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Sen. Vincent Hughes, D-Philadelphia, makes a point as they discuss pension legislation in the Rules Committee ahead of floor debate at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, June 30, 2015. (Chris Knight/AP Photo)
Money

Democratic Pa. state senators propose student loan debt relief

Three Pennsylvania state senate Democrats are launching a plan to help people with student loan debt.

7 years ago

Cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Money
PA Post

If Three Mile Island shuts down, counties could lose grant money

If Three Mile Island shuts down, the counties and communities surrounding the plant could see less money for emergency management.

7 years ago

Supporters of Antwon Rose II, gather outside the Allegheny County Courthouse after hearing the verdict of not guilty on all charges for Michael Rosfeld, a former police officer in East Pittsburgh, Pa., Friday, March 22, 2019. Rosfeld is charged with homicide in the fatal shooting of Antwon Rose II as he fled during a traffic stop on June 19, 2018. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Former officer acquitted in the shooting death of Antwon Rose

Gunshots were fired overnight through the window of the attorney who defended a white police officer acquitted Friday in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager.

7 years ago

A bill package moving rapidly through the legislature aims to get Pennsylvanians into higher-paying skilled industries, like construction. But some economists suggest lawmakers need to do more if they want to improve the labor market. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Can a slate of technical education bills help Pennsylvanians?

Pa.'s Democrats and Republicans have come to a rare detente on one economic issue: boosting career and technical education in a bid to get people into higher-paying jobs.

7 years ago

Rose family attorney, S. Lee Merritt, (left), and Michelle Kenney, (center), mother of Antwon Rose II, address members of the media following the closing arguments in the homicide trial of former East Pittsburgh Police officer Michael Rosfeld, Friday, March 22, 2019, at the Allegheny County Courthouse in Pittsburgh. (Nate Smallwood/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP, Pool)
Courts & Law

Jury gets case in trial of cop who killed Antwon Rose

Former East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld fired on 17-year-old Antwon Rose II last summer outside Pittsburgh in a killing that sparked weeks of unrest.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania State Representative Nick Miccarelli arrives for a protection-from-abuse (PFA) hearing, Thursday, March 15, 2018, at the Luzerne County Courthouse, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The PFA was filed against Miccarelli by Pennsylvania State Representative Tarah Toohil. Toohil was granted a three-year protective order against Miccarelli, Thursday. (Mark Moran/The Citizens' Voice via AP)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Accused of abuse, former lawmaker from Delaware County finds work

Former Pennsylvania state Rep. Nick Miccarelli, accused by two women of physical and sexual abuse has landed a job with a Delaware County-funded nonprofit.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf says he's against establishing a supervised injection site in  Philadelphia.  (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Wolf opposes supervised injection site for Philly, but won’t try to stop it

Though he won't stand in the way of a supervised injection site in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf opposes the facility.

7 years ago

Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane (AP file photo)
Courts & Law

Former Pa. Attorney General Kathleen Kane is disbarred

Kane was convicted in 2016 for leaking information about a grand jury investigation to a Philadelphia newspaper and lying about it.

7 years ago

File photo: Sunoco's Mariner East 2 pipeline construction on Pennell Road in Middletown Township. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

New safety concerns over Sunoco’s Mariner East 2X pipeline

Pipeline safety advocates worry the pressure on the 16-inch Mariner East 2x would pose greater dangers.

7 years ago

Photo AP
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Governor Tom Wolf; media coverage of the 2020 campaign

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has an ambitious second term lined up which includes criminal justice reform, $15 minimum wage, and progressive gun legislation.

Air Date: March 22, 2019

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Corl Street Elementary, in State College, is receiving extensive renovations, all done with safety in mind. (Emily Reddy/WPSU)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

How school construction is changing due to security concerns

In this time of mass shootings, schools are feeling the pressure to make changes to how schools are constructed in an effort to keep intruders out.

7 years ago

Trucks and cars move through a Pennsylvania Turnpike toll plaza in Carlisle
Money

Pa.’s top auditor says Turnpike on ‘road to ruin’

In his latest review of the Turnpike Commission, Auditor General Eugene DePasquale says the agency cannot sustain itself by hiking tolls every year.

7 years ago

A woman who did not want to be identified holds a memorial display with a drawing of Antwon Rose II in front of the court house on the first day of the trial for Michael Rosfeld, a former police officer in East Pittsburgh, last month. Rosfeld was acquitted in the fatal shooting of Antwon Rose II as he fled during a traffic stop on June 19, 2018. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Witness says officer questioned teen’s actions in shooting

A witness in the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer said he saw the officer panicking, saying, "I don't know why I shot him."

7 years ago

Building 5 on the grounds of Norristown State Hospital. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Redevelopment coming for large parcel of Norristown State Hospital grounds

The plan to relinquish 78 acres to Norristown Borough calls for keeping mental health services on the remaining 120 acres with the option of redevelopment.

7 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke, center, thanks students as he leaves the The Hub Robison Center on the Penn State campus in State College, Pa., Tuesday, March 19, 2019. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Beto O’Rourke makes early impression in Pennsylvania visit

Former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke is making an early impression in Pennsylvania, a late-voting state that may yet play a role in the crowded 2020 Democratic presidential primary.

7 years ago

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