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Pennsylvania

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

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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

Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati. (AP file Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

State government standoff: Pennsylvania’s ‘constitutional crisis’ over court’s redistricting decision

Friday is the court-imposed deadline for the Pennsylvania legislature to agree on a new ...

8 years ago

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

Pa. legislature will miss redistricting deadline, but negotiations may continue

Republican leaders in Pennsylvania’s House and Senate said Thursday evening it is impossible for them to pass a new congressional map before the state Supreme Court’s Friday.

8 years ago

JON HURDLE / STATEIMPACT PA Construction of Mariner East 2 in West Cornwall Township, Lebanon County.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Sunoco to resume work, pay $12.6 million for Mariner East 2 pipeline violations

8 years ago

A landowner rips up an offer of compensation from PennEast at a rally February 2, 2018.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

PennEast pipeline seeks eminent domain, plus U.S. marshals to protect workers

8 years ago

A map of the 7th congressional district as drawn in 2011. The district incorporates most of Delaware County and portions of Chester, Montgomery, Berks and Lancaster Counties. (Dan Gleiter/pennlive.com)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pa. Supreme Court details violation of voter rights in full opinion striking down congressional map

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court found that the state’s congressional district map deprives voters’ of their right to “free and equal” elections.

8 years ago

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