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Pennsylvania

File phtoto: Harrisburg's Market Street Bridge is one of the roughly 3,000 classified as in need of repairs. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pa. fuel tax meant for bridge repair went to state police instead

From 2011 to 2017, $4.2 billion that could have gone toward repairing hundreds of structurally deficient bridges around the state has gone to fund State Police operations.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers load bottled water onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter September 1 at Fort Indiantown Gap in preparation to depart for the Hurricane Harvey relief effort in Texas. (U.S. National Guard photo by Sgt. Zane Craig)
Health

Area police departments, National Guard join forces to collect prescription meds

It's the fifth year the guard's Counterdrug Joint Task Force is working with police to collect the drugs from more than 800 drop-off centers around the state.

7 years ago

Abel Perez (left) and Pablo Alvarez (right), are pictured holding their sons. (Courtesy of Church World Service)
Courts & Law

Cuban immigrants detained by ICE in York for more than a year, despite federal court ruling

Abel Perez, 27, and Pablo Alvarez, 26, both arrived from Cuba at the U.S. southern border in December 2017. Both applied for asylum, and have been held ever since.

7 years ago

Madeleine Dean
Politics & Policy

Rep. Dean will introduce PFAS bill, the 15th in Congress this year

Both the House and Senate have stepped up efforts to address the toxic chemicals, which affect communities in Bucks and Montgomery counties and nationwide.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump
Politics & Policy

Pa. Republicans setting scene for another Trump win in ’20

Pennsylvania Republicans meet with President Donald Trump's advisers to work out a strategy to once again deliver the state's electoral votes to the president.

7 years ago

Crews work at the site of a sinkhole along the Mariner East pipeline route near the Pennsylvania State Police barracks on Route 1 in Delaware County on Thursday, April 25, 2019. Pipeline builder said there were no leaks and no pipelines were exposed. (Kimberly Paynter / WHYY)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Sinkhole opens up along ME2 route in Delaware County; no leaks or injuries

Sunoco says hole has been filled and pipeline operations continue

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene A. DePasquale, speaks after he was sworn in for his second term at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017.
Money

Pa. turns to random audits in bid to track Medicaid dollars

Six Medicaid providers are getting word they're being audited by the state. The random reviews are part of a new strategy to make sure contractors aren't misusing Pa. dollars.

7 years ago

Canon-McMillan High School in Washington County. (Courtesy of Marcellus Air)
Health
StateImpact Pennsylvania

No cancer cluster in Washington County school district, says Pa. health department

In a report released Tuesday, the state concluded that rates of Ewing sarcoma weren’t “consistently or statistically significantly higher than expected."

7 years ago

Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, (R-Jefferson), walks through the Pennsylvania Capitol. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Court says Pa. senator won’t have to pay redistricting case fees

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati had been sued in his professional capacity, so he is not liable personally.

7 years ago

Former Reading Mayor Vaughn Spencer speaks with members of the media as he departs from the federal courthouse in Philadelphia after being sentenced to eight years in prison for trading city contracts for campaign contributions on Wednesday, April 24, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Ex-mayor of Reading gets 8 years in prison for corruption scheme

"I let ambition take over, and I'm truly sorry," a tearful Vaughn Spencer told a federal judge in Philadelphia. "I lost my compass and for that, I have to pay the price."

7 years ago

Bill Cosby is taken away in handcuffs after he was sentenced to three-to 10-years for felony sexual assault on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, in Norristown, Pa.  (Mark Makela/Pool Photo via AP)
Courts & Law

Cosby renews attacks on trial judge as he seeks bail

They complain that Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill has not issued a post-trial opinion explaining key trial decisions in the seven months since Cosby's sentencing.

7 years ago

Surrounded by student supporters of the hellbender — and a mascot — Gov. Tom Wolf signs a bill officially designating the salamander as state amphibian. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Science

Snot otter? Lasagna lizard? By any name, hellbender now Pa.’s official amphibian

It may not be pretty, but supporters of the Eastern hellbender say it’s a vital reminder to keep streams and waterways healthy.

7 years ago

Berks County, with the city of Reading, Pa. at its heart, has become a statewide leader in civil asset forfeiture. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Cash grab: As asset forfeiture quietly expands across Pa., abuses follow

As counties have scaled up the practice to fund local police, our investigation found that seemingly innocent people are getting caught in the rush for cash.

7 years ago

Listen 6:02
Hali Flickinger, left, of Spring Grove, York County, competes for the U.S. in a semifinal of the women's 200-meter butterfly at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Flickinger placed seventh in the event’s final heat. (David J. Phillip/AP Photo)
Money
PA Post

Pa. bill proposes tax break for Olympians

Pa. would join the group of states with similar income tax exemptions already in place.

7 years ago

Bill Cosby arrives for his sentencing hearing
Courts & Law

Bill Cosby fighting $1M a month legal bill in arbitration

Cosby accused the firm in a petition of elder abuse and "egregious" billing practices, and of fraud for representing both him and AIG, whom he's also fighting court.

7 years ago

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