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Ryan Burke, one of the former fraternity members charged in the hazing death of Penn State student Timothy Piazza, pleaded guilty Wednesday. (Min Xian/ WPSU)
Courts & Law

First defendant pleads guilty in fatal Penn State hazing

Ryan Burke is accepting responsibility and didn’t ask for a plea agreement, his attorney said.

7 years ago

The Senate Judiciary Committee debated Turzai's Down syndrome abortion bill on Wednesday. It ultimately passed along party lines. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Politics & Policy

After some backroom maneuvers, abortion-restricting bill progresses in Pa.

A Pennsylvania Senate committee has kicked forward a bill that would make it illegal to abort a fetus because of a Down syndrome diagnosis.

7 years ago

Solar panels
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

Gov. Wolf signs bill to help finance clean energy, efficiency projects

The bll aimed at helping commercial property owners finance the costs of installing renewable energy, water conservation, and energy efficiency upgrades.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania's state capitol building. (AP file photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. Senate amends congressional redistricting bill with controversial change for judicial elections

After hours of debate, the state Senate has amended a high-profile redistricting overhaul, and is on track to s ...

7 years ago

Representatives Jordan Harris and Carol Hill-Evans stand with the Grandview Five — the name the women involved in the golf course incident have given themselves. Jordan said he is
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Pa. golf course incident prompts lawmakers to call for stronger anti-discrimination laws

The moves come in the wake of an allegedly racially-motivated incident at a York County Golf Course in late April.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Sen. Mike Folmer
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Working through ‘crunch time,’ Pa. Senate struggles toward final redistricting bill

Few concrete details are leaking out of Senate lawmakers’ feverish negotiations on a sweeping bill to overhau ...

7 years ago

Susan Moon, an insurance agent who grew up in Montgomery County, has worked in South Korea. She thinks the nature of volatile leaders Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un helped break down the longstanding chill between the U.S. and North Korea. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Philly region’s Korean community greets summit with high hopes, low expectations

Many people died waiting for diplomacy to reunite their families. Against that backdrop, any talks between North Korea and the U.S. can be seen as positive.

7 years ago

Listen 3:03
This March 16, 2017 photo shows a sticker alerting customers of the sugar tax posted by sweetened beverages at the IGA supermarket in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia.
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Kenney slams Pa. proposal to replace Philly soda tax with sales tax hike

A proposal floated in Harrisburg would replace the city's sweetened beverage levy with a increase in Philadelphia's sales tax.

7 years ago

This July 27, 2011 file photo shows a farmhouse in the background framed by pipes connecting pumps where the hydraulic fracturing process in the Marcellus Shale was underway at a Range Resources site in Claysville, Pa. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Courts & Law

Court rejects fracking company’s appeal in ‘rule of capture’ decision

7 years ago

The Not-Its! performing at the 2017 Kidchella. (Photo Courtesy/Jeff Bogle)
Philly Parenting
Lifestyle

Kidchella, a fantastic reason to visit Philly this summer

They drive to Philadelphia from North Carolina once or twice a summer — a mom and her teenage son, together for 20 hours up and back. ...

7 years ago

About 150 people showed up at a rally in West Chester on Saturday to urge the state's Public Utility Commission to shut down Sunoco's Mariner East pipeline project.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Urban Planning

As PUC decision nears, Mariner East foes rally to call for total shutdown

Commission's ruling could come this week

7 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

Wolf administration, two years after climate pledge: ‘no specific timeline’ on methane regulations

New requirements for the oil and gas industry don't affect thousands of existing wells.

7 years ago

Scott Wagner in Malcolm X Park post-cleanup, accompanied by a contractor, supporter and lawnmower. (Photo by Wagner Campaign)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Wagner aims to ride lawnmower into voters’ hearts

Pennsylvania's GOP gubernatorial candidate comes to Philadelphia to show he's a cut above Democrats.

7 years ago

Listen 4:06
Methane leaks throughout the entire process of developing natural gas– from well sites, to storage and processing facilities and pipelines. (Joe Ulrich/WITF)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania, for first time, sets methane regulations on natural gas wells

Gov. Wolf touts the rules, which apply only to new wells.

7 years ago

Doctors are working to prescribe fewer opioids in Delaware. (Patrick Sison/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

Pa. doctor charged with drug delivery resulting in death

Police are increasingly using the charge of drug delivery resulting in death to target street heroin dealers.

7 years ago

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