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Pennsylvania

 Officers salute as a hearse carrying the body of Jersey City Police Department Officer Melvin Santiago during a procession prior to funeral services. Santiago was shot in the head while still in his police vehicle July 13. His death has prompted some New Jersey lawmakers to call for reinstatement of the death penalty for police killers. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Some of Pa.’s wealthiest communities get state police coverage at no cost

The finding is in a report from the Pennsylvania Economy League. ...

8 years ago

 A Colorado man shows his concealed gun license. AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Federal concealed carry reciprocity is wrong for Pennsylvania and the country

I was heartened to hear U.S. Rep. Charles Dent, R-Allentown, say he believes in the Second Amendment at his recent Lehigh Valley town hal ...

8 years ago

 (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo, file)
Speak Easy
Money

Gov. Wolf’s minimum wage plans run into economic reality

Gov. Tom Wolf’s rose-colored minimum wage plans have run into green-eyeshade economic reality. A new ...

8 years ago

 Visitors tour the grounds of McDade Park. Once coal mining terrain, the park is home of the Anthracite Heritage Museum, Lackawanna coal mining tour, and other recreation areas. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

A Scranton native’s take on Trump’s commitment to coal

Has President Donald Trump ever heard of Scranton blackfoot? As I watched him posing with coal miners and repeating easy bring-back-jobs ...

8 years ago

 Pennsylvania's infamous 7th U.S. Congressional District is said to look like “Goofy kicking Donald Duck.”  (United States Department of the Interior)
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Politics & Policy

Pennsylvanians’ growing sentiment to make elections fair

There were no pitchforks or torches when I attended a public forum earlier this month at Chestnut Hill United Church about how Pennsylvan ...

8 years ago

 Gov. Tom Corbett is shown addresses a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate in 2013, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

If Pa. lawmakers actually represented Pennsylvanians, tax policy would make more sense

When I was in graduate school in political science many years ago, I had a teacher — a moderate Republican — ...

8 years ago

Houses on 86th Street in Eastwick overlook wetlands littered with a pile of old tires. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
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Health

We must mobilize now to protect rare and precious water supplies

President Trump is committed to eliminating the Waters of the U.S. Rule, which outlines federally protected waterways. Critics of the ...

8 years ago

 The John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum is less than 10 miles from center city. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
Urban Planning

The role of water in preparing our cities for a better future

By linking the digital and infrastructure systems of the water utility with those of our urban centers, we will take a leap toward creating thriving, sustainable cities.

8 years ago

Speak Easy
Education

We will fight to protect public education

Despite a huge public outpouring of concern and protests consisting of tens of thousands of phone calls that lit up the Capitol switchboa ...

8 years ago

A worker guides a section of pipe while working on a shale gas pipe line Friday
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Steamfitters urge Pennsylvania’s energy development

Even in this hyper-political environment, there is one issue where both parties are in total agreement: Great nations build and ...

8 years ago

Protesters gather at Thomas Paine Plaza on Thursday afternoon under a steady drizzle. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Health care must be provided communally

Every once in a while, when I write something in defense of the Affordable Care Act, or point out that repealing it will lead 1.1 million ...

8 years ago

The U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

More low-wage workers would escape poverty if tax credit included childless

Those of us focused on the well-being of Americans with low incomes have many concerns about the incoming Trump administration, but we se ...

8 years ago

 The Delaware River between Camden N.J., left, and Philadelphia, right. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)
Speak Easy
Urban Planning

Greens and labor come together on the waterfront

After such an intensely polarizing election, it’s hard for people to imagine how communities with very different backgrounds might ...

8 years ago

Community

So, what’s the deal with Pennsylvania’s liquor laws?

This year, after decades of false starts and abandoned bills, the Pa. General Assembly finally passed laws to make it easier to buy alcohol.

8 years ago

In this June 23
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Sen. Scott Wagner’s attack on workers

When Sen. Scott Wagner, R-York, looks in the mirror, he sees Donald Trump wearing a Pennsylvania sash. But while Donald Trump at least sa ...

8 years ago

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