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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

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

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