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Pennsylvania

About 150 people showed up at a rally in West Chester on Saturday to urge the state's Public Utility Commission to shut down Sunoco's Mariner East pipeline project.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Urban Planning

As PUC decision nears, Mariner East foes rally to call for total shutdown

Commission's ruling could come this week

8 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

Wolf administration, two years after climate pledge: ‘no specific timeline’ on methane regulations

New requirements for the oil and gas industry don't affect thousands of existing wells.

8 years ago

Scott Wagner in Malcolm X Park post-cleanup, accompanied by a contractor, supporter and lawnmower. (Photo by Wagner Campaign)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Wagner aims to ride lawnmower into voters’ hearts

Pennsylvania's GOP gubernatorial candidate comes to Philadelphia to show he's a cut above Democrats.

8 years ago

Listen 4:06
Methane leaks throughout the entire process of developing natural gas– from well sites, to storage and processing facilities and pipelines. (Joe Ulrich/WITF)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania, for first time, sets methane regulations on natural gas wells

Gov. Wolf touts the rules, which apply only to new wells.

8 years ago

Doctors are working to prescribe fewer opioids in Delaware. (Patrick Sison/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

Pa. doctor charged with drug delivery resulting in death

Police are increasingly using the charge of drug delivery resulting in death to target street heroin dealers.

8 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf signs an executive order, surrounded by supporters of the measure. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Money

New executive order aims to close wage gap for some Pa. women

The governor's order would only impact non-union state jobs — 15,571 positions total, 2,189 of which are vacant.

8 years ago

Elizabeth Geyer shares the story of her boyfriend, George Trudel, an inmate at Graterford with a life sentence. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Criminal justice reform advocates decry Pa.’s life without parole law at Chester rally

Elizabeth Geyer has been talking herself hoarse trying to change Pennsylvania’s criminal justice laws. She says a bill stalled i ...

8 years ago

Students change classes at a public school in Pennsylvania. (Jessica Kourkounis for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

More Pa. school districts feeling the crunch of mandated expenses, according to survey

An annual census of Pennsylvania districts suggests they're faring worse financially than last year and are more likely to raise taxes.

8 years ago

In March, residents of Chester County’s West Whiteland Township pressed pipeline regulators for answers on Sunoco’s Mariner East construction after it produced sink holes behind some local homes. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Chesco commissioners slam Sunoco for ‘appalling’ lack of pipeline information

The letter urges the PUC to uphold the judge's order halting Mariner East construction.

8 years ago

In this 2017 photo, protesters in Harrisburg call on lawmakers to support redistricting reform. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Congressional redistricting bill in Pa. Senate pits purists vs. realists

After ...

8 years ago

A fisherman along the banks of the Susquehanna River. Two senior state environmental officials say there is no link between gas drilling and problems with the river's smallmouth bass population. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Virus linked to smallmouth bass deaths in Pa.

The illness is seen as a key piece of the puzzle in population decline.

8 years ago

Rock formations where the Pa. Game Commission is trying to create a habitat for bats. (Reid Frazier/Allegheny Front)
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

Pa. Game Commission is building better bat caves

To save the bats of Pennsylvania, Greg Turner wants to build a better bat cave.

8 years ago

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The State Capitol Building in Harrisburg. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

With deadline looming, Pa. redistricting overhaul attempts are still scattershot

There's a hard July 6 deadline for lawmakers to pass the measure through both chambers. If they don't make it, the redistricting process stays as-is for another decade.

8 years ago

In this May 21, 2018 photo, a sign opposing an industrial hog farm is displayed at a home in Berwick, Pa. Residents who complain about foul smells from the nearby hog farm have taken their fight to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. (Michael Rubinkam/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

In cases of ‘nuisance’ farms, Pa. plaintiffs are often out of luck

Pennsylvania law makes it near-impossible to sue farms for nuisances like smells.

8 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf signing an anti-discrimination executive order in April 2016. (Courtesy of Pa. Dept. of General Services)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

After pressure from religious schools, Pa. removes nondiscrimination language from tax credit program

Should private schools that benefit from Pennsylvania’s tax credit programs adhere to the rules of the public system? That d ...

8 years ago

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