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Philadelphia school district teacher Rhonda Hicks poses for a portrait at her home in Philadelphia, Thursday, July 20, 2023. Hicks loved teaching and loved her students, but other aspects of the job deteriorated. When she retires soon, she will join a disproportionately high number of Black and Hispanic teachers in her state who are leaving the profession. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)

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Burnout, low pay and politics are driving away teachers. Turnover is soaring for educators of color
By MARC LEVY - Associated Press
Tue,08/01/23-11:04PM , 117 Reads
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Rhonda Hicks could have kept working into her 60s. She loved teaching and loved her students in Philadelphia’s public schools. As a Black woman, she took pride in being a role model for many children of color.
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Crews continue to work the scene of a collapsed elevated section of Interstate 95, in Philadelphia, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Pennsylvania using tons of recycled glass nuggets to rebuild collapsed Interstate 95
By MARC LEVY - Associated Press
Wed,06/14/23-9:44AM , 265 Reads
Pennsylvania will truck in 2,000 tons of lightweight glass nuggets to help quickly rebuild a collapsed section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia and crews will work 24 hours a day until they can reopen the critical commercial artery, officials said Wednesday.
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, left, meets with Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney at the scene of a collapsed elevated section of Interstate 95, in Philadelphia, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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Buttigieg vows federal help to fix collapsed section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia
By MARC LEVY - Associated Press
Tue,06/13/23-9:31AM , 115 Reads
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg promised Tuesday to help repair the East Coast’s main north-south highway as quickly as possible and said that the destruction of a section of I-95 will likely raise the cost of consumer goods because truckers must now travel longer routes.
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Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano speaks to supporters during an election night campaign event at the Penn Harris Hotel in Camp Hill, Pa., Nov. 8, 2022. Mastriano has said he will announce Thursday night, May 25, 2023, whether he will run for U.S. Senate, less than seven months after his landslide loss in last November’s general election for governor. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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GOP field in Pennsylvania Senate race still wide open as hard-right state lawmaker says he won't run
By MARC LEVY - Associated Press
Thu,05/25/23-1:30PM , 105 Reads
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A hard-right Pennsylvania state lawmaker said Thursday night that he will not challenge Democratic Sen.
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