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Pennsylvania

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

A vacant classroom at Lankenau High School in Philadelphia.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. school districts may be undercounting homeless students, report says

Across the country, public schools are required to identify and support students experiencing homelessness. But a new report finds that many Pa. schools may be undercounting.

7 years ago

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In this Sept. 30, 2015, file photo, John Swanton, spokesman with the California Air Resources Board, explains how a 2013 Volkswagen Passat with a diesel engine is evaluated at the emissions test lab in El Monte, Calif. California officials on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, blasted the Trump administration's plan to freeze vehicle emissions standards, saying it threatens public health and the environment and was based on a flawed scientific analysis. (Nick Ut/AP Photo, File)
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StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa., N.J., Del. join effort to cut emissions from vehicles

Pennsylvania, along with eight states and Washington, D.C., announced plans Tuesday to create a new regional cap for carbon emissions from vehicles to combat climate change.

7 years ago

Mariner East 2 pipeline construction in Chester County. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

PUC investigators: We didn’t say the 12-inch Mariner East 2 line was safe

Investigators at the Pa. Public Utility Commission said they didn’t confirm that the 12-inch pipeline of Mariner East 2 was safe, despite a statement by Sunoco.

7 years ago

Auditor General Eugene DePasquale says this latest audit is a followup to previous DCED reviews in 2007 and 2014. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Money

Pa. auditor says DCED got better at recouping cash from bad investments

A new audit shows Pennsylvania's economic development program has improved its return on investment.

7 years ago

Middle school students change classes in Philadelphia. (Jessica Kourkounis/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Juvenile court judges waking up to trauma’s effect on kids

If one is looking for the most traumatized youths in Philadelphia, a good starting place might be the cou ...

7 years ago

Shown is the Pennsylvania Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, July 10, 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Marsy’s Law backers prep for final Pa. push — but some are still skeptical

Advocates want an amendment that would ensure victims' legal rights in the state constitution, just as defendants' rights are. Gov. Wolf supports it. The ACLU does not.

7 years ago

(AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Top Pa. lawmaker reiterates prediction that budget deficit will be manageable

York County Rep. Stan Saylor, who heads the pivotal House Appropriations Committee, noted that returns are stronger than expected, and the state's on track for a surplus.

7 years ago

Ballot scanners used in Montco (courtesy Montgomery County)
Politics & Policy

Montgomery County to debut new voting machines in May

After signing a deal with a supplier, new voting machines that have a paper trail as a back-up will make Montgomery County debut in May 2019 primary.

7 years ago

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan signs legislation to enable judges to order people to temporarily give up their firearms if they are found to pose an immediate danger, one of more than 200 bills he signed on Tuesday, April 24, 2018, in Annapolis, Md. Hogan also signed a bill to ban bump stocks, which can increase a semi-automatic rifle's firing rate, as well as a bill to require convicted domestic abusers to surrender guns to law enforcement or a firearms dealer. ( Brian Witte / The Associated Press)
Courts & Law
PA Post

Red flag laws and the push for one in Pa., explained

In Maryland, a recent request to remove guns ended with a man's death.

7 years ago

In this Thursday, April 24, 2014 photo, Jose Osario, 20, a resident of the transition cottage, sits in the living room of another cottage at the Children's Village campus in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Study raises questions about oversight of facilities that house foster youth in Pa.

Foster children who live in residential facilities in Pa. suffered physical and verbal abuse in hundreds of documented cases between 2010 and 2018, according to a new report.

7 years ago

This 2014 photo shows students at Carver High School in Philadelphia stopping in the hall to photograph a poster detailing the new state rankings that place their school at No. 2 in the district. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pennsylvania ditches school scoring, but will parents?

Pa. wants to shed labels and reduce the importance of test scores with its new accountability tool. But will it alienate parents in the process?

7 years ago

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Packages containing a nasal inhalant
Health

Pa. mulls more naloxone handouts after strong demand

Pennsylvania is considering holding more naloxone giveaways after finding even more demand than officials had planned for at a recent event.

7 years ago

Collette Williams and her son SaVaughn, 13, live a few blocks from the Clairton Coke Works. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Health
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Teen’s asthma frames town’s struggle with dirty air

Though it’s cleaner than in the 1970s, the plant is still one of the biggest sources of air pollution in all of Western Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

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

Four workers injured at gas plant blast near Pittsburgh

The blast happened shortly after 6 p.m. at MarkWest’s Houston Processing and Fractionation Facility at 800 Western Avenue in Chartiers Township.

7 years ago

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