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Pennsylvania

Martha Stringer holds a photo of her daughter, Kim, from when she was in high school. Kim is 27 now. (Brett Sholtis/WITF)
Health

Praying for involuntary commitment: One family struggles to help their bipolar daughter

On a rainy day in June, Kim stood in her house in Levittown. The room was unlit, smelled of rotting food and was cluttered with things Kim had collected.

7 years ago

In this photo from Friday, May 24, 2019, visitors walk through the campus of Slippery Rock University in Slippery Rock, Pa. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Money
PA Post

Tuition freeze forces Pa. State System of Higher Education to tighten how it manages money

Tuition for an in-state full-time student increased to $7,716 annually, last year, which was a 3 percent increase. The cost will remain the same in 2019-20.

7 years ago

Close-up of a standardized test.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. fiscal watchdog calls for end of Keystone exams

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale released a report calling for the state to get rid of its high school standardized test and replace it with the SAT or ACT.

7 years ago

Salesperson Cheri McFarland works on a sales computer in front of displayed marijuana products at Beyond/Hello, Center City Philadelphia's first medical marijuana dispensary on Jan. 24, 2019. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
Health

Anxiety disorder, Tourette syndrome added to medical marijuana approved conditions in Pa.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has added anxiety disorders and Tourette syndrome to the list of medical conditions approved for receiving medical marijuana.

7 years ago

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

AG Shapiro announces plan to better track guns used in crimes as violence soars in Pa.

The Pennsylvania attorney general's office launched an effort Thursday to improve the use of firearms databases, so law enforcement can better track guns used in crimes.

7 years ago

Sikorsky S-92 rotor (David Monniaux [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)]
Money

After Trump request, Lockheed keeps Coatesville helicopter plant open

Wednesday night's announcement comes little more than a month after the company told the Coatesville facility's 465 employees the plant would close by the end of the year.

7 years ago

This cemetery on the grounds of Carlisle Barracks holds the remains of students from the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School. (Scott Finger/U.S. Army War College Photo Lab)
Community

Remains of students at Carlisle Indian School returned to families

The remains were transferred to the families in private ceremonies according to individual customs.

7 years ago

Republican congressman Brian Fitzpatrick of Pa.’s 1st District. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Three challengers planning to take on Fitzpatrick in competitive Bucks race

The primary is still ten months away, but the two-term Republican incumbent already has one challenger in his own party, and two from the Democrats.

7 years ago

Joe Egan, right, a representative of The Buckeye Firearm Foundation, at a Tamaqua School Board meeting in November 2018. Board member Nicholas Boyle, left, and School Board President Larry Wittig, confer with him. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Citing technicality, Pa. school district scraps first-of-kind policy to arm teachers

The Tamaqua Area School District will scrap a groundbreaking policy that would have allowed teachers and staff to carry weapons anonymously on school grounds.

7 years ago

 Shown is the Pennsylvania state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Wolf: Newly-bolstered reserve fund is ‘pathetic,’ but a big improvement

State leaders will transfer $317 million into the state's rainy day fund.

7 years ago

The House, Senate and governor appear to agree that they should fund voting machine upgrades, but the specifics are causing a rift. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Despite GOP objections, Wolf moves to upgrade voting machines unilaterally

Governor Tom Wolf is taking matters into his own hands when it comes to funding upgrades for Pennsylvania's voting machines.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro (left) and Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

AG Shapiro distances himself from bill to override Philly DA Krasner on gun crimes

Pa. Attorney General Josh Shapiro pledged to continue collaborating with his Philadelphia counterpart to stem the rising tide of gun violence in the city.

7 years ago

Protesters blocked pipeline construction equipment on the property of The Adorers of the Blood of Christ, an order of Catholic nuns, in Lancaster County last year. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law

Trespass charges dropped against Atlantic Sunrise pipeline protesters

A Lancaster County judge on Monday dismissed trespassing charges against seven protesters who blocked construction of the Atlantic Sunrise natural gas pipeline.

7 years ago

William Marx points out one of the districts that crossed four counties as an image of the old congressional districts of Pennsylvania are projected on a wall in the classroom where he teaches civics in Pittsburgh on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Gerrymandering in Pa.: Why the risk is (still) real

Pennsylvania wasn't affected by the recent gerrymandering ruling regarding. But the decision is a reminder of the risks of skewed congressional district boundaries.

7 years ago

Paul Robeson High School juniors and seniors learn how to use a voting machine. Eligible students were offered a chance to register to vote during their Voter Registration Day event. (Darryl Murphy/WHYY)
Money

After veto, Wolf and Republicans appear split on voting machine money

A measure that county commissioners were counting on to fund voting machine upgrades recently met its end under Governor Tom Wolf's veto pen.

7 years ago

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