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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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Pennsylvania

Finn Nahill got the first gender neutral marker on a driver's license issued by the Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania DMV. (Photo provided by Morgan Selkirk)
The Why
Community

The secret way some got a gender-neutral Pa. driver’s license

Trans and nonbinary Pennsylvanians got gender-neutral markers (“X” or “U” instead of “M” or F”) long before PennDOT said they could.

Air Date: August 29, 2019

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A new broadband tower rises into the sky on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 in Plainfield, Vt. (AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmakers gather data in hopes of expanding broadband

The FCC estimates more than 600,000 state residents don’t have access to high-speed internet.

7 years ago

(Mark Henninger for Billy Penn)
Money
Broke in Philly

Could electric bills in Pa. become more affordable? This agency holds the key

All the info you didn’t know you needed about the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

7 years ago

Mariner East 2 pipeline construction crews work in the backyards of homes on Lisa Drive in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, on May 2. Sinkholes that opened in the area prompted the state's Public Utility Commission to order that an existing pipeline nearby, the Mariner East 1, be shut down until it could be determined that the sinkholes didn't threaten its safety. PUC on May 3 approved a re-start of Mariner East 1. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

PUC’s review of pipeline safety regulation prompts attacks by residents, groups and lawmakers

Some argued for no added regulations, but most urged tighter curbs on the pipeline industry.

7 years ago

The outside of the Berks Family Residential Center. Non-authorized personnel are not permitted on the grounds. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Politics & Policy

What the Trump administration’s latest immigration move might mean for Pa.

A detention center in Berks County has been operating in a licensure ‘limbo’ that could be resolved under the administration’s proposal.

7 years ago

Cruz Eduardo Tinoco-Salvador stands with his arm around is daughter. (Provided by attorney Christopher Casazza)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Deported from Montco, dead in Mexico: ‘What [he] feared is exactly what happened’

The story illustrates the life-or-death stakes that can be inherent in immigration case law.

7 years ago

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US Steel's Clairton Coke Works, near Pittsburgh. (Reid Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

‘We don’t understand why they haven’t done this yet’: Groups sue US Steel over emissions data

Lawsuit alleges company withheld required pollution data after Dec. 24 fire

7 years ago

Pennsylvania House of Representatives at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania House wins appeal in atheist prayer-policy suit

A federal appeals court is reversing a lower court ruling that the Pa. House's policy barring atheists from delivering invocations doesn't violate the U.S. Constitution.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro arrives at a news conference in Philadelphia, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

AGs announce agreement to crack down on robocalls

Pennsylvania's attorney general is touting an agreement he and other attorneys general have made with a number of the country's biggest phone companies.

7 years ago

Rosemary Fuller, an anti-pipeline activist, urged Gov. Tom Wolf to halt construction of the Mariner East pipelines. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Wolf tells pipeline activists he won’t shut down Mariner East

Governor Tom Wolf deferred to the state's Public Utility Commission on pipeline safety.

7 years ago

This July 10, 2019 photo shows the refurbished Lazaretto Quarantine Station in Essington, Pa. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Urban Planning

Tiny suburban Philly township saves, transforms historic quarantine station

For Tinicum Township, renovating the Lazaretto Quarantine Station was part of a broader plan to draw visitors to the community.

7 years ago

Detailed view on the newly installed system to filter out PFAS Forever Chemicals at Well #2 of the Horsham Water and Sewer Authority facility in Horsham, Pa., on August 22, 2019
Politics & Policy

Wolf allocates $3.8M to BuxMont towns for PFAS treatment, eliminating surcharges on water bills

The new funds will eliminate the surcharges some residents see on their water bills — “a stick in the eye” for them to pay, State Rep. Todd Stephens said.

7 years ago

The Ephrata Public Library
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Pa. libraries are getting more state money this year. But it’s still less than what they received 10 years ago

Libraries, like the one in Ephrata, have struggled for years with state funding cuts.

7 years ago

courtroom
Courts & Law

Almost 10 years in, Pa. commission struggles to agree on sentencing reforms

Pa. commission is holding hearings this week in Philly, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh to get feedback on its latest effort to make its criminal sentencing process more objective.

7 years ago

Suboxone, an oral film prescribed for the medication-assisted treatment of opioid addiction and dependency, is pictured in this Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 photo. (Charles Krupa/AP Photo)
Health

Hospitals to share opioid treatment strategies under $10 million plan

Health systems are known more for competition than working together, but when it comes to treating opioid addiction, that may be changing.

7 years ago

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