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Pennsylvania

Three Mile Island nuclear plant is scheduled to be dismantled between 2034 and 2044. (Joanne Casarro/WITF)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

As nuclear power loses ground to natural gas, environmentalists are torn: Are the risks worth saving it for climate’s sake?

8 years ago

Supporters of a medical marijuana-growing facility speak at Philadelphia City Hall Wednesday. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

City councilman, Pa. lawmaker call for medical pot-growing facility in Philly

Pennsylvania's Department of Health is accepting applications until May 17 for the second phase of the medical marijuana program.

8 years ago

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

Pa. hospitals voice concern over Wolf’s budget plan

The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania is raising some alarm over a fee hike Governor Tom Wolf wants to include in next year's budget.

8 years ago

Pittsburgh lawyer and gubernatorial candidate Laura Ellsworth talks with a potential supporter at a Bryn Mawr farmers' market. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Politics & Policy

With primary approaching, GOP candidates for Pa. governor fight to distinguish themselves

The primary is on Tuesday, May 15.

8 years ago

Discussing expungement measures, Pennsylvania state Rep. James Roebuck speaks Tuesday at Philadelphia City Hall along with state Reps. Morgan Cephas (right) and Angel Cruz. (Tom MacDonald/ WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmakers weigh measures to clear criminal records for some

Three lawmakers who have worked on the legislation visited Philadelphia Tuesday to discuss the array of bills.

8 years ago

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Health

Pharmacies, prescription providers dangerously clueless about naloxone policies

On a recent Thursday morning, I walked into a North Philly Rite Aid on what should have been an easy mission: I needed Narcan.

8 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf aide, Yesenia Bane, speaking on a panel discussion at the Marcellus Shale Coalition's Shale Insight conference in 2016 in Pittsburgh. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

Ethics investigation of Wolf aide advances; gas industry conflict of interest alleged

The State Ethics Commission is moving ahead with a full investigation of Governor Tom Wolf’s deputy chief of staff, Yesenia Bane.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. (WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. school funding lawsuit inches forward, though roadblocks remain

A lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s education funding system inched forward Monday, delivering a incremental victory to the plaintiffs ...

8 years ago

Congressional candiates answer simple yes or no questions at the Democratic congressional debate for the new Pennsylvania 4th Congressional district. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Forum of MontCo Democratic candidates for Congress yields few differences

With little more than a week before the Pennsylvania primary, Democrats running for the congressional seat for Montgomery County agree on most points.

8 years ago

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Lifestyle

Mother’s Day gifts for mom and the community

How does your family celebrate Mother’s Day?

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

As Costello bows out, newcomers vie for Pa.’s redrawn 6th Congressional District

The 6th district has a longer history of electing both Democrats and Republican representatives, but it has gone Republican since 2002.

8 years ago

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Stephen Bloom
Politics & Policy

Voters eye Pennsylvania’s wide-open, crowded US House races

All told, 84 candidates are seeking Democratic or Republican party nominations for 18 seats in Pennsylvania's May 15 primary election.

8 years ago

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont speaking at a rally outside Philadelphia City Hall. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Fetterman supporters ‘feel the Bern’ during Philly endorsement rally

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders visits Philadelphia to back fellow progressive John Fetterman who's seeking Democratic nomination to run for Pennsylvania lieutenant governor

8 years ago

Environmental advocates are pushing for a faster transition from diesel to electric buses in Pennsylvania. (WESA)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Urban Planning

As transit agencies inch toward electric buses, environmental groups want more progress

More than 23,000 diesel-powered transit and school buses exist throughout the state.

8 years ago

Governor Tom Wolf is renewing his annual call for a severance tax on natural gas. Most Republicans have no intention of supporting one. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Wolf again readies plan for Pa. severance tax

The gas industry and most Republicans are meeting it with a resounding 'no.'

8 years ago

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