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Pennsylvania

Students change classes at a public school in Pennsylvania. (Jessica Kourkounis for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

A new one-stop-shop for Pennsylvania education data

The data are assembled longitudinally, meaning you can track something — say a district’s graduation rate — from year to year.

8 years ago

Listen 1:04
 Pa. Capitol Building, Harrisburg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Pa. State House, Senate prep for whirlwind end to session

The state House and Senate are returning to the Capitol after months of recess.

8 years ago

Actor and comedian Bill Cosby reacts while being notified that the verdict was in during his sexual assault retrial, Thursday, April, 26, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (Mark Makela/Pool Photo via AP)
Courts & Law

Bill Cosby’s sentencing: how we got here, what his punishment could be

The sentencing hearing may conclude with Cosby losing his freedom for the rest of his life, but his attorneys are expected to appeal.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania is thought to be one of the most important states in potentially swinging the congressional majority. (John Minchillo/AP Photo, File)
Politics & Policy

Pa. takes center stage in efforts to turn out young voters

The commonwealth was key to President Trump's victory in 2016.

8 years ago

Former president Barack Obama campaigns for the re-election of U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and Gov. Tom Wolf at the Dell Music Center in North Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Stumping for Pa. Dems, Obama declares midterm vote ‘most important of my lifetime’

Stumping for Pennsylvania's Democratic slate, former present urges millennials to vote on Nov. 6

8 years ago

Listen :56
A grand jury report on sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy in Pennsylvania has proved to be especially difficult reading for parishioners of St. Therese’s Church outside Wilkes-Barre. Now Pennsylvania's Roman Catholic dioceses say they are willing to set up a victims compensation fund as they face the prospect that state lawmakers will give victims of decades-old child sexual abuse another chance to sue the church. (AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam)
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania dioceses consider victims compensation fund

Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic dioceses said late Friday they are willing to set up a victims compensation fund as they face the pro ...

8 years ago

Board of Education President Joyce Wilkerson swears in Alfredo Praticó and Julia Frank as student representatives on the board. (Darryl C. Murphy/The Notebook)
The Notebook
Education

Despite unease, school board approves Keystone Opportunity Zones

Keystone Opportunity Zones give tax breaks to developers in blighted neighborhoods. But many of the sites are not blighted, advocates said.

8 years ago

Natural gas wells in Springville Township, Pa. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Money
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Shale industry: Taxpayers should foot part of the bill for oil and gas oversight

The Marcellus Shale Coalition argues taxpayers should shoulder at least part of the burden.

8 years ago

Methane leaks throughout the entire process of developing natural gas — from well sites, to storage and processing facilities and pipelines. (Joe Ulrich/WITF)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

DEP moving forward with emission rules for existing oil and gas sources

The move is part of a broader effort to curb climate-damaging emissions from the oil and gas industry.

8 years ago

 Joseph M. Torsella, speaks to the crowd, after being sworn in as Treasurer of Pennsylvania, at Camp Curtin Academy in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. (Chris Knight/AP Photo)
Money

Expert: Pa. pension funds have underreported billions in payments

The funds have underreported the money paid to private equity firms by a third over the last decade. That's $3.8 billion the state didn't know about.

8 years ago

(Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philadelphia officials promise crackdown on Center City traffic scofflaws

Added enforcement of traffic laws will focus on Market and Chestnut streets.

8 years ago

Bill Cosby walks from the Montgomery County Courthouse during his sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pa., Thursday, June 8, 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Sentencing options for Cosby include prison, jail, probation

Bill Cosby could be sent to prison next week.

8 years ago

Listen :59
Book donation programs were curtailed in late August when a rash of illnesses among prison staff — thought to be related to synthetic drug exposure--prompted DOC officials to lock down the entire prison system. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Concerned about new DOC policy, attorneys halt mail to Pa. inmates

Advocates argue that the new mail policy — aimed to keep drugs out of prisons — violates inmates' rights.

8 years ago

Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan speaks about the shooting at Bellingham Retirement Community on East Boot Road in East Goshen Township, Pa., Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. Authorities are searching for a man who they say shot at his ex-wife and then killed his parents at the retirement center. Hogan says authorities are looking for 59-year-old Bruce Rogal of Glenmoore. (Pete Bannen/Daily Local News via AP)
Courts & Law

Chester County DA: Man who shot at ex, killed parents is found dead

Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said during a media briefing early Thursday that 59-year-old Bruce Rogal was dead after a manhunt and a police chase.

8 years ago

State police will now be required to make more visits to schools. (AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Pa. state police upping presence in certain schools

New rules will require more frequent visits to schools in areas that don't have their own police departments, and so they rely on state police for coverage.

8 years ago

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