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Pennsylvania

A map of the 7th congressional district as drawn in 2011. The district incorporates most of Delaware County and portions of Chester, Montgomery, Berks and Lancaster Counties. (Dan Gleiter/pennlive.com)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

New congressional districts in Philly suburbs could help Democrats win in D.C.

Pennsylvania’s new court-ordered congressional map has thrust the commonwealth into the national spotli ...

8 years ago

Cease Fire PA Executive Director Shira Goodman is running for a Congressional seat representing Montgomery County.
Community

Gun-control activist launches run for Congress from new Montco district

Two Pennsylvania state lawmakers are also setting their sights on new 4th District seat in U.S. House.

8 years ago

Senate President Pro Tempore Joseph Scarnati, R-Jefferson (middle), and Speaker of the House Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny (right), at a press conference in 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Knight)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. GOP appeals to U.S. Supreme Court to halt new congressional maps

This is the third time in recent months they’ve made such an appeal in a gerrymandering case.

8 years ago

Refinery workers at Philadelphia Energy Solutions wait to hear Republican Senator Ted Cruz speak at a rally against the Renewable Fuel Standards. The company blames the program for its financial troubles in a recent bankruptcy filing.(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Ted Cruz blasts renewable fuel standards at Philadelphia refinery

Speaking to hundreds of refinery workers, Cruz railed against the federal program known as the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), while the workers cheered.

8 years ago

Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski walks from the federal courthouse in Philadelphia after a pretrial hearing, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017.
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Indicted Allentown Mayor Pawlowski takes stand to ‘bare his soul’

Now serving his fourth term, Pawlowski is charged with 54 counts of corruption, including bribery, conspiracy, fraud, extortion, and lying to the FBI. He's pleaded not guilty.

8 years ago

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Alex Trebek walks out on stage at the 44th annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Pasadena Civic Center on Sunday, April 30, 2017, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Politics & Policy

‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek to moderate Pa. governor’s debate

Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf will face off in November against the winner of May's Republican primary.

8 years ago

U.S. Senator Pat Toomey, seen here in August 2017. (AP Photo, file)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Toomey rails against Pa. redistricting, calls for conversation on impeaching justices

“The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has engaged in a really amazing, highly partisan, unconstitutional power grab,” he told reporters in the Capitol rotunda.

8 years ago

Representatives from Common Cause Pennsylvania largely praised the new map, but noted they have concerns about how it will impact black voters' representation. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Some worry Pa. court’s congressional map dilutes black votes

The 2rd district now appears to have nearly 10 percent fewer black voters than the corresponding district did in the previous map.

8 years ago

Philadelphia Energy Solutions is the largest refiner on the East Coast, taking Bakken Shale oil from North Dakota and turning it into gasoline. The company is the largest stationary emitter of particulate matter in the city. (Peter DeCarlo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Philadelphia Energy Solutions: A giant polluter looms over the lives — and health — of its neighbors

The refinery is Philadelphia’s single largest stationary source of particulate pollution.

8 years ago

The Mariner East 2 pipeline has officially broken ground in the Delaware County town of Aston. The beginning stages of the pipeline includes clear cutting trees and preparing makeshift roads for the heavy machinery to traverse. (Emily Cohen for StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Mariner East 2: Sunoco’s public utility status trumps local regulation, court says

8 years ago

A closer look at the new congressional districts for Philadelhpia and its surrounding suburbs (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

House Democrats get a fair shot at picking up Pennsylvania seats

I wish to thank the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for providing a solid reason not to write today about the Trumpster fire.

8 years ago

 The Point Breeze refinery sits along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. (Kellie McGinn/Philadelphia Energy Solutions)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Philadelphia Energy Solutions: A giant polluter looms over the lives — and health — of its neighbors

8 years ago

From the porch of her Palmerton farmhouse, Albertine Anthony looks out on the rolling hills of lower Carbon County. She believes the PennEast pipeline's proposed route through her 124-acre farm threatens her water supply.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Landowners brace for eminent domain loss in PennEast pipeline cases

Despite her alarm at the prospect of losing her spring water, Anthony says she’s not moving even if the pipeline is built on her land.

8 years ago

In this Dec. 23, 2010 file photo, a police officer arrests a man during a crackdown on illegal purchases of over-the-counter cold medications  (Jeff Roberson/AP Photo, File)
Community

As opioids steal the spotlight, meth seizures rising in Southeastern Pa.

In January, a joint investigation involving Bucks and Montgomery counties seized 350 pounds of crystal meth mailed to Pennsylvania by traffickers in California.

8 years ago

Congressional districts in Southeastern Pennsylvania as they were adopted in 2011 and then ruled unconstitutional by the Pa. Supreme Court in January 2018.  (Google Maps)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Outside expert advises Pa. Supreme Court in drawing congressional district map

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is expected to decide Monday where Pennsylvania’s congressional boundaries will fall for the next two election cycles.

8 years ago

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