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Pennsylvania

Politics & Policy

Raucous committee meeting leaves Pa. lawmakers at odds over illegal voting

More than 500 non-citizens have voted in Pennsylvania and national elections since 2000. That's out of about 93 million votes cast.

8 years ago

Pa. Capitol Building, Harrisburg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Uncertainty swirls around Pa. property tax amendment that will soon go before voters

A constitutional change before Pennsylvania voters could lower property taxes and shake up school funding. Or it could do nothing at all.

8 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Some progress toward Pa. budget resolution, but hang-ups persist

The legislature is crawling closer to finishing its nearly four-months-late state budget.

8 years ago

A move  in the Pennsylvania House to expand protections under the state's law against hate crimes is again meeting opposition. (AP file photo)
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmakers try again to expand protections from hate crimes

Pennsylvania’s law against hate crimes protects people on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin. But it doesn’t include several other categories.

8 years ago

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StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Future in limbo for coal ash site

A Greene County coal ash landfill won’t be receiving any more coal waste until December, at the earliest.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, October 24, 2017

Former Philadelphia District Attorney is sentenced in Federal court. Federal charges are leveled against two aides to Congressman Bob Bra ...

Air Date: October 24, 2017

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Doctor holding medical marijuana
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

County planners come away with more questions than answers on roll out of Pa. medical marijuana

The implementation of medical marijuana in Pennsylvania was the focus of a session Tuesday during the annual conference of Pennsylvania county planners.

8 years ago

Community meeting
Education

Coatesville parents, students confront school officials over response to racist incidents

School district officials in Coatesville held a special meeting where they got an earful from students and parents about recent racist events that rocked the high school.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pa.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Moody’s economic report: Pennsylvania not ready for next recession

Pennsylvania is one of at least 15 states that are substantially underprepared for the next economic downturn, according to a new report from Moody's Analytics.

8 years ago

A Norfolk Southern freight train hauling coal makes it way through downtown Pittsburgh Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017.
StateImpact
Science

PJM says plan to subsidize coal, nukes, ‘not workable’

8 years ago

In 2010 file photo, a wind turbine is pictured in the in front of a steaming coal power plant in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Don’t let the U.S. House Climate Solutions Caucus get your hopes up

Pennsylvania Republicans serving on the House Climate Solutions Caucus have voted against legislation that would fight climate change.

8 years ago

Clockwise from left to right: Dr. Seth Kaufer, Jessica Tirpak with son, Hunter, Ben Hornberger, Marian and Phil Spotts, Daphne Goggins, and James Bower. (Lindsay Lazarski, Jessica Kourkounis, Margaret Krauss/Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Part 4: Trump supporters frustrated by Congress, the media, but still optimistic about the president

Part four in an occasional series where Keystone Crossroads checks in with Trump voters from across Pennsylvania throughout his presidency.

8 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, October 20, 2017

The Philadelphia region’s Congressional delegation reacts to the Senate’s tax reform vote. Temple University law professor D ...

Air Date: October 20, 2017

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Toomey walks through a hallway in the Capitol
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

N.J., Pa. GOP push tax overhaul, with one key reservation — property tax deductions

The effort to overhaul the nation's tax code is testing the GOP's ability to govern, and right now the region's lawmakers are highlighting the difficulty facing party leaders.

8 years ago

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Close-up of Bruce Castor
Courts & Law

Ex-prosecutor, Bruce Castor to sue Cosby accuser, alleging personal injury

An attorney for Bruce L. Castor says the personal-injury complaint will claim Andrea Constand sued Castor for defamation in 2015 so he would lose the prosecutor's race.

8 years ago

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