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By Mary Wilson
May 17, 2013
The head of Pennsylvania's Office of Open Records is pointing a finger at public charter schools for being the biggest violators of the commonwealth's Right-to-Know law, now 5 years old. More »
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By Emma Jacobs, @ecjacobs
May 17, 2013
The head of Pennsylvania's Open Records Office would like to see changes to a bill that's been introduced in the State Senate. When the new Right to Know Law, improving access to government... More »
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By Benjamin Herold, @BenjaminBHerold and Holly Otterbein, @hollyotterbein
May 16, 2013
Yesterday, Philadelphia Mayor Nutter announced his plan to raise $95 million for the city's struggling School District, mostly through tax hikes on cigarettes and alcohol. But even if that money... More »
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By Mary Wilson @marywilson
May 16, 2013
State Senate Democrats are trying to compel Pennsylvania to participate in a Medicaid expansion by using what's called a discharge resolution. More »
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By Taunya English, @taunyaenglish
May 15, 2013
Pennsylvania stepped up inspections of abortion clinics after the arrest of now-convicted murder Kermit Gosnell. More »
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By Mary Wilson @marywilson
May 15, 2013
Pennsylvania Education Secretary Ron Tomalis plans to step down at the end of the month. Gov. Tom Corbett will nominate as his replacement William Harner, superintendent of the Cumberland Valley Scho... More »
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By Mary Wilson @marywilson
May 14, 2013
A Pennsylvania House panel has approved a measure to give state judges an extra five years on the bench. More »
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By Mary Wilson @marywilson
May 13, 2013
The same lawmaker who sponsored legislation creating the 5-year-old Office of Open Records has drafted revisions to what's called Pennsylvania's "right-to-know law." More »
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By Tom MacDonald @tmacdonaldwhyy
May 13, 2013
A man who held police at bay over the weekend in Trenton, N.J., some two weeks after killing two people was wanted in Pennsylvania for failure to register under Megan's Law. There are dozens of o... More »
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By Dave Davies, @DaveDaviesWHYY
May 13, 2013
Last week the Pennsylvania Supreme Court approved a legislative redistricting plan, after rejecting an earlier version last year. But suburban Democrats, particularly from Montgomery County, aren'... More »
