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In this May 10, 2018 photo, Ray Angeli gives a tour of the facility next to the greenhouse at NEET center where hemp for research will be grown with a license from the state in Mayfield, Pa. (Jake Danna Stevens/The Times-Tribune via AP)
Community

Pennsylvania getting ready for new hemp industry

Newly passed Farm Bill legalizes industrial hemp, paving way for new commodity crop

7 years ago

Bucks County Representative Gene DiGirolamo, at his district office desk. DiGirolamo is one of just a few Republicans who strongly supports increasing the dollars provided to counties for human services. He hasn’t had much luck convincing the rest of his caucus. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Money
PA Post

State mental health funding hasn’t increased in years. Pa. counties say it’s affecting care.

Most of the mental health care for Pennsylvanians not covered by Medicaid, or insurance is provided through counties and bankrolled by the state. But funding hasn’t increased.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania State Police vehicle
Courts & Law

New Pa. law increases penalties for repeat DUI offenders

Pennsylvanians convicted of multiple DUIs will incur higher penalties with each offense.

7 years ago

This July 18, 2018, photo shows a display of back to school backpacks in a Target store in Pittsburgh. (Gene J. Puskar / The Associated Press)
Keystone Crossroads
Education
PA Post

What the average classroom teacher earns in every Pa. public school district

The highest salaries were in two Pennsylvania counties: Bucks and Montgomery.

7 years ago

Dylan Elchin is seen as a child in this photograph
Keystone Crossroads
Community
PA Post

Dylan Elchin was 8 years old when the war in Afghanistan began. He was eager to serve.

His death is still setting in for his family and community in western Pennsylvania

7 years ago

MarkWest's Houston gas processing plant in Washington County, Pa. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Man injured in Pa. gas plant blast dies

The blast happened December 13 at MarkWest’s Houston Processing and Fractionation Facility in Chartiers Township.

7 years ago

Construction takes place in December 2017 at the site of Shell's ethane cracker plant in Beaver County. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

DEP approves ethane pipeline to Shell’s cracker in Beaver County

Shell won state approval Thursday on a pair of permits for the pipeline that will feed ethane to its $6 billion chemical plant in Beaver County.

7 years ago

Members of the commission that studied the pension, standing behind binders full of documents. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Money

Pa. officials urge indebted public pension funds to consolidate, change investment strategy

Pennsylvania's treasurer, governor, and a group of lawmakers unveiled a new report Thursday that recommend a slew of changes for the state's two largest public pension funds.

7 years ago

Change in Median Household Income, 2012-2017
Money
PA Post

Pa. income growth lagging, data show

Pennsylvanians are lagging behind the rest of the country when it comes to income growth, according to one metric from the U.S. Census Bureau.

7 years ago

(Brennan Linsley/AP Photo, file)
Politics & Policy

Wolf says he’s a realist on issue of recreational marijuana

Wolf this week changed his tone on the subject as legalizing the sale of recreational marijuana gathers popularity and momentum.

7 years ago

(Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo, file)
Courts & Law

Critics of youth solitary confinement want Pennsylvania to limit its use

Congress has enshrined in law an Obama-era executive order banning youth solitary confinement in federal prisons. The reform was one of many included in the First Step Act.

7 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf speaks at a campaign rally for Pennsylvania candidates in Philadelphia, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Wolf grants clemency to two more inmates, including first female lifer since 1990

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has granted clemency this week to three inmates serving life sentences, including to the first female lifer since 1990.

7 years ago

Santa Claus. Christmas Charity and Donations. Santa collects money for the needy or donations for the poor. Collection Plate.
Philly Parenting
Lifestyle

Five ways families can make a difference during the holidays

December is a month of giving…but many of us parents struggle with the consumerist expectations that surround the holiday season.

7 years ago

Crews work to stabilize sinkholes in a West Whiteland Township
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Chesco DA opens criminal investigation into Mariner East pipeline project

Potential charges include causing a catastrophe and environmental crimes, DA says.

7 years ago

Gary Steinberg raises a hand to ask a question following a presentation by the Pennsylvania Department of Health on the findings of an initial study on the presence of chemicals found in local drinking water. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY)
Health

Forum on PFAS blood test results leaves Bucks, Montco residents with few answers

Bucks and Montgomery County residents with elevated levels of PFAS met with state officials, but came away with more questions about the possible health effects.

7 years ago

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