Pennsylvania
Hoping to improve Pa. water-quality inspections, DEP to speed up trainings
Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection is working to speed up the training of several new water inspectors, in an ef ...
8 years ago
Pa. small courts improve access to translators in criminal cases, still lag in other areas
Small courts in Pennsylvania are not consistently using professional interpreters, according to a recent report on 19 magisterial distric ...
8 years ago
Watchdogs raise concerns over Pa. budget ‘earmarks’
It’s been nearly a month since Pennsylvania’s Senate voted through a revenue plan to fund the state budget — if the House a ...
8 years ago
Demonstrators call on Pa. House members to complete budget work
Pennsylvania has had an unbalanced budget for nearly a month, and activist groups around the commonwealth say Gov. Tom Wolf may soon have ...
8 years ago
Controversial school director quits board in south-central Pennsylvania
Spring Grove Area School District Director Matt Jansen has officially resigned more than a year after protests first erupted over his pub ...
8 years ago
Cosby hires lawyer who represented Michael Jackson, ‘Suge’ Knight for sex assault retrial
Bill Cosby has hired Michael Jackson’s former lawyer to represent him at his November retrial on sexual assault charges in Pennsylv ...
8 years ago
As economy changes, state rep wants to make sure Pa. jobs keep up
Retail and manufacturing jobs are on the decline — both in Pennsylvania, and around the country. So a state lawmaker is looking for way ...
8 years ago
Pa. Dept. of Human Services gets a new secretary, but its future is still uncertain
Monday is state Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller’s first day leading the commonwealth’s sprawling Department of Human Service ...
8 years ago
Allentown council amplifies efforts to oust indicted mayor
The city council in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is taking additional steps to remove its indicted mayor from office. Federal authorit ...
8 years ago
Pennsylvania is already known among water companies and their shareholders as being a good state for doing business. And now, it ...
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Pa. state treasury may stop loaning money to struggling general fund
Pennsylvania’s general fund is on track to be $1.6 billion dollars underwater by the middle of next month. In the past, the stat ...
8 years ago
Listen to Grapple: How one Pa. community has been dealing with racial tension
Keystone Crossroads recently examined one Pennsylvania community where racial tension has turned violent, even fatal, multiple times over ...
8 years ago
Potential GOP candidate for Pa. lieutenant governor contrasts himself with Stack
A longtime state lawmaker is seriously exploring a bid for Pennsylvania lieutenant governor. Sen. David Argall, R-Schuylkill, said ...
8 years ago
Two Native American boys’ remains uncovered in Pa., third stays buried
After a painstaking exhumation in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, the remains of two Native American boys who died in the 1880s have bee ...
8 years ago
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Andrew Wyeth’s birth
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Andrew Wyeth's birth. The Brandywine River Museum of Art celebrates his life through an exhibit of his best work.
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