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Pennsylvania

Bensalem director of public safety Fred Harran addressed a packed room at a township council meeting on Monday night.
Community

Bensalem mayor, public safety director send mixed signals on partnering with ICE

Under 287(g) agreements, ICE authorizes local police to do some of the work its agents usually do, such as verifying the immigration status of people they arrest.

8 years ago

Paul Mango, a Republican candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, participates in a debate at the National Constitution Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Mango running hard for Pa. governor’s office

GOP gubernatorial candidate Paul Mango hoping to win party's nomination on May 15.

8 years ago

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Republican nominee for governor of Pennsylvania, Scott Wagner, participates in a primary debate at the National Constitution Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Scott Wagner: Blue-collar guy determined to change Harrisburg

Scott Wagner talks about his past and plans as he pursues the GOP nomination to run against incumbent Democrat Tom Wolf for Pennsylvania governor.

8 years ago

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House Majority Leader Dave Reed speaks to reporters. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Politics & Policy

As term wanes, Pa. House GOP leader plans to tackle redistricting

Currently, congressional redistricting is done by the Legislature, and the governor signs off on it.

8 years ago

Brian Fitzpatrick, the Republican incumben in Bucks County's 1st Congressional District, is facing a challenge from pro-Trump candidate Dean Malik.
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Bucks Republicans clash over Russia, immigration in congressional debate

Incumbent Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick and Doylestown attorney Dean Malik debated the issues as the May 15 primary nears.

8 years ago

Denise McCarthy told a Department of Environmental Protection hearing that the Mariner East pipelines would endanger her grand nephew, Jack, whose picture she held up as she spoke. DEP held the public meeting to hear comment on Sunoco’s proposed permit modifications in West Whiteland Township, Chester County. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Residents urge DEP to deny Mariner East pipeline construction changes; unions argue for approval

Nearly all of the 33 speakers at the two-hour hearing argued that the natural gas liquids pipeline represents a risk to public safety.

8 years ago

A shale gas drilling rig in Washington, Pa. (Michael Rubinkam/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

Wolf, once again, pitches severance tax on natural gas

Some Pennsylvania lawmakers are introducing legislation, again, to impose a severance tax on natural gas production.

8 years ago

Towers carrying electricity in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, a nuclear power plant in Delta, Pennsylvania. (Stan Honda / AFP/Getty Images)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

PJM will study ‘fuel security’ of electric grid as natural gas use rises

The grid operator for 65 million customers in the mid-Atlantic says it will look at whether it’s becoming more susceptible to outages.

8 years ago

This Oct. 31, 2014, photo provided by Patrick Carns shows Timothy Piazza, (center), with his parents Evelyn and James Piazza, during Hunterdon Central Regional High School football's 'Senior Night' at the high school's stadium in Flemington, N.J. (Patrick Carns via AP)
Courts & Law

Pa. AG Shapiro drops manslaughter, assault in Penn State frat death case

Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the decision Tuesday.

8 years ago

Lawmakers held a bicameral hearing to discuss how to respond to RAND's report. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmakers divided over how to fix state universities

Fundamental differences remain.

8 years ago

Dead vegetation around a conventional well site in Warren County indicates a possible brine spill. (Pa. Dept. of Environmental Protection)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Courts & Law

Pa. House panel OKs bill to gut environmental standards for conventional drillers

The controversial bill would eliminate many environmental requirements for Pennsylvania’s oil and gas industry.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe in a file photo from August 2017. (AP, file)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. GOP guts another independent redistricting commission bill

For the second time this month, a Pennsylvania state House panel has stripped a bill that would have established an independent redistricting commission.

8 years ago

Dakota Johnson, 8, who survived a fire at her dad's apartment. (Jessica Kourkounis/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

As awareness of childhood trauma rises, new free therapy program launches for Philly students

The fire that destroyed her dad’s third-floor apartment is the scariest thing that’s ever happened to 8-year-old Dakota Johnson. It w ...

8 years ago

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A conference room in the Farm Show complex became a showroom for a selection of potential new voting machines on Thursday. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Politics & Policy

New voting machines go on display in Pa.; counties search for ways to pay

The new options vary, but all would produce a paper trail — making election results easier to verify.

8 years ago

Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt has raised concerns about non-citizen voters in Pennsylvania. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Number of noncitzens registered to vote in Pa. may be far below 100,000

Pennsylvania officials have sent letters to 7,700 registered voters who may not be citizens.

8 years ago

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