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Pennsylvania

 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 ...

9 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)
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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 — ...

9 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 ...

9 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.

9 years ago

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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 ...

9 years ago

A worker guides a section of pipe while working on a shale gas pipe line Friday
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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 ...

9 years ago

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

9 years ago

The U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon
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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 ...

9 years ago

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

9 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.

9 years ago

In this June 23
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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 ...

9 years ago

Pennsylvania State Capitol building. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo
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Money

Charter expansion bill is all tricks, no treats for Pennsylvania taxpayers

Halloween is just around the corner, but there is something far scarier in the halls of the Pennsylvania Capitol than any zombie that com ...

9 years ago

Professional development specialist Nora Connell hands out materials during a class for prospective substitute teachers at Delaware County Intermediate Unit. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

In face of Pa. teacher shortage, staffing services struggle to meet demand for substitutes

On average before they graduate high school, American kids sit in class without their regular teacher for what adds up to most of a schoo ...

9 years ago

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Gov. Tom Wolf is shown delivering his budget address for the 2016-17 fiscal year. (AP Photo/Chris Knight
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Solutions across ideological lines are closer than we think

Ask any Pennsylvanian what he or she wants in life, and the answers will probably be remarkably similar: a great job, freedom to make cho ...

9 years ago

Sui Hnem Sung (left foreground), 19, and her sister Van Ni Iang, 17, leave federal court in Easton ahead of Qasin Hassan, 17,(left) and Khadidja Issa, 18. They’re among six student refugees represented by a legal team including Education Law Center and American Civil Liberties Union attorneys in a lawsuit against the School District of Lancaster over enrollment, translation and other issues. (Emily Previti/WITF)
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Education

Judge rules against Lancaster school district in refugee lawsuit

Logistics are still being worked out, but the district’s spokeswoman says officials will comply with the order and enroll the six t ...

9 years ago

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