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Pennsylvania

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

Listen 1:18
Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. (WITF)
Politics & Policy

Veto from Pa. Gov Wolf kills opioid-prescribing bill

The GOP has touted the drug formulary as a way to prevent opioid abuse, plus reduce the cost of workers’ compensation.

8 years ago

An aerial view of Sunoco Pipeline's Mariner East 2 construction in rural Pennsylvania. Plans for a new construction technique in some locations have prompted a new round of community resistance. (Jeremy Long/Lebanon Daily News)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

State senator files complaint asking PUC to halt Mariner East pipeline construction in Chesco

State Senator Andy Dinniman is trying to halt construction on two natural gas liquids pipelines.

8 years ago

Rapper Meek Mill, (center left), looks on with his son, (left), and actor Kevin Hart, (center), as 76ers' co-owner Michael Rubin, (center right), looks at Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf's phone, (right), during the first half in Game 5 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series between the Miami Heat and the Philadelphia 76ers, Tuesday, April 24, 2018, in Philadelphia. The 76ers won 104-91. (Chris Szagola/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Wolf skips environmental awards ceremony, hits Sixers playoff game instead

PennLive reported the governor was an invited guest of the Sixers’ part-owner Michael Rubin, who gave Wolf’s campaign a $250,000 donation on March 2.

8 years ago

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

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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

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