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Pennsylvania

In this Friday, Nov. 14, 2014 file photo, Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace navigator Leticia Chaw, right, helps gather information for Jennifer Sanchez to re-enroll in a health insurance plan in Houston. (David J. Phillip/AP Photo)
Health

Plan for Pennsylvania to take over health insurance marketplace gaining ground

A bill for Pennsylvania to take control of the health insurance marketplace is moving quickly through the state Capitol with bipartisan support.

7 years ago

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Keystone Crossroads
Education

Cyber charters in Pa. are wildly ineffective, and 3 other takeaways from new Stanford study

The study says the overall quality of Pa. charter schools is brought down by poor performing cybers. But some brick and mortar charters in cities are a bright spot.

7 years ago

Bucks County Representative Gene DiGirolamo advocates for a higher minimum wage. He is of the few Republicans who has publicly done so. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Money

Minimum wage, General Assistance top Pa. Dems’ budget wish-list

At the $7.25 federal minimum, Pennsylvania's wage is lower than that of any neighboring state.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.
Politics & Policy

Some Pa. Republicans want to tie future lawmakers’ hands to limit spending

As budget negotiations heat up, Pennsylvania lawmakers are looking to change the state's fiscal process in years to come.

7 years ago

A screenshot of the Penn State study's live result map shows that only a fraction of the state meets the F.C.C.'s standard for high-speed broadband internet. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Report: FCC overstates broadband availability in Pa., FCC disagrees

The report found median speeds for most of Pennsylvania didn’t meet the definition for broadband.

7 years ago

A Range Resources well site in Washington County in 2018. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Document reveals Range Resources, others agreed to $3M settlement in Western Pa. contamination suit

The public document doesn't specify how much money was distributed among plaintiffs.

7 years ago

Proceeds from the Pennsylvania Lottery go toward programs for seniors. But lawmakers are worried unregulated games are cutting into that revenue. (Nati Harnik/AP Photo)
Money

Pa. lawmakers look to cut down on legally ambiguous ‘games of skill’

Lawmakers and the state Lottery are trying to crack down on so-called "games of skill" — a category of gambling that is largely considered illegal but has some gray areas.

7 years ago

Yuengling Brewery in Pottsville, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Generations of Yuengling employees say they stay for more than a love of lager

The Yuengling family has run the company for six generations and says 10% of the 150 employees at its Pennsylvania breweries go back at least two generations.

7 years ago

Listen 4:03
 Projects in 10 jurisdictions across PA will receive the grant funding to preserve affordable housing units, ranging from suburban Montgomery County to rural Indiana County. (Jenny Kane/AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Harrisburg sends $3.4 million to fight affordable housing shortage in suburban and rural Pa.

Affordable housing isn’t just a city problem. Suburbs and rural areas are experiencing a shortage of affordable rentals too.

7 years ago

In this file photo, a woman shouts while marching with service workers asking for $15 minimum wage pay during a rally at Newark Liberty International Airport, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in Newark, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Money

Minimum-wage hike may be June’s big horse trade in Pa. Capitol

Raising the wage is getting its most serious discussion since Democratic Gov. Wolf began calling for an increase in 2015.

7 years ago

The Pennsylvania State Capitol is seen in this file photo. (Tom Downing/WITF)
Money

To spend or not to spend? Pa. politicians get ready for annual debate

Budget negotiations are getting started at the Capitol, and some Philadelphia Democrats are making it clear that they want the state's rare surplus to go toward education.

7 years ago

Norval Reece, treasurer of the board of trustees of the David Library, holds a box of mircofim from the collection, which contains about a million pages of original material from the Revolutionary War era preserved on microfilm. He is joined by chief operating officer Meg McSweeney and acting librarian Andrew Zellers-Frederick. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

American Revolution libraries to merge into one historical powerhouse

The David Library in Bucks County, Pa., will move into Center City to become part of the American Philosophical Society.

7 years ago

A Range Resources well site in Washington County in 2018. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Judge bars release of document in gas drilling suit

A judge has issued a court order barring The Allegheny Front, StateImpact Pennsylvania and 90.5 WESA from publishing a publicly available legal document.

7 years ago

Bill Cosby
Courts & Law

Bill Cosby drops defamation claims against 7 accusers

Bill Cosby has dropped his countersuit against seven women who accused him of sexually assaulting them.

7 years ago

Downed tree limbs remain on cars outside a business Wednesday May 29, 2019 in Morgantown, Berks County. The National Weather Service says a tornado has been confirmed Tuesday in eastern Pennsylvania, where damage to some homes and businesses occurred, but there were no immediate reports of injuries. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Science
PA Post

Why this season of tornadoes in Pa. has been ‘absolutely berserk’; a meteorologist explains

“What you’re seeing here is not unusual. What made it noteworthy is how persistent and stubborn that pattern has been.”

7 years ago

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