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Pennsylvania

Shown is the Pennsylvania Capitol building in Pa., Harrisburg, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Money
PA Post

Democrats take to Harrisburg market to argue for higher wage in Pennsylvania

If you’re not thinking about your employees, you’re not taking them into account, and that’s a shame.”

7 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf listens to trainer Elvis Rosado, (right), of Philadelphia-based Prevention Point on how to administer a nasal spray that reverses an opioid overdose during a demonstration in Wolf's Capitol offices, Wednesday, May 22, 2019, in Harrisburg, Pa. Looking on is Paul Tufano, CEO of AmeriHealth Caritas, a Medicaid insurer that sponsors training. (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
Money

Here’s how Pa. is spending a $56M grant to address opioid addiction

Housing for people with opioid use disorder tops the list of spending from a large federal grant to address opioid addiction in Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

Delaware Valley Resource Recovery Facility  at 10 Highland Ave, Chester, Pa. (Google Maps)
Urban Planning

Incinerators in Camden, Chester among nation’s most polluting, report finds

Minority communities, like those near incinerators in Camden and Chester, are disproportionately affected by emissions such as lead and particulates, a new study finds.

7 years ago

Amanda Spillane of Philadelphia was denied a cosmetology license because of her criminal history. (Courtesy of the Institute for Justice)
Courts & Law

It can be hard for people convicted in Pa. to get professional licenses. A bill aims to change that.

Bill sponsor Jordan Harris, a Democratic representative from Philadelphia, said in addition, the bill would stop licensers from trying to evaluate based on morality.

7 years ago

Chester County Commissioner Kathi Cozzone lost her bid for re-election in the Tuesday Democratic primary. (Courtesy of Chester County)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Chester County commissioner loses primary battle

Three-term Chester County Commissioner Kathi Cozzone, president of a statewide association of county commissioners, was ousted by voters in Tuesday’s primary.

7 years ago

Montgomery County voters will using a new voting system this year. Paper ballots will be filled out and then fed into a scanning machine where they will be read and stored. (Courtesy of Montgomery County administrative office)
Politics & Policy

‘Like taking a test,’ some Pa. voters move to paper with new voting machines

Several Pennsylvania counties debuted new voting machines Tuesday as part of a statewide upgrade stemming from a lawsuit settlement and mandate from Gov. Tom Wolf.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.
Money
PA Post

IFO: Though economy has slowed slightly, Pa. finances are stable

Ahead of next month’s state budget negotiations, Pennsylvania’s Independent Fiscal Office has released a report reassuring lawmakers that revenues are stable.

7 years ago

Immigration activists rally outside the Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments over the Trump administration's plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Wolf wants Pa. to chip in $12.8 million to boost census responses

A group tasked with getting Pennsylvanians counted in the 2020 census is asking for state funds to make it happen.

7 years ago

Little brown bat with very little infection. Brent Sewall/Temple University
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Trying to keep Pa.’s bats flying in the face of an epidemic

Researchers hope treatment can help endangered bats hang on in the face of white-nose syndrome

7 years ago

In this Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 photo Worcester Police officer Angel Rivera, right, returns a license to an unidentified man as Rivera asks if he has been tested for Hepatitis A at the entrance to a tent where the man spent the night in a wooded area, in Worcester, Mass. (Steven Senne/AP Photo)
Health

Pa. Health Department declares hepatitis A outbreak, cause unknown

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has declared an outbreak of hepatitis A, with Philadelphia and Pittsburgh the hardest-hit regions. 

7 years ago

In this file photo, people at a community meeting in Abington, Pa. on April 15, 2019 got an update of where the state will test drinking water for levels of the toxic family of chemicals known as PFAS. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

DEP accused of ‘foot-dragging’ on 2-year-old request to regulate PFAS chemical

An environmental group asked a Pa. appeals court to order the Department of Environmental Protection to complete its review of a petition to set a health limit for PFAS.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey has reintroduced the Thin Blue Line Act. Some say it will bring justice for slain cops. Others think it’s an empty political gesture. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Backing the blue or empty gesture? Toomey boosts bill to punish cop killers

Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey has reintroduced the Thin Blue Line Act. Some say it will bring justice for slain cops. Others think it’s an empty political gesture.

7 years ago

Christina Paravecchia, plays with daughter Madelyn Rose as her dad, Albert “Two-pops” Catarro helps out by holding baby Amelia Grace who was born March 20. Christina had half her brain removed in 1996, when she was eight-years-old. (William Johnson/The Intelligencer via AP)
Health

For brain surgery patient, greatest challenge is motherhood

To many people, she is remembered as the girl with half a brain. But Christina Santhouse knows there are two little girls who will only know her as something else: Mom.

7 years ago

Day-hikers scramble over rocky boulders on the Appalachian Trail below the summit of Mt. Katahdin in Baxter State Park in Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)
Community
PA Post

After a new killing on the Appalachian Trail, the 1990 death of hikers in Pa. haunts their friend anew

29 years later, Swift is shocked at the news of another killing. James Jordan was charged last week in the Appalachian Trail stabbing death of an Army veteran.

7 years ago

Martin Tower, former world headquarters of Bethlehem Steel, implodes Sunday May 19, 2019 in Bethlehem, Pa. Crowds gathered to watch the demolition of the area's tallest building, a 21-story monolith that opened at the height of Bethlehem Steel's power and profitability but had stood vacant for a dozen years after America's second-largest steelmaker went out of business. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Urban Planning

Defunct steelmaker’s 21-story headquarters in Bethlehem imploded

Crowds gathered to watch the demolition of the Pa. area's tallest building, a 21-story monolith that opened at the height of Bethlehem Steel's power and profitability.

7 years ago

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