Pennsylvania
Capitol recap: how would pensioners be treated in a municipal bankruptcy?
Short answer: it depends on the judge. Some legal scholars have long held that a bankruptcy judge can cut pension benefits because ...
11 years ago
Rivers, industry and cars: a historian looks at river towns along lower Schuylkill
Historian and blogger Michael Tolle recently moved away from his home of 36 years near the Schuylkill River valley, but that doesn’t me ...
12 years ago
What is a City Revitalization and Improvement Zone?
One in a series explaining key terms and concepts of Pennsylvania government. Today’s topic: the City Revitalization & Improvem ...
12 years ago
Why does Pa. have so many local governments?
Seeking a better understanding of Pennsylvania’s issues and proposed solutions? S ...
12 years ago
State lawmakers face hurdles to expanding economic development program for cities
State legislators have been pushing to increase the number of CRIZ designations, but financial and political factors could keep these str ...
12 years ago
Bethlehem then and now, from steel town to arts community
On a recent summer evening, hundreds of people - lawn chairs and blankets in tow flocked to SteelStacks, a premiere arts campus at the former Bethlehem Steel Corporation plant
12 years ago
Paying tribute to the women who helped integrate Pennsylvania’s health care system
Alumnae from the Mercy-Douglass School of Nursing returned to Philadelphia recently to remember their time together in the 1940s and 50s. ...
12 years ago
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Weekly Entertainment Guide – ‘A Longwood Christmas,’ ‘Tributaries,’ and ‘Aladdin’
Looking for something to do this holiday season? WHYY’s Robin Bloom has some recommendations on what’s happening in the Phila ...
13 years ago