Pa. auditor general to investigate nursing homes, citing staffing issues
Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene Depasquale plans to conduct follow-up audits of nursing homes.
6 years ago
State IFO projects Pa.’s smooth budget year is coming to an end
Pennsylvania's revenue watchdog is predicting state lawmakers will have to fill a sizable budget hole for the next fiscal year.
6 years ago
Wolf joins governors calling for unified, national power grid
A bipartisan group of governors, including Pennsylvania’s Tom Wolf, is calling on federal regulators to look at unifying the nation’s power grids.
6 years ago
New plan calls for 10 percent solar power in Pa. by 2030
Pennsylvania could lower its greenhouse gas emissions, create jobs, and improve public health if it got more power from the sun. That’s ...
6 years ago
‘The Color Purple,’ going straight for your heart at Theatre Horizon
The musical, in a sterling production, does justice to Alice Walker's book.
6 years ago
‘NIMBY does apply sometimes,’ says Philly councilman Jones on cannabis dispensaries
In parts of Pennsylvania, local politicians and community groups have been extracting donations in exchange for zoning changes.
6 years ago
Exonerated death-row inmates push Pa. to abolish capital punishment
Witness to Innocence, a national anti-death penalty organization based in Philadelphia, ...
6 years ago
Pennsylvania launches long-awaited school assessment site
The Future Ready PA Index has been a long time coming.
6 years ago
Should the accused Tree of Life shooter be executed? It depends on who you ask
The Tree of Life shooting, which left 11 Jewish worshippe ...
7 years ago
Listen 4:51Senate Republicans, Democrats re-elect leaders with little fanfare in Pa.
State Senators held their leadership elections this week, and both Republicans and Democrats chose to retain the same members for top pos ...
7 years ago
‘I Hate Hamlet’ in a not-so-funny way at Bucks County Playhouse
The ghost of John Barrymore is the liveliest part of the play, and surely of this production.
7 years ago
To my non-Jewish friends, after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
It’s been two and half weeks since 11 people were killed and 7 more were injured while they were praying during Shabbat morning services at a synagogue in the Squirrel Hill
7 years ago
House Dem leadership shifts southeast, GOP stays status quo in Pa.
The Senate caucuses will hold their leadership elections on Wednesday.
7 years ago
In Pa. coal country, debate flares over arming teachers to prevent school shootings
Nearly three hours into a special meeting about a policy that would ask some staff at the Tamaqua Area School District to carry guns, par ...
7 years ago
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