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Pennsylvania

 Cheyney University  (Emily Cohen for NewsWorks)
Education

Cheyney University gets one-year reprieve

The nation’s oldest historically black college will remain accredited after a state commission decide ...

8 years ago

(AP, file)
Politics & Policy

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

With smoke heavy in the air, a couple walks in the vicinity of a fire at the the Barclay Friends Senior Living Community in West Chester, Pa., Nov. 17. 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

27 injured in fire at Pennsylvania senior living community

Officials say 27 people were treated for injuries after a fire ripped through a large nursing home complex in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Thursday night.

8 years ago

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A truck delivers fracking wastewater to a Susquehanna County recycling center
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Lycoming County Waste Water Spill Tops 63,000 Gallons

8 years ago

 A bird’s eye view of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Johnstown residents bristle over town’s portrayal in recent viral article on Trump supporters

A widely shared article used Johnstown, Pennsylvania as a lens to showcase the loyalty of President Trump’s supporters. But local residents are balking at the portrait.

8 years ago

(Photo via ShutterStock)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Push for Pa. graduation standard delayed once again

Supporters of the Keystone Exams are grappling with the prospect that mandated statewide graduation standards are not to be.

8 years ago

A bust of Napoleon Bonaparte by Auguste Rodin is on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Lost Rodin bust finds a home in Philadelphia

A forgotten bust by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin, hiding in plain sight in a small New Jersey town for 80 years, is now on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

8 years ago

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Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. (WITF)
Politics & Policy

Pa. Legislature has a $95M surplus, audit finds

This year’s review showed a smaller surplus than last year’s, with overall legislative reserves decreasing from $118 million last year, to around $95 million as of June.

8 years ago

John Raines and his wife, Bonnie, at their home in Philadelphia in September. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

John Raines, who helped expose FBI spying with 1971 burglary, leaves legacy of activism

The burglary in Media, Pennsylvania, exposed FBI director J. Edgar Hoover's spying on protest groups, and it forever changed the way the agency conducted its investigations.

8 years ago

Listen 2:16
chester high school
Courts & Law

Chester basketball coach sues city, claiming police brutality

An assistant basketball coach has filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit claiming he was wrongly arrested and shocked with a stun gun after he hit a parked car last year.

8 years ago

Bradock Mayor John Fetterman meets with reporters to talk about his run for Pennsylvania lieutenant governor at the Down Home Diner at Reading Terminal Market
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Fetterman in race for Pa. lieutenant governor

Fetterman, who ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate last year, is now gunning for the post of lieutenant governor in 2018.

8 years ago

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

Touring Pa.’s 7th congressional district, one of the nation’s most gerrymandered

Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional district, which has an eye-popping shape that spans five counties, has been described in terms of a Disney cartoon: Goofy kicking Donald Duck.

8 years ago

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Pennsylvania's congressional map as drawn in 2011. In 2018, it was deemed an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander by the Pa. Supreme Court (Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Two fast-tracked court cases could change the political face of Pennsylvania

With drastic changes to Pennsylvania's political landscape hanging in the balance, two lawsuits challenging the state's congressional map are moving forward at rapid speed.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Speaker of the House Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny.  (Matt Rourke/AP)
Politics & Policy

Turzai announces run for Pa. governor

The Pittsburgh-area lawmaker is now the fourth GOP challenger to Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, who’s seeking a second term in 2018.

8 years ago

This photo shows an Amtrak train following a crash Sunday, April 3, 2016, in Chester, Pa. Amtrak said the train was heading from New York to Savannah, Ga., when it struck a backhoe outside of Philadelphia. (Glenn R. Hills Jr via A
Courts & Law

NTSB: Amtrak at fault for ’16 Chester rail crash that killed two

An Amtrak passenger train struck a backhoe on the tracks, resulting in the death of two maintenance workers and injuries for 39 passengers in April 2016.

8 years ago

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