Pennsylvania
As economy changes, state rep wants to make sure Pa. jobs keep up
Retail and manufacturing jobs are on the decline — both in Pennsylvania, and around the country. So a state lawmaker is looking for way ...
7 years ago
Pa. Dept. of Human Services gets a new secretary, but its future is still uncertain
Monday is state Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller’s first day leading the commonwealth’s sprawling Department of Human Service ...
7 years ago
Allentown council amplifies efforts to oust indicted mayor
The city council in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is taking additional steps to remove its indicted mayor from office. Federal authorit ...
7 years ago
Pennsylvania is already known among water companies and their shareholders as being a good state for doing business. And now, it ...
7 years ago
Pa. state treasury may stop loaning money to struggling general fund
Pennsylvania’s general fund is on track to be $1.6 billion dollars underwater by the middle of next month. In the past, the stat ...
7 years ago
Listen to Grapple: How one Pa. community has been dealing with racial tension
Keystone Crossroads recently examined one Pennsylvania community where racial tension has turned violent, even fatal, multiple times over ...
7 years ago
Potential GOP candidate for Pa. lieutenant governor contrasts himself with Stack
A longtime state lawmaker is seriously exploring a bid for Pennsylvania lieutenant governor. Sen. David Argall, R-Schuylkill, said ...
7 years ago
Two Native American boys’ remains uncovered in Pa., third stays buried
After a painstaking exhumation in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, the remains of two Native American boys who died in the 1880s have bee ...
7 years ago
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Andrew Wyeth’s birth
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Andrew Wyeth's birth. The Brandywine River Museum of Art celebrates his life through an exhibit of his best work.
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A powerful coalition of Pennsylvania lawmakers is promoting a forthcoming education savings account (ESA) bill that would allow hundreds ...
7 years ago
Allentown company founder arrested over graffiti supporting Pawlowski
A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of painting slogans on Allentown buildings in support of the city’s embattle ...
7 years ago
Lawmakers file memos to initiate a Pennsylvania constitutional convention
Two lawmakers are looking to introduce legislation that would force Pennsylvania to re-evaluate its constitution. The process is k ...
7 years ago
Shorter standardized tests coming to Pa. public schools
The Wolf administration is making changes to standardized testing in Pennsylvania elementary schools. Gov. Tom Wolf said Monday that the ...
7 years ago
Bucks County author Michael Becker talks about his memoir ‘A Walk with Purpose’
He joined NewsWorks Tonight’s Dave Heller to discuss life with a terminal illness and the activities that keep him going. & ...
7 years ago
Listen 19:23Was the youngest person executed by Pennsylvania actually innocent?
The O.J. Simpson parole hearing is dominating the non-politcal news, but the legacy of race relations looming large in the criminal justi ...
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