Pennsylvania
Creating a paper trail: Why Pennsylvania is shelling out for new voting machines
The state says there's no evidence its voting machines have ever been hacked. So why is Pa. forcing all 67 counties to buy new ones to the tune of $120 million?
Air Date: February 26, 2019
Listen 12:47Pennsylvania GOP lawmaker opens door to minimum wage deal
In January, Wolf issued a new proposal to raise Pennsylvania's hourly minimum to $12 this year, making it one of the highest in the nation.
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Energy Transfer CEO: ‘We’ve made mistakes’ in building Mariner East
Critics say promises won’t make the cross-state pipeline project any safer.
7 years ago
A $45,000 minimum salary for teachers, explained
The issue is expected to come up during education department budget hearings.
7 years ago
Could membranes at coal-fired power plants help stop climate change?
Pittsburgh researchers are working on potentially cheaper ways to capture carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants.
7 years ago
Is 2019 the year Pa. gives LGBTQ+ people discrimination protection?
Pennsylvania's Human Relations Act grants certain groups of people extra legal protection against discrimination. One group it misses? LGBTQ+ people.
7 years ago
AG Shapiro investigating ‘environmental crimes’ in Pa.
The woman who sued natural gas driller Range Resources over alleged air and water contamination at her Mt. Pleasant, Pa. home, testified before an investigative grand jury.
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Pa. Corrections Department settling lawsuit over contentious legal mail policy
The DOC has confirmed it will stop photocopying inmates’ legal mail and go back to giving them original copies.
7 years ago
Delaware County asks to join ‘safety seven’ suit challenging Mariner East pipeline
Delaware County is the latest public entity seeking to join the ongoing lawsuit, which alleges unsafe conditions and a need for more emergency planning.
7 years ago
Officials in 18 Pa. counties accepted gifts from voting machine vendors, audit finds
Officials in 18 Pennsylvania counties accepted gifts, such as wine festival tickets, trips and dinners at high-end restaurants, from voting equipment vendors.
7 years ago
Online gambling in New Jersey, City Council term limits, nuclear power in Pa.
Regional Roundup: Should Philly's city council have term limits? A Trump administration rule change that could stymie legal sports betting in NJ. The future of nuclear in Pa.
Air Date: February 22, 2019
Listen 49:00Pa. taxpayers continue funding state troopers in towns without cops after years of capitol debate
Republican leaders want to charge municipalities for state police service based on workload indicators like calls for service instead of the governor’s proposed population-dri
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Listen 1:22The trial over Pa.’s prison mail policy may be heading toward a settlement
The unprecedented security measures at the center of this trial involved giving inmates photocopies of their mail, while the prison temporarily stored the originals.
7 years ago
Penn State ex-president Spanier’s request for appeal denied
Graham Spanier, 70, had argued the trial judge and a lower appeals court wrongly relied on a statute of limitations law that prosecutors never cited.
7 years ago
Inside Pa.’s Peach Bottom nuclear power plant
Three Mile Island might close down this year. But operators at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station hope to stay in business until at least 2053.
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