Pennsylvania
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New Report: The Best County to Live in Pennsylvania Is … Not Chester County?
The 2018 Best Counties to Live in Pennsylvania, published by Niche.com, awarded the coveted top spot to Montgomery County, leaving those of us in Chester County to scratch our heads and wonder how we ranked second. The rankings provide a comprehensive assessment of overall livability at the county level. It’s based on several key factors,…
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Sports Gambling Legal in Pennsylvania. Now What?
A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling has paved the way for legal sports gambling in Pennsylvania and other states, writes Charles Thompson for the Harrisburg Patriot-News. The decision to strike down a federal law prohibiting sports gambling gives states the right to allow gambling on football, basketball, baseball, and other sports in most states. What…
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Pennsylvania’s Drug Problem Ranks in America’s Top 10
A new study released by WalletHub in time for National Prevention Week has found that Pennsylvania has the 10th-biggest drug problem in the nation. As a result, the Keystone State is likely to be most affected by the proposed hardline approach to drug use by the Trump Administration. This includes stricter sentences for drug-related offenses,…
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Weak Law Ineffective Against Rampant Texting While Driving in Pennsylvania
Texting while driving is rampant on roads across Pennsylvania, but police are virtually powerless to prevent it, due to the weak law adopted in 2012, writes Justine McDaniel for the Philadelphia Inquirer. From 2013 to 2017, just 8,700 citations were issued for texting while driving under the new rules, with only around 0.1 percent of…
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Three School Districts in Chester County Rank Among State’s Highest-Scoring on Standardized Tests
Three school districts in Chester County rank among the Top 15 highest-scoring in Pennsylvania, with Unionville-Chadds Ford taking the top spot, writes Ethan Lott for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Pittsburgh Business Times published its 14th annual ranking of the state’s school districts based on three years of standardized test scores. It includes 494 school…
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Chester County Home to Three of State’s Top 25 Private High Schools
Chester County is home to three of the Top 25 private high schools in Pennsylvania, according to the latest rankings published by Niche.com, writes Teresa Bonner for the Harrisburg Patriot-News. Niche.com bases its rankings on a rigorous analysis of U.S. Department of Education data, test scores, and college data. It also uses ratings from millions…
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New Documentary to Explore Wawa, Sheetz Rivalry and Decide Which Is Better
A new documentary – Sheetz Vs. Wawa – will explore the epic rivalry between the fan bases of the two beloved chains of convenience stores, writes Stephanie Farr for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Filmmaker Matthew Fridg claims the documentary will decide once and for all which is better. “We settle this here,” states the film’s tagline.…
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Pennsylvania Rates Poorly in Several Rankings Based on Economic Issues
The American Legislative Exchange Council has rated Pennsylvania poorly on economic issues, adding to the slew of low rankings in national surveys for the Keystone State, writes John Baer for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The limited-government, free-market group includes 2,000 legislators and calls itself nonpartisan. However, it’s known for pushing conservative causes and ranking conservative states…
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Pennsylvania Counties Need to Bring ‘Voting Machines up to 21st-Century Standards’
The Department of State has given Pennsylvania counties until the end of next year to procure new voting machines that keep a paper trail, writes Stephen Caruso for City & State Pennsylvania. The mandate comes with $13.5 million in federal funding from the budget recently passed by Congress. However, any expenditure of commonwealth funds would…
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You Won’t Believe How Much Money the Top 100 Pennsylvania Turnpike Scofflaws Owe
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has started to file criminal charges against the worst offenders who avoid paying tolls, writes Scott Calvert for The Wall Street Journal. The Commission is asking local prosecutors to pursue theft-of-services criminal cases in unpaid sums of more than $2,000. The Top 100 scofflaws in the Keystone State each have more…
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World’s Greatest Indoor Miniature Village Up for Sale in Berks County
Roadside America, the decades-old Berks County attraction known as the world’s greatest indoor miniature village, is up for sale, writes Michael Boren for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The village is the lifetime work of Laurence Gieringer, who started building models as a boy in Reading. He continued to add models to the village until it filled…
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TCHS Students to Present Projects at SkillsUSA Conference in Hershey
Six students from the TCHS Brandywine Campus will present projects at the SkillsUSA State Conference in Hershey on April 19. SkillsUSA is a national student organization that develops employability, participatory, and leadership skills to complement the occupational skills acquired by students in technical education classrooms or work-based learning sites. It sponsors two competitions: an American…
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New Bill Could Potentially Shrink Pennsylvania’s Legislature
A new bill recently approved by Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives could potentially reduce the number of reps in the state legislature, writes Katie Meyer for WHYY. Currently, Pennsylvania has the largest full-time legislature with 203 members in the House and 50 in the Senate. The effort to downsize the number of the House by 52…
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End of Shopping-Mall Era a Symptom of a Hollowed-Out Middle Class
Shopping malls as we know them are disappearing at an alarming rate, writes Jon Jeter for MintPress News. With the increasing number of malls closing their doors, between a quarter and a third will soon be gone. Almost 9,000 retail stores closed for good last year, along with the demise of iconic brands like Sears…
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Record Number of Women Running in Pennsylvania’s Primaries
A record number of women both nationwide and in Pennsylvania have entered a political race in the wake of the 2016 elections and are running in this year’s primaries, writes Ivey DeJesus for the Harrisburg Patriot-News. The number of women candidates is unprecedented. In the last two years, around 34,000 women have contacted Emily’s List,…
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New Book Unwraps Sweetest Place on Earth’s History
Peter Kurie, a Princeton-trained anthropologist has written a book about the Hershey Company and its history, writes Michael Lindgren Torres for The Washington Post. In the book titled ‘In Chocolate We Trust: The Hershey Company Town Unwrapped’ Kurie takes a look at the company, community and its history. He writes about how Hershey founded the…
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Chester County Author Bruce Mowday Tapes PCN Show on New Book
Chester County author Bruce Mowday recently completed taping of a Pennsylvania Cable Network show on his new book, J. Howard Wert’s Gettysburg. The show is a segment for PCN’s It’s History series and is scheduled to be aired in July, but exact date hasn’t been determined. “Being involved in the research and writing of the…
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Advocates for Fairer Congressional Map Hope to Reform the Redistricting Process
While the new congressional map replaced heavily gerrymandered districts with more balanced ones, the larger question on how to reform the entire redistricting process remains with the legislature, write Liz Navratil and Jonathan Lai for the Philadelphia Inquirer. “We may have better maps, but we haven’t fixed the process,” said David Thornburgh, head of the…
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