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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)
Politics & Policy

Wolf urges Pennsylvania members of Congress to protect DACA

Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf is urging Pennsylvania’s members of Congress to preserve a program being ended by the Trump administration ...

9 years ago

 These undated photos provided by the Bucks County district attorney's office in Doylestown, Pa., show Cosmo DiNardo of Bensalem, Pa., an admitted drug dealer with a history of mental illness (left), and Sean Kratz of Philadelphia. The two are charged in the deaths of four young men in July. (Bucks County District Attorney’s Office via AP)
Courts & Law

DiNardo, cousin will stand trial in slaying of 4 men in Bucks

A judge has held both defendants accused in the Solebury Township, Pennsylvania, killings of four young men for trial in October. ...

9 years ago

Pennsylvania Rep. Dan Moul, R-Adams,
Politics & Policy

Pa. House budget plan gets skeptical response from Wolf, Dems and Senate

A group of Pennsylvania House Republicans has unveiled a plan to balance the more than $2 billion budget deficit by, primarily, raiding d ...

9 years ago

An orange fence separates a Delaware County development from a right-of-way for the Mariner East 2 pipeline.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Sunoco contractors challenge residents’ presence on pipeline right-of-way

9 years ago

Courts & Law

Penn State files paperwork to sue charity Sandusky founded

Penn State has filed paperwork indicating it intends to sue the charity founded by ex-assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, whose chil ...

9 years ago

  This Oct. 31, 2014, photo provided by Patrick Carns shows Timothy Piazza, (center), with his parents Evelyn and James Piazza, during Hunterdon Central Regional High School football's 'Senior Night' at the high school's stadium in Flemington, N.J. (Patrick Carns via AP)
Courts & Law

Judge tosses most serious charges in Penn State frat death

A judge on Friday threw out involuntary manslaughter and felony assault counts filed against members of a Penn State fraternity in a pled ...

9 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Harvey-level damage probably won’t happen in Philadelphia, but intense flooding already does

9 years ago

 Pennsylvania House Speaker Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny, is shown in 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)
Speak Easy
Courts & Law

It’s time to move forward on a Pa. tax bill

In states as different as Kansas and Illinois, Republican legislators have recognized reality and retreated from ...

9 years ago

(Photo by Shutterstock)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

A look ahead at Pennsylvania’s 2018 political races

Statewide political party leaders are starting to hone their messaging for — and against — candidates, more than a year before the mi ...

9 years ago

Politics & Policy

Video of U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey’s town hall in Bethlehem

Pennsylvania’s Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey met with voters in a town hall in Thursday evening. Toomey took questions fro ...

9 years ago

Health

Pennsylvania’s obesity rate rises to 30 percent

Obesity has been on the rise across the country for more than 20 years, and Pennsylvania’s rates have followed suit. Thirty ...

9 years ago

(Toby Talbot/AP Photo)
Health

Pa.’s prescription drug monitoring program turns one year old

One of the root causes of opioid addiction is over-prescription of addictive drugs. A major reason it occurs is the practice of do ...

9 years ago

Parents at Kenderton Elementary in North Philadelphia regularly meet there to discuss their frustrations and hopes for the school. (Jessica Kourkounis/for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Part Five: As its neediest schools struggle, what can Pa. learn from Ontario’s success?

Part Five of our Ontario series

9 years ago

 Prices are up about a buck a bottle on over 400 items (WHYY file photo)
Money

Pa.’s state liquor stores are hiking prices

Prices are on the rise for some of the most popular wines and liquors sold in Pennsylvania state liquor stores. It’s the first h ...

9 years ago

Keystone Crossroads
Education

Part One: Even with progressive education funding, ‘fairness’ eludes Berlin schools

Part One of our Berlin series

9 years ago

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