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Pennsylvania

Mariner East 2 construction site on Shepherd Road in Edgemont Township, Delaware County. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

What will Sunoco’s $12.6 million Mariner East 2 penalty be spent on?

The Department of Environmental Protection’s penalty for dozens of permit violations over the last year was among the largest ever handed out by the agency.

8 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf, left, gives his budget address at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Knight)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Wolf administration rejects GOP congressional map proposal [updated]

The interactive map above shows the boundaries of Pennsylvania’s 18 congressional districts as propos ...

8 years ago

Listen 1:18
Pearl Kim is one of seven Republican candidates seeking to replace U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan in Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district.
 (Dave Davies/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Crowd emerges seeking GOP nomination in Rep. Pat Meehan’s district

Seven Republicans emerge for the 7th congressional district, none of them prominent party members.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania House Minority Whip Mike Hanna (left), D-Clinton, and Rep. Joe Markosek, D-Allegheny, are retiring when their terms expire. Both have sons who are campaigning to succeed them. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
Politics & Policy

Retiring Pa. lawmakers look to keep seats in the family

The sons of three lawmakers are hoping to succeed their fathers in the Pennsylvania Capitol.

8 years ago

Top GOP leaders proposed court-ordered changes to Pennsylvania's congressional district map.  Governor Tom Wolf is reviewing the proposed changes.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Interactive map: GOP proposal for new Pa. congressional map sparks debate about fairness, partisanship

Some political analysts have raised red flags about partisanship within the proposed map.

8 years ago

A voter fills out his ballot on election day (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Ballot access eased for third-party, independent candidates in Pa.

Third-party and independent candidates will have an easier time running for office in Pennsylvania following settlement of a longstanding federal lawsuit.

8 years ago

Kayakers paddle past downtown Pittsburgh on the Allegheny River in this September 4, 2015 photo. (AP File Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Pittsburgh sheds distressed city status as fiscal health improves

On Monday, Pittsburgh became the second city to exit Act 47, the state’s oversight program for financia ...

8 years ago

Rotting corpses of a woman and child at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Monrovia, known as the Lutheran Church Massacre. Decomposing a long with those of hundreds of refugees massacred by soldiers of slain President Samuel Doe on July 30. This photography was taken mid October 1990. (Mark Huband/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Delaware County man accused of lying to cover war crimes in Liberia

A civil suit claims a Sharon Hill man orchestrated the slaughter of 600 civilians during civil war in the African country.

8 years ago

Listen 2:19
Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce speaks in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art after a Super Bowl victory parade for the Philadelphia Eagles football team, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, in Philadelphia. The Eagles beat the New England Patriots 41-33 in Super Bowl 52. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Philly Parenting
Community

5 parenting lessons from the Eagles’ Super Bowl victory

These are five takeaways from the Eagles victory that I’ll hold onto, long after the parade route is cleaned up:

8 years ago

New capabilities in Health Records help patients see medical records from multiple providers.
Health

Penn Medicine, Geisinger patients can take health records with them on their iPhones

A new feature of the next iPhone operating system lets patients store information about medication, allergies, and lab results on their phones.

8 years ago

The state GOP has endorsed Pennsylvania Sen. Scott Wagner, R-York County to challenge Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's re-election bid (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pa. GOP endorses Wagner for governor; Turzai bows out

The hat-tip gives Wagner a powerful new talking-point as he attempts to unseat Democratic Governor Tom Wolf.

8 years ago

Voting machines at the Office of the City Commissioner's warehouse (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania to require voting machines with paper backup

Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday ordered counties that plan to replace their electronic voting systems to buy machines that leave a paper trail — a safeguard against hacking.

8 years ago

Huntley & Huntley's Midas Well pad, the first Marcellus shale gas well in the Pittsburgh suburb of Plum. Photo: Reid R. Frazier
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Pittsburgh suburbs decide as fracking comes near: Welcome it, or resist?

8 years ago

Republican lawmakers proposed a new congressional district map ordered by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

GRAPHIC: Pa. Republican leaders propose new congressional map on eve of deadline

UPDATE: Hours before the state Supreme Court-imposed deadli ...

8 years ago

Sunoco/ETP's Mariner East 2 construction continues this week in West Whiteland Township, Chester County. Despite DEP ordering construction to stop, Sunoco can continue to work on welding pipes. That work is regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, not DEP.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Mariner East 2 critics don’t trust DEP, Sunoco agreement to improve company’s record

8 years ago

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