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Pennsylvania

A volunteer stocks garlic on a food giveaway line in Warminster, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Bucks County, Philabundance team up to address suburban hunger

In the largely affluent county, as many as 50,000 residents are struggling with poverty

7 years ago

An attack ad depicting GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott Wagner was paid for by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf. (YouTube)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

In Pa. governor’s race, Wolf ad tags Wagner as ‘ultimate insider’

GOP candidate Scott Wagner's campaign contends launching an attack in July shows incumbent Wolf is panicking.

7 years ago

Earlier this summer, lawmakers passed their first on-time budget in a number of years. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Money

Report: Pa.’s on-time budget is part of a broader trend

Late budgets have become routine in a number of states since the 2008 recession.

7 years ago

Wagner and Wolf both say the other supports policies that would lead to school funding cuts. (Photo by iStock)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Wagner, Wolf volley back and forth on education

Governor Tom Wolf and GOP challenger Scott Wagner have spent much of this month trying to paint one another as supporters of school funding cuts.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Are Democratic Socialists the future face of the Democratic Party?

Guests: Teresa Lundy, Natalie Midiri, Nina Ahmad Last month, a Democratic Socialist, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stu ...

Air Date: July 18, 2018 10:00 am

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President Donald Trump, (left), greets Pa. Rep. Lou Barletta, R.Pa., before a speech at H&K Equipment Co. on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 in Coraopolis, Pa. Barletta is running for the U.S. Senate. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Barletta treads softly on Trump’s encounter with Putin

Senate candidate Lou Barletta easier on Trump than most Republicans after Putin presser.

7 years ago

Students walk past Samuel Paley Library on the Temple University campus, where a student died of a drug overdose on Dec. 1.
Education

Tuition hikes set for most Pennsylvania public colleges

Pennsylvania’s public universities have set their budgets and tuition rates for the coming school year. These include the 14 ...

7 years ago

The moon rises behind St. Benedict The Moor Catholic church in Pittsburgh Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016. Pittsburgh is one of six Roman Catholic Dioceses that was the focus of a sealed grand jury investigation across Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Report on clergy abuse in limbo, awaiting decision from Pa. Supreme Court

The government charges that she was acting as a foreign agent without registering.

7 years ago

Pa. Governor Tom Wolf greets a 6th grade literacy class at Penn Treaty school. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. bets on residency model to boost teacher prep programs

With Pennsylvania licensing fewer and fewer teachers, the state recently announced it will send $2 million in federal aid to eight colleg ...

7 years ago

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Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Money race for Congress: Can suburban Republicans compete?

A look at June 30 campaign finance reports for local Congressional candidates.

7 years ago

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The capitol building in Harrisburg
Politics & Policy

Will local LGBTQ protections be collateral damage in bid to undo Philly paid sick leave?

A bill in the Pennsylvania legislature that intends to reverse Philadelphia's sick leave ordinance may also affect LGBTQ employment protections.

7 years ago

Moshe Porat, dean of Temple's Fox School of Business at the 2012 Musser Excellence in Leadership Award dinner.
Courts & Law

Pa. AG looking into allegations against Temple business school dean

Shapiro says he has asked the Bureau of Consumer Protection to examine the case.

7 years ago

Joey Arrigo, as the character Waz, performs on a lighting fixture in
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

The thrill and exhaustion of watching Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Volta’

Some of the show's performances are so extreme (and look so dangerous), you wonder how anyone ever learned to do this stuff.

7 years ago

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Cirque du Soleil VOLTA (Photo Courtesy/Cirque du Soleil)
Philly Parenting
Community

Experiencing Cirque du Soleil’s VOLTA with your kids

Now through August 19th, Philadelphia families have the wonderful opportunity of catching Cirque du Soleil’s energetic, imag ...

7 years ago

This June 1, 2018, file photo, shows a housing unit in the west section of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix in Collegeville, Pa. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

About 2,600 inmates transferring from Graterford to new Pa. prison

The first phase of transfers began just after 9 a.m. Wednesday.

7 years ago

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