
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Supreme Court to decide if state congressional district map is a partisan gerrymander
Pennsylvania’s congressional district map is ...
8 years ago
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
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
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
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
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
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
Opioid emergency prompts 2nd amendment dispute between Wagner, Wolf
The statute in question doesn’t allow weapons to be seized during an emergency.
8 years ago
Settlement requires coal plants to get permits with tighter pollution controls
The settlement pertains to 10 coal-fired power plants around the state that have been operating on expired water pollution permits for years — in one case for 17 years.
8 years ago
Water study finds some Pa. radium levels exceed tough California limit
More than 3.4 million Pennsylvanians are supplied by drinking water containing radium that exceeds a strict California standard, which advocates say should replace a looser fe
8 years ago
Report calls for overhaul of Pa. charter law
Pa.'s 20-year-old charter law has been criticized by every side of the political aisle. A new report from Public Citizens for Children and Youth offers ideas for change.
8 years ago
Listen 1:47In Congress, heroin task force has ambitious plans for 2018
This year the task force is adding eight bills to its agenda.
8 years ago
Listen 4:23Pa. House Leader Dave Reed isn’t saying no to a congressional bid
He’s eyeing the western Pennsylvania seat that is being vacated by Republican Bill Shuster.
8 years ago
Wolf opioid order could open door to better treatment, prevention in Philadelphia
Stephen Lankenau, a professor of Community Health and Prevention at Drexel University, spoke with WHYY's Jennifer Lynn about Gov. Wolf's disaster emergency declaration for Pa.
8 years ago
Listen 6:13A three-part series on Pa.'s Lakeside School and innovative approaches to trauma-informed education.
8 years ago