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A memorial service for Grace Packer was held at New Life Presbyterian Church in Glenside, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law
PA Post

DHS: Welfare officers missed red flags in Grace Packer’s brutal murder in Bucks County

The heavily-redacted report notes the full histories children have with Pennsylvania welfare officials often aren’t shared across counties and states.

7 years ago

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, meets with South Korea Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha at the State Department, in Washington, Friday, March 29, 2019. (Cliff Owen/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Secretary of state talks immigration, Venezuela at Army War College

 At the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told military officers from the U.S. and its allies to be ready to face emerging threats.

7 years ago

Madison Zezzo, center, speaks about the Combat Online Predators Act flanked by U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (left) and U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey and Bob Casey (right). (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Bucks County cyberstalking case inspires U.S. measure to get tougher on offenders

A measure that aims to toughen penalties for cyberstalkers has bipartisan backing from U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey and Bob Casey and U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick.

7 years ago

Climate scientists say the Pennsylvania can expect more precipitation as global warming continues. 2018 was the wettest year on record for Pennsylvania. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Poll shows Pennsylvanians’ concerns about climate change are increasing

The survey found 68 percent of respondents “definitely” or “probably” want the state to do more to address climate change.

7 years ago

In this Aug. 1, 2018 photo weeds engulf a playground at housing section of the former Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster in Warminster, Pa. In Warminster and surrounding towns in eastern Pennsylvania, and at other sites around the United States, the foams once used routinely in firefighting training at military bases contained per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Company reveals amount of toxic PFAS substitute it sent to plant in South Jersey

The company’s newly released report, which it sent to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, raises fresh concerns over the possible contamination of local drinking water.

7 years ago

Capitol Building, Harrisburg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Pa. House positions overhauled statute of limitations bills for another run

Revived Pa. effort to extend statute of limitations in future cases of sex abuse follows a bitter dispute over whether to allow retroactive lawsuits in certain cases.

7 years ago

David Reddecliff, clerk of the state House of Representatives, stands in the room in Pennsylvania's Capitol once known as the
Politics & Policy

Vestige of the past, Pa. House’s ‘lobbyist room’ vanishes

It happened without any warning: The "lobbyist room" at the back of Pennsylvania's House of Representatives chamber was closed and is now off limits to lobbyists.

7 years ago

In March 1979, Middletown Borough was home to approximately 11,000 residents. It was estimated at that time that 20 percent of the population packed up and temporarily left the area due to the uncertainty of what might transpire at Three Mile Island (Courtesy of the Historical Society of Dauphin County)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

40 years later, the prospect of a Three Mile Island-related evacuation remains daunting

The last several decades have brought more detailed plans and better technology, but the people responsible for TMI disaster prep say there will always be unknowns.

7 years ago

The African American Museum of Bucks County's exhibit “Building on the Dream: From Africa to Bucks County” is on display at the Pearl S. Buck House through July (Courtesy Sharon Lentz/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Arts & Entertainment
The Philadelphia Tribune

Bucks County group envisions African-American museum

The African American Museum of Bucks County wants to develop a permanent museum that tells the stories of blacks in Bucks County.

7 years ago

Rep. Thomas Mehaffie (R- Dauphin) unveils a bill aimed a preventing the early closure of two of Pennsylvania's five nuclear power plants. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Money
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Poll: Public split on whether state should act to prop up nuclear industry

A new poll found Pennsylvania voters generally support nuclear energy, but on the question of whether the state should prop up struggling plants, that support is mixed.

7 years ago

In this Jan. 9, 2018 photo, Movita Johnson-Harrell, Interim Supervisor of Victim Services, looks on after getting introduced, during a press conference at the District Attorney's Office in Philadelphia. Johnson-Harrell, the first female Muslim member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, said Tuesday, March 26, 2019, she was offended by a colleague's decision to open a voting session with a prayer a day earlier that
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Tribune

State Rep. Boyle calls for prayers in Pa. Legislature to respect all religions

“What we saw earlier this week was a fire and brimstone Evangelical prayer that epitomizes religious intolerance,” said state Rep. Kevin Boyle (D-Philadelphia).

7 years ago

This Eastern redbud tree outside WHYY studios will bloom in a few weeks, and that thought delights Sally McCabe, associate director of community education at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Exulting in Philly’s great treasure of blossoming trees

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society educator, Sally McCabe talks the timeline of trees as they get ready to burst into blossom.

7 years ago

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Protesters gather for a vigil outside the north gate of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County. (Tim Lambert/WITF)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Civil disobedience at Three Mile Island vigil

'Sometimes you have to teach the younger generation that they have to come out and cross a line to make a point.'

7 years ago

Aerial view of Three Mile Island nuclear plant near Harrisburg, Pa., scene of a nuclear accident, Thursday, March 28, 1979. The plant started leaking radioactive steam contaminating the area. (AP Photo)
Radio Times
Community

Listeners share memories of the Three Mile Island nuclear meltdown

On the 40th anniversary of the partial nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania residents remember where they were and how they felt that day.

7 years ago

Audrey Glickman, a congregant from the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh and a survivor of last October's mass shooting. She will will play the shofar in the Philadelphia Orchestra's premiere of Healing Tones. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Tree of Life Synagogue joins Philly Orchestra for ‘Healing Tones’

The premiere of “Healing Tones,” by composer Hannibal Lokumbe, will feature a member of the Pittsburgh synagogue where a mass shooting happened last year playing a shofar.

7 years ago

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