Pennsylvania

Recent research identifies a promising way to get first-time voters to cast a ballot.

• By Tom Jacobs

Few states have laws mandating district mergers, a fact that leaves financially distressed districts with no recovery option.

• By Dwyer Gunn

Rankin, Pennsylvania: Built in the 19th century as part of the Homestead Steel Works complex, the Carrie Furnaces produced up to 1,250 tons of iron per day at their peak in the 1950s and '60s.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Barring a stay from the Supreme Court, the new map will go into effect for the state's May primary.

• By Kate Wheeling

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is a small town with a long history of integrating Puerto Rican families, but this most recent influx is putting its resources to the test.

• By Martín Echenique

The new boundaries will go into effect for the 2018 elections.

• By Candace Butera

Sunoco Pipeline will now resume construction activities after receiving a $12.6 million civil penalty for violating construction permits for its Mariner East 2 pipeline project.

• By Candace Butera

In 2016, Philadelphia became the first major city in the U.S. to pass a soda tax.

• By Candace Butera

A new report finds as many as 26,000 Pennsylvania residents who had submitted voter registration applications on time may have been unable to vote or may have seen their ballot discounted.

• By Kate Wheeling

Tour the psychogeography of Rust Belt shame.

• By Jim Russell

We canvassed the world of the social and behavioral sciences, looking for rising stars whose careers promise to make a lasting mark. We'll be profiling the top 30 throughout the month of April.

• By Avital Andrews

A Pennsylvania gas company offers residents cash to buy protection from any claims of harm.

• By Naveena Sadasivam

Until recently, the reigning theory on who the first Homo sapiens in North America were pointed to the Clovis people, evidence of whose culture was discovered in the American Southwest. That theory has been powerfully challenged by, among others, Meadowcroft, an archaeological dig in western Pennsylvania that began in the 1970s.

• By Steve Moyer

In Pennsylvania, opponents of gas drilling say regulators are slow and unprepared in responding to air quality complaints.

• By Naveena Sadasivam

The Pennsylvania city is a winner—except that it isn't.

• By Jim Russell

Despite every number suggesting they shouldn't, why do American cities keep building sports stadiums funded with public money?

• By Aaron Gordon

Ironic migration: An emerging trend in which talent leaves some of the most unexpected places.

• By Jim Russell

It's unclear what it means for the future, but the 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl is set to receive a lung transplant today.

• By Michael Fitzgerald