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Pennsylvania

Wolf isn't saying whether he plans to sign or veto a high-profile opioid prescription bill on Friday. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Inter-party sniping, a last-minute executive order over opioid prescribing in Pa.

Friday is the deadline for Governor Tom Wolf to sign or veto a bill that would create a drug formulary for Pennsylvania's workers' compensation program.

8 years ago

Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial, Thursday, April 26, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

Cosby guilty on all counts

Guest: Laura Benshoff Thursday’s guilty verdict in the trial of Bill Cosby will most likely send the disgra ...

Air Date: April 27, 2018 10:40 am

Listen 14:16
Congressional candidate Michele Lawrence speaks to supporters at her campaign headquarters. (Dave Davies/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Philly congressional candidate fails to file campaign finance report

Philadelphia congressional hopeful Michele Lawrence never filed campaign finance report due April 15.

8 years ago

Shippensburg University is one of the 14 schools that make up the troubled Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education system. (AP photo)
Education

Report urges consolidation, other drastic measures to fix PASSHE

State System of Higher Education spokesman Kenn Marshall said they're committed to a redesign, but some of the drastic changes aren't feasible.

8 years ago

Aminata Sy reading to Dieynaba, an eighth-grader from Senegal who recently came to the U.S. (Photo courtesy of Aminata Sy)
Education

African Community Learning Program founder semifinalist in Wharton startup challenge

Aminata Sy's after-school African Community Learning Program helps African immigrants adapt by teaching them about their own cultures - and empowering them along the way.

8 years ago

The capitol building in Harrisburg
Courts & Law

Activists rally for changes to Pa. child custody laws

The efforts of the group, known as the National Parents Organization, have inspired fierce opposition from domestic violence organizations.

8 years ago

Crews work to stabilize sinkholes in a West Whiteland Township neighborhood on March 3. The sinkholes appeared recently near a construction site for the Mariner East 2 pipeline. The PUC ordered Sunoco to shut down nearby Mariner East 1 until it can prove the line is safe to operate amid the sinkholes and geology of the region. (Eric Friedman)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Sunoco says PUC asked for expanded work to ‘stabilize’ ground at Chesco pipeline site

Sunoco is preparing to drill 10 more holes behind homes in Chester County’s West Whiteland Township.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Education

Schooled: Philadelphia’s Wister Elementary seeks solutions

Guests: Kevin McCorry, Jovan Weaver Across the country, public schools have struggled to meet the needs of childr ...

Air Date: April 26, 2018

Listen 49:45
Bryan Kennedy of Independence Lodge recovery house talks at a community outreach event in Bristol Monday night.
Health

Bucks recovery houses striving to be better neighbors

At community outreach in Bristol Township, recovery home residents invite residents to hear how the homes work — and how important they are to those fighting addictions.

8 years ago

Listen 2:14
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

NewsWorks Tonight, April 25, 2018

As Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and the First Judicial District look at parole issues, a new report shows Pennsylvania has the highest r ...

Air Date: April 25, 2018

Listen 20:00
GOP Judiciary Committee Chairman Stewart Greenleaf is trying to shepherd nearly two dozen measures aimed at improving the criminal justice system into law before his retirement at the end of the year. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Justice reforms move incrementally through Pennsylvania’s Senate

GOP Judiciary Committee Chairman Stewart Greenleaf is trying to pass as many justice overhaul proposals as possible before his retirement at the end of the year.

8 years ago

The state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., is shown in December 2016. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)
Politics & Policy

House GOP continues sexual misconduct study with public hearing

As part of their announced effort to curb sexual harassment and abuse in the legislature, and in Pennsylvania workplaces generally, a House committee has held a public hearing

8 years ago

Students walk past Samuel Paley Library on the Temple University campus, where a student died of a drug overdose on Dec. 1.
Education

Pa., Del. rely on tuition for 75 percent of public university funding

Twenty-eight states now depend more on tuition than state and local revenue to fund public universities.

8 years ago

John Dougherty is business manager of Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which donated $200,000 to a Super PAC supporting Congressional candidate Rich Lazer. (Katie Colaneri/WHYY, file)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Super PAC opens fire in Delco congressional race, two candidates quit

A super PAC funded by the Philadelphia area electricians union has spent $200,000 to run a TV ad supporting South Philadelphia congressional candidate Rich Lazer.

8 years ago

Dauphin County Coroner Graham Hetrick and Assistant Chief Deputy Coroner Lynn Choborda discuss blood test results. Like many Pennsylvania counties, Dauphin has had a steady increase in drug overdose deaths. (Brett Sholtis/Transforming Health)
WITF
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Why Pa. counties are suing OxyContin drug maker

Any recovery from the lawsuits won't ease the financial burdens for many others affected by the financial costs of the crisis.

8 years ago

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