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Pennsylvania

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

State ethics commission investigating complaint against Wolf aide

The Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission is investigating a complaint against one of Gov. Tom Wolf’s top aides, for potentially mixing the public’s business with her own.

8 years ago

Joe Hoeffel
Politics & Policy

Former 3-term congressman Joe Hoeffel enters the race for redrawn Montco district

With the newly redrawn lines favoring Democrats in his Montgomery County congressional district, Hoeffel says it’s time for him to reenter the political arena.

8 years ago

Republican candidates for governor of Pennsylvania (from left), Laura Ellsworth, Paul Mango, and Scott Wagner, participates in a debate at the National Constitution Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Trump effect? Pa. GOP governor candidates won’t show tax returns

The three Republicans running for the party's nomination for Pennsylvania governor say they will not release copies of their tax returns.

8 years ago

Upper Darby Police Superintendent Mike Chitwood (AP, file)
Education

Upper Darby police chief proposes arming teachers, but school board pushes back

Less than a month after Upper Darby's outspoken police superintendent proposed arming teachers, the local school board passed a resolution saying it won't back the idea.

8 years ago

The route of the Falcon Ethane Pipeline through Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. (Fractracker Alliance)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

DEP announces public hearings for Shell ethane cracker pipeline

The Pennsylvania DEP will hold three public hearings in April to gather public comment on a proposed pipeline that will feed a chemical plant in Beaver County.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania's Supreme Court redrew the commonwealth's congressional map last month, after declaring it unconstitutionally gerrymandered. Now, Republicans in the legislature are appealing to two federal courts to stay the change.
Courts & Law

Federal judges hear arguments in Pa. redistricting case

A fraught redistricting battle in Pennsylvania has taken a small step forward.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Pa. primaries … who knows??

Guests: Chris Potter, John Baer, Holly Otterbein  There are a lot of primary elections in Pennsylvania on the ho ...

Air Date: March 12, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:29
A commission of Pennsylvania lawmakers and state officials is working in Harrisburg to come up with a plan to pay down the state's pension debt. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania Dems see surge of legislative candidates

Democrats hoping to claw their way out of a deep minority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives got some good news this week.

8 years ago

Jim Barrett stands next to a wellpad on his farm in Bradford County. He says Chesapeake Energy, which drilled four natural gas wells on his land, is cheating him out of royalty money. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

Royalties: Why some strike it rich in the natural gas patch, and others strike out

That disparity in how royalties are paid spans the Marcellus Shale, and it’s popping up in other oil- and gas-rich regions across the United States.

8 years ago

Governor Wolf opted to fill a gap in the state budget by leveraging the Farm Show complex for a loan. GOP lawmakers had intended for him to raid special funds. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Money

Harsh words in Harrisburg over Wolf’s Farm Show deal

Republican state lawmakers wrapped up three weeks of annual budget hearings by tearing into Governor Tom Wolf's administration for several hours straight.

8 years ago

Austin Turner, 19, of Gladesville, W. Va. is one of 370 miners getting laid off at the 4 West Mine in Mt. Morris, Pa. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

At Greene County coal mine, dwindling production means 370 lost jobs

In January, Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mepco LLC notified the state that it would begin idling the mine in early March.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene A. DePasquale (Chris Knight/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Auditor General to take deep dive into school safety issues

Eugene DePasquale says his office will take a deep dive on the security procedures at all of the commonwealth's public schools.

8 years ago

Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski, pictured in this Thursday, July 27, 2017 file photo, announced his resignation days after being found guilty of federal corruption charges. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Allentown mayor resigns office following corruption conviction

Democrat Ed Pawlowski said Thursday he is leaving the office he's held for a dozen years, effective 5 p.m. Friday.

8 years ago

Listen 4:33
Shelagh Collins walks from her car to a job search appointment on Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, in Forest Hills, Pa., an eastern suburb of Pittsburgh. Collins gets by on occasional secretarial temp work and unemployment compensation checks, but she can't afford specialized treatment for her various health conditions that limit her ability to do certain jobs. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pa. grapples with potential Medicaid work requirements

As more states begin creating work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients, calls to do the same in Pennsylvania are building.

8 years ago

State police trooper in Franklin County (Public Opinion)
Money

Pa. budget hearings dredge up police funding conundrum (again)

Pennsylvania lawmakers are trying to figure out a better way to pay for state police.

8 years ago

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