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Pennsylvania

Erik Arneson, director of the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records.
Courts & Law

With move to expand open-records law pending, most Pa. agencies get few requests

A new study shows that Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know law does not burden public agencies. Still, advocates for the public's right to know say there is room for improvement.

8 years ago

Members of the Pennsylvania National Guard participate in a battle simulation during Exercise Red Rose, Friday, April 2, 2010, at Fort Indiantown Gap in Annville, Pa.  (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
Money

Pa. National Guard facility breaks ground on new training facility

The busiest National Guard training facility in the country has broken ground on a new $11.5 million building, and officials say it was a long time coming.

8 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

DEP fines natural gas company $1.7M for drilling violations

8 years ago

The Pennsylvania Capitol building at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

Hearing will scrutinize use of money in special environmental funds

8 years ago

Protestors march down the Ben Franklin Parkway during the Women's March on Philadelphia
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Outrage over Trump is helping Democrats win elections

A year after the president's inauguration, Democrats have benefited from a 'Trump bump' of progressive enthusiasm.

8 years ago

Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele talks about using DNA phenotyping to help solve a gunpoint rape in Norristown Farm Park.
Courts & Law

Montco DA tries new technology to solve a cold crime

Authorities hunting for suspects in a gunpoint rape in a Norristown park have hit a dead end, so they're turning to a new technology to help jumpstart their investigation.

8 years ago

Trees cut on a Susquehanna County property in March 2016 to make way for the proposed Constitution Pipeline. The company says it will fight a FERC order upholding New York State's denial of a permit for the project.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

After new setback, Constitution Pipeline says it will fight FERC order

8 years ago

Penndot Driver License Center at 8th and Arch streets.
Courts & Law

Drivers deprived of licenses after drug conviction sue to repeal Pa. law

Since 2011, Pennsylvania has suspended the licenses of nearly 150,000 drivers for up to two years. Critics say the law can hurt the chances of keeping a job after conviction.

8 years ago

Beth Lawn, a chaplain at a retirement community who lives in Chester, Pa., is one of 18 Democratic petitioners challenging the Pennsylvania congressional district map. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania Supreme Court to decide if state congressional district map is a partisan gerrymander

Pennsylvania’s congressional district map is ...

8 years ago

In this photo taken Nov. 23, 2015, a student leans on a table in the cafeteria during first period at Roosevelt High School in Seattle. More school districts around the U.S. are heeding the advice of scientists who have long said that pushing back school start times can improve student health or academic output. (Elaine Thompson/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Heeding science, some Pennsylvania school districts push back high school start times

Later school start times could mean teenagers are more likely to get adequate amounts of sleep, according to research published last month by Penn State researchers.

8 years ago

Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski walks from the federal building in Philadelphia, Thursday, July 27, 2017.
Politics & Policy

Weeks into 4th term, Allentown mayor faces corruption trial

Democrat Ed Pawlowski stands trial this week on federal corruption charges, with jury selection beginning Tuesday in Philadelphia.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania's wind industry boomed through 2012, but development of new wind farms has slowed in the years since. (vaxomatic via Flickr)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

A surge, then a fade for Pennsylvania’s wind industry

More than two dozen wind farms popped up across the state leading up to 2012, but only one in the years since.

8 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Judge fines environmental attorneys $52,000 for ‘frivolous’ injection well suit

The case is centered on a 2014 ban and a subsequent municipal charter adopted by Grant Township that banned fracking wastewater injection projects.

8 years ago

New Jersey and Delaware have  state-supported needle exchange programs to cut down on the transmission of diseases. (WHYY, file)
Health

Harm reduction leaders call on Gov. Wolf to make needle exchanges legal in Pa.

In the wake of the emergency declaration, harm reduction leaders are calling on Gov. Wolf to make needle exchanges legal in Pennsylvania.

8 years ago

University of Pennsylvania student Blaze Bernstein, 19, was killed last week in his California home town. Police Friday arrested a suspect in the slaying. (Orange County Sheriff's Department via AP)
Courts & Law

Suspect arrested in California death of Penn student

A suspect has been arrested in the death of a 19-year-old University of Pennsylvania student whose body was found at a California park, a ...

8 years ago

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