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Pennsylvania

Republican candidates for governor of Pennsylvania, Paul Mango, (left), and Scott Wagner, (right), participate in a debate at the National Constitution Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Sharp-elbowed ad war starts early for Republicans running for Pa. governor

Scott Wagner and Paul Mango are trading blows in expensive TV ad campaigns for the GOP nomination for Pennsylvania governor.

8 years ago

State Rep. Nick Miccarelli, R-Delaware (AP, file)
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmaker accused of abusing colleague won’t seek re-election

A week after insisting he would stay in the race, Republican Rep. Nick Miccarelli said he would abandon his campaign.

8 years ago

Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

GOP lawmaker introduces resolutions to impeach Pa. Supreme Court justices

A Republican state lawmaker has introduced a number of resolutions to impeach all but one of Pennsylvania’s f ...

8 years ago

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

Positive feedback from rural communities on Wolf’s broadband plan

Governor Wolf has launched an initiative to improve broadband access in rural Pennsylvania—and state lawmakers and other officials in underserved areas appear to be on board

8 years ago

From left to right: Melissa DiBernadino, Goshen United for Public Safety, Rebecca Britton, Uwchlan Safety Coalition, and Andrew Williams, Environmental Defense Fund, testified Tuesday at a joint senate hearing on pipeline safety.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Mariner East pipeline problems take center stage at state Senate hearing

8 years ago

Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen (left) and former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson (right) testify about election security during a Senate intelligence committee hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Congress set to approve nearly $700 million for election security, source says

Decentralization "makes it difficult to have a nationwide effect but also makes it perhaps of greater threat at a local level."

8 years ago

Members of the New Sanctuary Movement protest outside City Hall
Community

Three at Philly immigrant organization fired after claiming boss outed them to ICE

New Sanctuary Movement says decision to terminate the employees stemmed from their disrespect of the organization's conflict resolution process.

8 years ago

Joe Hoeffel
Politics & Policy

Former U.S. Rep. Joe Hoeffel in, Bill Green out as congressional candidates file

Dozens of candidates file to run for new congressional seats today

8 years ago

Listen 4:05
Cherry and white Temple University flag hangs outside of old stone buildings
Education

Pa. lawmakers seek greater scrutiny of Temple, Penn State, Pitt, Lincoln

While they receive state funding, Penn State, Temple, Pitt and Lincoln universities are exempt from Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know law and Ethics Act.

8 years ago

People chant toward the media area before a rally with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Politics & Policy

Where Trump appeared in 2016, assaults followed, Penn researchers say

Research out of Penn found that cities where Trump appeared during the 2016 campaign experienced a measurable spike in police-reported assaults.

8 years ago

Listen 1:45
 Philadelphia Energy Solutions is the largest oil refining complex on the Eastern seaboard. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

State says PES owes $3.8 billion in back taxes, urges court hold up bankruptcy plan

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is urging a federal bankruptcy court to withhold approval of a bankruptcy petition by Philadelphia Energy Solutions

8 years ago

The U.S. Supreme Court (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Supreme Court keeps revised Pa. congressional map in place

Court rulings boost Democrats' chances of retaking Congress.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania's new congressional map as drawn by the Pa. Supreme Court.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Federal judges reject lawsuit over Pennsylvania district map

A panel of federal judges on Monday dismissed a legal challenge by Republican congressmen to a district map imposed last month by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania House Speaker Mike Turzai (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Babies with Down syndrome become a flashpoint in Pa. abortion debate

The issue has aligned some disability rights advocates with pro-life politicians, pitting them against those who support abortion rights.

8 years ago

Conor Lamb, the Democratic candidate for the March 13 special election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Lamb win in Pa. suggests GOP’s historically bad tax overhaul can be repealed

It turns out trading people's Medicaid and Medicare coverage for tax cuts for the very richest is not a winning message.

8 years ago

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