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Pennsylvania

Razin Karu, a Temple University senior and fellow with NextGen, passes out surveys to fellow students that could be redeemed for free ice cream. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Voter registration ticks up in Pennsylvania as groups target young people

At Temple event, students stop for free ice cream and sign up to vote. On other campuses, organizers are deploying pups and Popsicles to draw attention.

8 years ago

In this Feb. 17, 2015, file photo, former elected Pennsylvania state treasurer Rob McCord walks from the U.S. District Court in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Courts & Law

At sentencing today, former Pa. treasurer could get six years for extorting donors

Once a rising star in Pennsylvania politics, McCord launched an unsuccessful bid for governor in 2014. But the FBI secretly recorded him trying to bully campaign donors.

8 years ago

State Representative Scott Conklin, D-Centre, introduced two new bills on Monday, which would demand greater accountability from religious organizations. (Min Xian / Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Following clergy report, Pa. lawmaker proposes new penalties for failure to report abuse

State Representative Scott Conklin, D-Centre, introduced two new bills on Monday, which would demand greater accountability from religious organizations.

8 years ago

Bishop Ronald Gainer, of the Harrisburg Diocese, arrives to celebrate mass at the Cathedral Church of Saint Patrick in Harrisburg, Pa., Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. Gainer, who's named in a grand jury report on rampant sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy is celebrating a Mass of forgiveness, as the Vatican expresses
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Pa. Catholics grapple with the church in wake of ‘predator priest’ report

Following a blistering grand jury report alleging widespread sexual abuse by priests, Catholics across the state have been wrestling with their faith and future in the church.

8 years ago

Andrew Brooking, assistant principal at Philadelphia's Blaine Elementary. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

As classes begin, Philly ‘turnaround’ school hoping for a rebound year

Andrew Brooking’s future at Philadelphia’s Blaine Elementary seemed uncertain.

8 years ago

Listen 6:47
Lawmakers will return to session next week. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo, file)
Politics & Policy

AP: Pa., many other states haven’t followed through on #MeToo proposals

Lawmakers in just half of the states that proposed new harassment and misconduct measures gave taken actions

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

RCAP grants begin rollout, and Wolf says he’s trying to boost oversight

The Wolf administration has released the year’s first slew of Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program—or RCAP—grants.

8 years ago

The Colonial, located in the heart of the commercial corridor on Bridge Street in Phoenixville, PA, on August 21, 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

A long-shot plan to extend Regional Rail to Phoenixville could revolutionize how infrastructure is built

A mayoral task force is proposing a short-term pilot project using some of Norfolk Southern’s freight rail tracks to link Phoenixville to the Norristown/Manayunk line.

8 years ago

Listen 5:30
Jim and Evelyn Piazza left the courthouse with their lawyers after hearing closing statements for the second preliminary hearing for the hazing case resulting in the death of their son, Tim Piazza, in March.
(Min Xian/ WPSU)
Courts & Law

A third judge has dismissed the most severe charges in Penn State hazing case

Magisterial District Judge Carmine Prestia has dismissed all involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment charges in the February 2017 death of Timothy Piazza.

8 years ago

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)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

In a single Pennsylvania parish, 5 priests accused of abuse

A lacerating grand jury report on sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy in Pa. is especially difficult reading for a church where five of the accused priests served as pastor

8 years ago

The exterior of Aqua Pennsylvania offices in Bryn Mawr
Science

PFAS chemicals showing up in Montco water beyond military bases

Aqua has taken two wells offline due to elevated levels of potentially harmful chemicals.

8 years ago

Listen 1:50
The J. Carroll McCormick Campus Ministry Center at King's College (Google map)
Education

Another Pa. Catholic college removes name of bishop called out by grand jury

King's College and Misericordia University, both in the Scranton area, have buildings named after J. Carroll McCormick.

8 years ago

A Mariner East 2 pipeline construction site is shown off Valley Road near Media, Pensylvaniaa., on Aug. 22. The site is close to where Sunoco is digging up a section of the pipeline after discovering a coating issue that needed to be fixed. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Sunoco replaces section of Mariner East 2 because of flaws in pipeline coating

8 years ago

Canadian geese on the upper Delaware River. (Kimberly Paynter / WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Delaware River campaigners assail reservoir releases amid summer deluge

8 years ago

SCI Mercer (Google Maps)
Courts & Law

State prisons make changes after staff mysteriously sickened

Pennsylvania's state prison system is tightening security and revamping procedures after 18 staff members were treated at hospitals for exposure to a yet-unidentified substanc

8 years ago

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