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Lou Barletta talks with Hamill Executive Bill Bretz. Reilly looks on. (Chris Potter / 90.5 WESA)
WESA
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Dog-whistle politics: How getting the dog vote can help candidates running for office

Warning: This story contains dog puns.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tem Joe Scarnati, center, hopes to quash a school funding lawsuit brought by districts and advocates. (AP file photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. funding lawsuit moves toward full trial as court dismisses latest objection

Plaintiffs believe Pennsylvania’s system for funding education has violated the state Constitution on multiple fronts

8 years ago

In this May 14, 2018 file photo, Scott Wagner, Republican candidate for Pennsylvania Governor, arrives for a campaign stop (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Wagner clarifies that he’d veto anti-same-sex marriage bill

Asked in the primary about same-sex marriage, Wagner's campaign left the answer vague.

8 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. (Chris Knight/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Court upholds Pa. Gov. Wolf’s order organizing home health care workers

Wolf called the ruling a step toward his goal of improving home-based health care.

8 years ago

Protesters gathered in the Capitol to call on Wolf for further action. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Activists renew call to shut down Berks immigrant detention center

Pennsylvania DHS already declined to renew the center's federal license, but a federal judge ordered it reinstated.

8 years ago

Parishioners receive communion at Holy Infancy Roman Catholic in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, part of the Allentown Diocese. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Allentown priest charged with sexual assault of high school student

Updated: 3:59 p.m. Lehigh County prosecutors have charged a catholic priest from the Allentown Diocese with assa ...

8 years ago

Listen 2:22
Back school backpack and supplies. (Photo Courtesy/BigStock)
Philly Parenting
Education

5 ways to ease back into your school schedule

That time of summer is here…when the stores are filled with school supplies, bus schedules and teacher assignments are announced and ki ...

8 years ago

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez speaks during an event kicking off his campaign for re-election at Union City High School, Wednesday, March 28, 2018, in Union City, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Tri-state political update

Guests: Mark Eichmann, Nick Corasaniti, John Micek Today, we get a tri-state political update. Guest host Mary Cu ...

Air Date: August 21, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
Parishioners worship during Mass at St. Paul Cathedral, the mother church of the Pittsburgh Diocese, last week.
NPR
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

More than 400 have called Pennsylvania’s hotline since clergy sex abuse report

The attorney general's office has been scrambling to keep up, pulling in specially trained investigators from other departments to handle the deluge.

8 years ago

State College borough planning director Ed LeClear in front of one of the houses sold through the Neighborhood Sustainability Program.
(EMILY REDDY / WPSU)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Unique housing program combats ‘studentification’ in neighborhoods surrounding Penn State

It’s a short walk from the municipal building in downtown State College where Ed LeClear works as borough planning director to a two-st ...

8 years ago

Listen 5:34
Capitol Building, Harrisburg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Cash assistance program for Pennsylvania’s poor returns this fall

A form of welfare, the mandated program provided $205 a month to people with no other income.

8 years ago

Republican candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania's 4th district Dan David.
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Montco GOP hopeful running for Congress with confidence

A look at long shot Republican congressional candidate Dan David

8 years ago

Former priest James Faluszczak, who says he was molested by a priest as a teenager, reacts as Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Former priest with insider view among the 1,000 victims in Pa. clergy abuse report

James Faluszczak quit the priesthood in 2014, and he’s one of dozens of witnesses who testified before the grand jury about their experiences of abuse.

8 years ago

Listen 5:24
Monsignor Francis Schoenauer reads a letter from Allentown Bishop Alfred Schlert during Sunday mass at the Cathedral Church of St. Catharine of Siena in Allentown, Pa. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Catholics in Allentown grapple with clergy abuse report and their church’s response

Some parishioners were heartened by Allentown Bishop Alfred Schlert's message. Others struggled more with the allegations, the response, and how they feel about their church.

8 years ago

Pope Francis, shown here in May
(Andrew Medichini/AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pope condemns reported sex abuse by priests in Pennsylvania

Vatican condemns sex abuse described in Pennsylvania grand jury report, says Pope Francis is on victims' side.

8 years ago

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