Pennsylvania
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Two Delaware County Educators Recruited by State’s Superintendent Academy
Southeast Delco School District superintendent Stephen Butz and Delaware County Intermediate Unit executive director Maria Edelberg have been recruited by the Superintendent Academy, writes Kevin Tustin for the Delaware County News Network. The academy was created by the Pennsylvania Department of Education to bring together superintendents and charter school leaders from across the state. They…
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State Secretary of Education on Visit to Interboro: ‘Early Education a Proven Investment’
The Interboro School District welcomed Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Pedro Rivera for a visit earlier this week, writes Kevin Tustin for the Delaware County News Network. The commonwealth’s top educator touted the state-wide successes of early-child education during his tour of the schools. At each stop, he spoke with staff and school board directors as…
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Here’s How Much Weight Your Vote Carries
Pennsylvania ranks among the Top 10 states with the most powerful voters in House elections, according to recently published analysis by WalletHub. However, Pennsylvania also placed in the bottom half of the lists for overall voting power, Senate races, and gubernatorial races. For 2018’s States with the Most & Least Powerful Voters for the Midterms,…
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Feeling the Impact of Tariffs, Breweries Fight State’s Proposed Sales Tax
Already negatively affected by import tariffs, Pennsylvania breweries are now rising up against a proposed state sales tax on taproom products, writes Jason Scott for Lehigh Valley Business. The pressure on breweries started earlier this year following tariffs implemented by the Trump Administration on steel and aluminum imports. Breweries that package their beer in cans…
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Pennsylvania Turnpike to File Criminal Charges in Effort to Collect $17 Million in Unpaid Tolls
The Pennsylvania Turnpike is intensifying its efforts to collect unpaid tolls as it is filing criminal charges against the worst offenders, writes Ed Blazina for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The turnpike is currently owed more than $17 million in unpaid dues. In an effort to collect at least a part of this, the turnpike has started…
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Check Out Which Parts of the Region Have Already Donated to Trump’s Re-Election Campaign
As President Donald Trump starts campaigning for re-election, some donors in Chester County have already started backing him for a second term in the White House, writes Alison Burdo for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Using donation data from the Federal Electoral Commission, the Philadelphia Business Journal has determined which parts of the Keystone State have…
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Where Does Pennsylvania Rank Among the Tallest, Shortest States?
A recent survey by the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BFRSS) has found that people in Pennsylvania are an average height of around 178 centimeters, or 5-foot-10, writes Christopher Ingraham for The Washington Post. The massive annual survey of health and wellness polled almost a half-million people for the study. The BRFSS was designed…
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Pennsylvania Rides the ‘Pink Wave’ to Make Political History. Will It Translate to Election Day?
With a record number of women running for office in what is being described as a “pink wave,” Pennsylvania has already made political history ahead of Election Day, writes Candy Woodall for the York Daily Record. Currently, Pennsylvania is one of 11 states with no women serving in Congress. The 18 people elected to represent…
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Famed Rivalry Between Wawa and Sheetz Intensifies as Politics Gets Involved
The famed rivalry between Wawa and Sheetz has intensified after politics got involved with the convenience-store chains donating to opposing campaigns for the governor of Pennsylvania, write Holly Otterbein and Chris Brennan for the Philadelphia Inquirer. According to campaign records released last week, Wawa donated $10,000 to Scott Wagner, the Republican businessman who is running…
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Could a Philadelphia-to-Pittsburgh Hyperloop Be in the Works? Somewhere, Elon Musk Is Smiling
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is considering a resolution calling for a feasibility study of a Hyperloop train connecting Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, writes Jim Saksa for Plan Philly. The Hyperloop concept has been envisioned by Elon Musk to allow intercity travel at close to supersonic speeds. It’s partly inspired by the pneumatic tubes used at…
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Delco Places 12 Among Top 100 Public Elementary Schools in Pennsylvania, Including No. 1
Niche.com has unveiled its 2019 Best Public Elementary Schools in Pennsylvania, a ranking based on rigorous analysis of key statistics and data from the U.S. Department of Education, as well as millions of reviews from students and parents. Delaware County placed 12 schools from five different school districts among the Top 100, including Ithan Elementary…
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Check Out Where Delco’s Average Weekly Paycheck Ranks Among State’s 67 Counties
Chester County has the highest average weekly paycheck among the 67 counties in Pennsylvania, while Delaware County has the sixth-highest, writes Megan Lavey-Heaton for the Harrisburg Patriot-News. Pennsylvania’s average paycheck has increased 3.5 percent between December 2016 and December 2017, which is close to the national average of 3.9 percent. According to data released by…
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Pennsylvania Woman One of the Code Breakers Who Unmasked Soviet Spies at Height of Cold War
Angeline Nanni, a Western Pennsylvania woman who ran a beauty parlor in Blairsville with her sisters before World War II, was one of the code breakers for the Venona Project, the nation’s top-secret effort to break encrypted communications from Soviet spies, writes Liza Mundy for Smithsonian magazine. When the war began, Nanni moved to Washington…
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New Study: Pennsylvania One of the Best States for Teachers. Here’s Why
Teachers looking for the best place to start or continue their career should add Pennsylvania to their list, as the Keystone State ranks among the Top 10 best states for teachers. WalletHub has published 2018’s Best & Worst States for Teachers. The list compares the 50 states and the District of Columbia across two key…
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Check Out Where Delco Ranks Among Counties with Most Students at Penn State’s Main Campus
Delaware County ranks among the Top 10 counties in Pennsylvania with the most students at Penn State’s main campus, as it currently has 2,673 students in University Park, writes Derek Bannister for Onward State. Main campus is home to a highly diverse population of close to 46,000 students from all 50 states and more than…
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Opioid Overdose an ‘Equal Opportunity Offense’ as Hospital Admissions in 55-and-Older Crowd Triples
A new study by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council examines patients admitted to Pennsylvania hospitals for opioid overdoses based on age, ethnicity/race, and socio-economic status, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Among the findings, the study found that the biggest jump for heroin overdose admissions was in Hispanic residents, up 48.8…
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Spotted Lanternfly Went from a Few Municipalities to 13 Counties, Posing Multibillion-Dollar Threat
The spotted lanternfly, a species native to Asia, was first discovered in Berks County in 2014. In that first year, scientific models predicted that the lanternfly wouldn’t survive the state’s cold, snowy winter, according to the Altoona Mirror. They couldn’t have been more wrong. The spotted lanternfly has adapted quite well to living here, and…
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PennDOT to Begin Pre-Qualifying Residents Who Need to Fly for Real IDs
Today, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will start pre-qualifying residents who want to receive Real IDs when they become available in March, according to a report in the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Real ID driver’s license meets federal anti-terrorism standards and will allow Pennsylvanians to board commercial airliners, as well as enter certain secure federal buildings.…
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