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Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience.

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US Steel's Clairton Coke Works, near Pittsburgh. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

U.S. Steel: Fire-damaged pollution controls at Clairton back on-line

U.S. Steel says the pollution controls at its Clairton Plant are fully operating again after a fire damaged them in December.

6 years ago

Delaware County District Attorney Katayoun Copeland speaks on behalf of a new
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmakers, activists urge passage of ‘red flag’ law following deadly Wawa shooting

The high-profile gun fatality spurred calls for Emergency Removal Protection Order laws similar to those on the books in more than a dozen other states.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania's congressional map as drawn in 2011. In 2018, it was deemed an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander by the Pa. Supreme Court (Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Creating a fairer map: Pa. Redistricting Reform Commission kicks off public input tour

The first of nine meetings drew more than 50 people in Williamsport Thursday evening.

6 years ago

Governor Tom Wolf (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Health

Gov. Wolf touts success of opioid info sharing system after first year

Pennsylvania officials say a system that tracks overdoses and information about drug investigations has been widely adopted during its first year of use.

6 years ago

​​​​​​​​Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education includes 14 schools state-wide (Image via http://www.passhe.edu/)
Education

New Pa. policy gives state universities more power over tuition

A new policy will give Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities more of a say in what their students will pay in tuition.

6 years ago

Automobiles drive into the Fort Washington Interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (AP, file)
Courts & Law

Judge rejects lawsuit over Pennsylvania Turnpike toll hikes

A federal judge is dismissing a lawsuit over Pennsylvania Turnpike toll increases that are financing payments to help fund transit agencies.

6 years ago

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

State Senate introduces a nuclear bailout bill, similar to $500 million proposal from House last month

Pennsylvania state Sen. Ryan Aument (R-Lancaster) on Wednesday introduced a long-awaited bill aimed at preventing two of the state’s five nuclear plants from retiring early.

6 years ago

Mariner East 2 pipeline construction in Delaware County. The project spans multiple counties, including neighboring Chester and Berks. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Sunoco agrees to settlement, safety inspections after Mariner East 1 leak

Sunoco will pay a $200,000 fine and conduct more frequent and rigorous safety inspections of the ageing Mariner East 1 pipeline after a leak in 2017.

6 years ago

In this photo made on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, a worker walks on top of a container of chemicals used in the making of a brine water that is then pumped below the surface in a hydraulic fracturing process to release natural gas from shale deposits at a gas well site in Zelienople, Pa. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Judge says Grant Township must pay $100,000 in legal bills after injection well dispute

This is a new setback to the Indiana County municipality in efforts to control oil and gas development in the region.

6 years ago

More states are legalizing marijuana, and Pennsylvania already allows the drug for medical use.  (Ted S. Warren/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Why legalize weed? F&M poll respondents say it’s a sign of the times.

F&M’s pollsters said it’s not every day they see public opinion on recreational marijuana morph — or skyrocket 30 percent — so rapidly.

6 years ago

A group of immigrants detained at the Berks County Residential Center in Leesport, Pennsylvania, respond to a protest of the detention center occurring across the street from the facility on the afternoon of July 15. On the left, a man holds a handmade drawing of the Honduran flag. (Rachel Wisniewski for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

In Pennsylvania, a border ‘meltdown’ looks like empty beds at Berks Center

ICE officials said they are no longer sending immigrant families from the border to the Berks Family Residential Center. Now, only nine of its 96 beds are filled.

6 years ago

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Movita Johnson-Harrell, shown here while she was the supervisor of the Philadelphia district attorney's Victim/Witness Services unit. An invocation given before Johnson-Harrell's swearing-in to the state House was broadly construed as Islamophobic. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
The Why
Politics & Policy

Why prayers are allowed in government meetings — including the Pa. Legislature

A Republican Pennsylvania state Rep. has been under fire after her prayer opening a recent voting session. A look into the constitutional debate over religious invocations.

Air Date: April 4, 2019

Listen 12:24
Insite, Vancouver’s supervised injection facilityyt, provides people with clean injection supplies. Photo by Elana Gordon, WHYY
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Is Philly’s supervised injection site legal? Backers make ‘moral and religious’ defense

Among their arguments: shutting down the proposed injection sites would violate the group’s Judeo-Christian convictions.

6 years ago

The flags of Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and the United States hang in the window of the Latino Hispanic American Community Center in Harrisburg. (Tom Downing/WITF)
Community

Report outlines priorities for Latinos in Pa., focus on education, workforce development

Pennsylvania Latino Convention chairman Norman Bristol Colón said the overarching goal is to make sure the community is heading in the right direction.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale  (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Trump-backed ACA repeal unwise for Pa., DePasquale says

Using data from the state Insurance Department, Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said that over of 1.1 million people in Pa. can attribute their healthcare to the ACA.

6 years ago

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