
Pennsylvania
Why Harrisburg’s silence on demise of Philly’s School Reform Commission speaks volumes
This wasn’t just any governance shake up. It was a bet that state government could and should help fix struggling school districts.
8 years ago
Listen 4:38Pa. Lt. Gov. feels comfortable with his re-election odds
Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor is officially running for re-election but it's not expected to be an easy campaign.
8 years ago
Great ways to spend Black Friday with your family in Philly
How do you spend the day after Thanksgiving? CNBC estimates that 137.4 million Americans will be holiday shopping at the malls and megastores.
8 years ago
Surveying Pa.’s 11th congressional district, solidly Republican and regions apart
Voters in the northern end feel weirdly separated from their anchor cities, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre.
8 years ago
Listen 6:09Pa. House begins debating natural gas drilling tax
It's a major priority for Democrats, who have been trying unsuccessfully to pass one for a decade.
8 years ago
Pa. House passes ‘clean’ CHIP renewal, without ban on transgender coverage
The routine bill became controversial this year, because the Senate inserted language that would have prohibited CHIP from covering transgender kids' transition surgeries.
8 years ago
Overwhelmed on the front lines of opioid crisis in Congressman Tom Marino’s backyard
Like many places in Pennsylvania and across the country, Lycoming County has been stung by the opioid epidemic. A watershed moment came over the summer.
8 years ago
Listen 4:27After recent Mariner East 2 spills, DEP mulls ‘additional enforcement’
8 years ago
Lawmakers edge closer to agreement on Pa. jobless system funding
A new plan passed through the House Labor and Industry Committee on Monday would give the unemployment compensation program $115.2 million, which would be gradually phased out
8 years ago
Pa. lawmakers battle sexual misconduct with bill to ban settlement secrecy
Pa. Sen. Judy Schwank, D-Reading, has introduced a bill to ban nondisclosure agreements in sexual misconduct settlements.
8 years ago
Community pitches in to support victims at Pa. senior living community
On Sunday, volunteers at the Good Will Volunteer Fire Company in West Chester sorted through large piles of donations for the roughly 160 residents displaced.
8 years ago
Wolf starting to look like ‘two-term Tom’ as 2018 approaches
Gov. Tom Wolf now heads into the 2018 election year with political winds at his back.
8 years ago
Pennsylvania wrestles with uncertainty over children’s health insurance funding
The Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, provides health coverage to millions of kids nationwide. But lawmakers have yet to reauthorize it.
8 years ago
Cheyney University gets one-year reprieve
The nation’s oldest historically black college will remain accredited after a state commission decide ...
8 years ago
Next year’s Pa. budget projected to have $1 billion hole
Pennsylvania is already on track to have a significant budget gap to fill next year.
8 years ago