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​​​​​​​​Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education includes 14 schools state-wide (Image via http://www.passhe.edu/)
Education

New Pa. policy gives state universities more power over tuition

A new policy will give Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities more of a say in what their students will pay in tuition.

7 years ago

Automobiles drive into the Fort Washington Interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (AP, file)
Courts & Law

Judge rejects lawsuit over Pennsylvania Turnpike toll hikes

A federal judge is dismissing a lawsuit over Pennsylvania Turnpike toll increases that are financing payments to help fund transit agencies.

7 years ago

Cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

State Senate introduces a nuclear bailout bill, similar to $500 million proposal from House last month

Pennsylvania state Sen. Ryan Aument (R-Lancaster) on Wednesday introduced a long-awaited bill aimed at preventing two of the state’s five nuclear plants from retiring early.

7 years ago

Mariner East 2 pipeline construction in Delaware County. The project spans multiple counties, including neighboring Chester and Berks. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Sunoco agrees to settlement, safety inspections after Mariner East 1 leak

Sunoco will pay a $200,000 fine and conduct more frequent and rigorous safety inspections of the ageing Mariner East 1 pipeline after a leak in 2017.

7 years ago

In this photo made on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, a worker walks on top of a container of chemicals used in the making of a brine water that is then pumped below the surface in a hydraulic fracturing process to release natural gas from shale deposits at a gas well site in Zelienople, Pa. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Judge says Grant Township must pay $100,000 in legal bills after injection well dispute

This is a new setback to the Indiana County municipality in efforts to control oil and gas development in the region.

7 years ago

More states are legalizing marijuana, and Pennsylvania already allows the drug for medical use.  (Ted S. Warren/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Why legalize weed? F&M poll respondents say it’s a sign of the times.

F&M’s pollsters said it’s not every day they see public opinion on recreational marijuana morph — or skyrocket 30 percent — so rapidly.

7 years ago

A group of immigrants detained at the Berks County Residential Center in Leesport, Pennsylvania, respond to a protest of the detention center occurring across the street from the facility on the afternoon of July 15. On the left, a man holds a handmade drawing of the Honduran flag. (Rachel Wisniewski for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

In Pennsylvania, a border ‘meltdown’ looks like empty beds at Berks Center

ICE officials said they are no longer sending immigrant families from the border to the Berks Family Residential Center. Now, only nine of its 96 beds are filled.

7 years ago

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Movita Johnson-Harrell, shown here while she was the supervisor of the Philadelphia district attorney's Victim/Witness Services unit. An invocation given before Johnson-Harrell's swearing-in to the state House was broadly construed as Islamophobic. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
The Why
Politics & Policy

Why prayers are allowed in government meetings — including the Pa. Legislature

A Republican Pennsylvania state Rep. has been under fire after her prayer opening a recent voting session. A look into the constitutional debate over religious invocations.

Air Date: April 4, 2019

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Insite, Vancouver’s supervised injection facilityyt, provides people with clean injection supplies. Photo by Elana Gordon, WHYY
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Is Philly’s supervised injection site legal? Backers make ‘moral and religious’ defense

Among their arguments: shutting down the proposed injection sites would violate the group’s Judeo-Christian convictions.

7 years ago

The flags of Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and the United States hang in the window of the Latino Hispanic American Community Center in Harrisburg. (Tom Downing/WITF)
Community

Report outlines priorities for Latinos in Pa., focus on education, workforce development

Pennsylvania Latino Convention chairman Norman Bristol Colón said the overarching goal is to make sure the community is heading in the right direction.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale  (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Trump-backed ACA repeal unwise for Pa., DePasquale says

Using data from the state Insurance Department, Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said that over of 1.1 million people in Pa. can attribute their healthcare to the ACA.

7 years ago

A sign stands outside the Glen Mills Schools in Glen Mills, Pa.
Education

Glen Mills school to lay off about 250 amid abuse investigations

The oldest reform school in the country has announced plans to lay off about 250 staff members at the Pennsylvania campus amid state probes into allegations of child abuse.

7 years ago

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

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