Pennsylvania
‘Nice splash of color’: Hibernia County Park in Chester County gets 5-acre wildflower, grass meadow
Park officials have planted the seeds for the meadow, which will grow colorful wildflowers and seasonal grass.
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Memorial Day in Philadelphia: 8 city landmarks that commemorate fallen heroes
There are several landmarks honoring fallen soldiers. Here’s a look at eight of Philly’s memorials to those who served.
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Shooting erupts outside Subaru Park in Chester hours after Union II game; 9 injured
Investigators focused on the area around parking lot A near Delaware Avenue and Norris Street.
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Delaware County lawmakers reintroduce hospital reform legislation
Influenced by the impact of Crozer Health’s struggles, one of the bills includes a prohibition on for-profit hospitals.
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Anglers say Bushkill Creek has a history of receding, leaving hundreds of fish to their death.
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Delco officials are conducting the county’s first community health assessment
The assessment aims to identify health disparities across Delco, and help address them.
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Norristown, PECO planning to sweep homeless encampment
Norristown is coordinating with PECO to clear homeless encampments from the company’s property. Legal advocates are concerned Norristown could sweep the entire municipality.
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Listen 1:37GOP field in Pennsylvania Senate race still wide open as hard-right state lawmaker says he won’t run
State Sen. Doug Mastriano made the announcement Thursday night as top party officials try to recruit a strong candidate in the moderate battleground state in 2024.
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How Harrisburg Works: New caucuses, special election season, and the death of a bill
State House lawmakers have formed a new Jewish caucus. One of the first acts of business: rejecting Doug Mastriano.
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Pa. State troopers more likely to do optional searches for Black, Hispanic drivers than white ones
Despite optional searches being more likely for Black and Hispanic drivers, contraband seizures from searches occurred more often for white drivers, according to new report
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‘It’s essential’: Hedgerow Theatre’s new play about autism stars an actor with autism
“The Puzzle” by Juliette Dunn is loosely based on her own non-verbal son. It stars a Philadelphia actor who is also on the autism spectrum.
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Pa. limited a board’s power to regulate abandoned oil and gas wells. Democrats want to restore it.
The state House panel passed a bill Tuesday that would restore the Environmental Quality Board’s ability to raise bond prices on conventional well drillers.
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Pennsylvania high court to consider plan to make power plants pay for greenhouse gas emissions
A lower court halted Pennsylvania's participation in a multi-state consortium that imposes a price and declining cap on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
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Civil rights lawsuit against Bucks County, jail employees gains momentum
An incarcerated man alleges officers used excessive force, and that the county fails to properly train officers on interacting with prisoners who have mental illnesses.
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Listen 1:18Pa. is sitting on billions in unclaimed property. This bill would get some of it back to its owners
State Treasurer Stacy Garrity has proposed legislation that would allow Pa. to automatically return some unclaimed money to people with no action required on their part.
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