Pennsylvania
Criminal defense counsel represents DEP in Mariner East probe
The agency says it's routine to have outside counsel, but several environmental lawyers say they haven't seen it before.
7 years ago
It’s hard to prove military service for unclaimed bodies, one intern and two reporters helped vets get a proper burial.
7 years ago
Listen 1:14DEP fines Sunoco/Energy Transfer $313K for Mariner East construction violations
This latest assessment brings the total financial penalties assessed to the company for Mariner East construction to more than $13 million.
7 years ago
Pa. DOC recommends changes to monitoring parolees after recent homicides
The internal report follows a string of killings allegedly by people out on parole.
7 years ago
Study finds Pennsylvanians are working more than their neighbors to fill up gas tanks
Drivers should see a break at the pump this Labor Day weekend.
7 years ago
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
Listen 13:32Pa. 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
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
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
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
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
Listen 1:52‘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 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
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
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.
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