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Politics & Policy

State treasurers huddle on U.S. approach to marijuana industry

Four state treasurers, including Pennsylvania’s Joe Torsella, are trying to figure out where the federal government stands on legal marijuana.

8 years ago

In this April 23, 2010 photo, a Chesapeake Energy natural gas well site is seen near Burlington, Pa., in Bradford County. (Ralph Wilson/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Poll: Public concern grows over natural gas industry’s environmental impact

8 years ago

Villanova students celebrates as the men's basketball team wins the NCAA championship. (Branden Eastwood for WHYY)
Community

Villanova cements its basketball dominance and Wildcat nation revels

Students flooded the suburban streets Monday night after Villanova won its second men's basketball championship in three years.

8 years ago

Bucks County Community College, Newtown campus. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Tuition-free community colleges, public universities proposed in Pa.

State Sen. Vincent Hughes intends to introduce his Pennsylvania Promise legislation on April 16.

8 years ago

Candidate Pennsylvania Sen. Scott Wagner, R-York County, seeking the Republican Party's nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's re-election bid next year takes part in the Montgomery County Republican Committee gubernatorial forum in Blue Bell, Pa., Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017.
Politics & Policy

Is Pennsylvania swarming with illegal voters?

We explore the claim that there are 100,000 illegal voters in the commonwealth.

8 years ago

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Supporting parents and children with autism. (Photo Courtesy/BigStock)
Philly Parenting
Lifestyle

5 ways you can support parents of autistic children

April ushers in Autism Awareness Month and for many of us parents raising kids on the autism spectrum, it’s a month of mixed feelings.

8 years ago

Madeleine Dean, Mary Jo Daley
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

A ballot challenge among friends in Montco congressional race

Pennsylvania state Rep. Madeleine Dean challenges nomination petitions of friend and fellow lawmaker Mary Jo Daley.

8 years ago

Workers and contractors for Sunoco Pipeline begin an ‘additional investigation’ of geological conditions behind homes at Lisa Drive, West Whiteland Township, Chester County where the company has been drilling for construction of the Mariner East 2 and 2X pipelines. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Sunoco to residents near sinkholes: We’ll pay to relocate you during investigation

Sunoco is offering to relocate residents at a Chester County site where drilling for the Mariner East pipelines has caused sink holes to open up in recent weeks.

8 years ago

Jury selection finished Thursday, and the sexual assault retrial of Bill Cosby is set to begin Monday at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Cosby trial take two: What you need to know

This time, there’s a new jury, new defense attorneys, and new era of accountability for sexual assault, guaranteeing the trial won’t just be a rerun of the first.

8 years ago

The bill under consideration would shrink the Pa. State House from 203 to 151 members. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

What would downsizing Pennsylvania’s legislature actually do?

At 203 members in the House and 50 in the Senate, the commonwealth has the largest full-time legislature in the country.

8 years ago

Bill Cosby arrives for a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case, Friday, March 30, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Quaaludes, supporting witnesses, and payouts: Judge hears arguments on which evidence to allow in Cosby retrial

Jury selection starts Monday, ahead of a new trial date of April 9.

8 years ago

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The Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River at the Delaware Water Gap. (Catalina Jaramillo/WHYY)
Community

Pa. group calls for higher penalties for Clean Water Act violators

A report by PennEnvironment ranks Pennsylvania second in violations nationwide.

8 years ago

Bill Cosby arrives for a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case, Thursday, March 29, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Cosby defense takes different tack, claiming accuser plotted to extort celebrity

Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill rules jury will be sequestered during retrial on sex assault charges.

8 years ago

This combination of file photos shows Bill Cosby leaving Montgomery County Courthouse after a hearing in his sexual assault case in Norristown, Pa., on Aug. 22, 2017, left, and model Janice Dickinson leaving Los Angeles Superior Court after a judge ruled her defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby on March 29, 2016. Prosecutors have revealed that Dickinson is one of the five additional accusers they plan to have testify at Cosby’s sexual assault retrial. Prosecutors listed Dickinson in a letter informing Judge Steven O’Neill which women they planned to call at Cosby’s April 2, 2018, retrial on charges he drugged and molested a woman in 2004. The letter was made public Wednesday, March 28 as an appeals court rejected Cosby’s bid to challenge O’Neill’s decision allowing the women to testify. (AP Photo, Files)
Courts & Law

The 5 other accusers chosen to testify at Cosby’s retrial

The accusers, including model Janice Dickinson, were chosen from a group of eight women whose allegations date as far back as the early 1980s.

8 years ago

A natural gas worker on a rig in Susquehanna County in 2012. A StateImpact/Franklin & Marshall poll out Thursday shows a majority of registered voters, 69 percent, favor policies that would promote renewable wind and solar power over fossil fuel sources like coal and natural gas. (Susan Phillips/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Politics & Policy

How perceptions about natural gas production, climate change have changed

New polling finds most Pennsylvanians are concerned about climate change.

8 years ago

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