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Pennsylvania

Dylan Wiliam, a British education researcher, speaks to the crowd at a ResearchEd conference in Philadelphia on Saturday October 27. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

A move to combat ‘folk teaching,’ conference connecting teachers with researchers comes to Pa.

Unlike an academic conference, a ResearchEd conference brings researchers face to face with principals and teachers.

7 years ago

Mourners gather outside Rodef Shalom Congregation before the funeral services for brothers Cecil and David Rosenthal, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, in Pittsburgh. The brothers were killed in the mass shooting Saturday at the Tree of Life Synagogue. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Community

Cecil and David Rosenthal, ‘the boys,’ remembered as fixtures of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community

Many people at the service were Jewish, and many were not.

7 years ago

Vic Walczak, legal director of the ACLU Pennsylvania, says the new policy is not secure enough because corrections staff could potentially access mail. (AP file photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

ACLU sues Pennsylvania over stricter policy on prison mail

Instead of directly giving inmates letters from their lawyers, the DOC now photocopies them in front of recipients, then temporarily retains the original.

7 years ago

Technical.ly spent the better part of a week reporting on Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Robert Torres/Technical.ly)
Money
Broke In Philly

Soft skills, tech jobs: What Philly can learn from Albuquerque’s anti-poverty push

Technical.ly traveled to Albuquerque, N.M., to find what has worked — and what hasn't — in that city's approach to workforce development.

7 years ago

Melanie Manuel, left, and Chris Thomas on Portobello Road, just a block from their Notting Hill flat in London. Like thousands of other Pennsylvanians living abroad, Manuel and Thomas were initially blocked from applying for their absentee ballots because the Pa. Department of State website can’t be accessed from a foreign country (Jim Saksa/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvanians abroad run into online roadblocks for absentee voting

Pennsylvanian expats have run into a roadblock trying to access absentee ballots: The Department of State website can’t be accessed from a foreign country.

7 years ago

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey introduces himself to Cassondra Flanagan, an Army veteran, at the Veterans Multi-Service Center in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Seeking a third term in U.S. Senate, Casey talks about his roots, key issues

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey describes quest for another term representing Pennsylvania

7 years ago

Kristin Wessell, right, hands a bouquet of flowers to Marianne Novy on Murray Avenue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. Wessell was volunteering to bring some cheer to the neighborhood following Saturday's deadly attack on the nearby Tree of Life synagogue. Neither woman thinks President Trump should come to town. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
Community

Trump to visit Pittsburgh amid divide: ‘It’s sacred what happened here’

To Marianne Novy, Trump isn't wanted "unless he really changes his ways." For David Dvir, politics should pause for grief: "It's our president, and we need to welcome him."

7 years ago

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, looks at the crowd of supporters with Sen. Bob Casey at a rally outside the Lancaster, Pa., train station Saturday, April 19, 2008.
The Why
Politics & Policy

Bob Casey’s Unlikely Alliance

Do Bob Casey's close relationships with pro-abortion rights progressives put his anti-abortion position in doubt?

Air Date: October 30, 2018

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Pennsylvania's new congressional map as drawn by the Pa. Supreme Court.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

U.S. Supreme Court rejects another GOP appeal over changes to congressional map

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider another appeal by Republican state lawmakers over this year’s changes to Pennsylvania ...

7 years ago

This photo shows some of Stars of David with names of those killed at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh in Saturday's shooting, at a memorial outside the synagogue. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Courts & Law

Death penalty sought in Pittsburgh shooting — but it’s far from settled

Robert Bowers is facing both state and federal charges. It’s unclear when he’ll be arraigned on the state ones, but he's already had his first hearing on federal counts.

7 years ago

Candidates for Pennsylvania's 1st Congressional District, incumbent Republican Brian Fitzpatrick (left) and Democrat Scott Wallace. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Suburban Philly congressional race more expensive than U.S. Senate contest

With midterm elections a week away, political action committees that have no campaign contribution limits ...

7 years ago

Educators fire off rounds during a concealed carry class for teachers Sunday, June 10, 2018, at  Adventure Tactical Training in Farmer City, Illinois. The class was designed to help teachers feel less vulnerable in the wake of a number of recent school shootings across the country.  (David Proeber, The Pantagraph via AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

School district in Schuylkill County becomes first in Pa. to allow armed teachers

District officials and advocates disagree on the efficacy of the policy, and even its legality.

7 years ago

A gun lies on the ground inside a police barricade following a shooting at a Kroger grocery that left two people dead and a suspect in custody, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, in Jeffersontown, Ky.  A male suspect fatally shot a man and a woman at a Kroger grocery store on the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky, and then exchanged fire with an armed bystander before fleeing the scene, police said. He was captured shortly afterward. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Community

Hate dies in the light of exposure

This weekend, when I learned that someone had walked into a Pittsburgh synagogue and killed 11 people, I thought of my Jewish friend, Susan Jacobs.

7 years ago

This photo shows some of Stars of David with names of those killed at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh in Saturday's shooting, at a memorial outside the synagogue. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Community

Suspect due in court as harrowing synagogue tales emerge

As Barry Werber walked into the Tree of Life Synagogue, he passed a cart carrying glassware and whiskey meant for the baby-naming ceremony scheduled at Dor Hadash

7 years ago

In the last scheduled voting days of the legislative session, lawmakers sent Governor Tom Wolf dozens of bills for a signature. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Wolf signs 88 end-of-session bills — vetoes four, including Medicaid work requirements

The highest profile veto was a bid to create work requirements for certain Medicaid recipients that Wolf has long opposed.

7 years ago

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