When Chester became eligible for Pennsylvania's Opportunity Zone ( KOZ ) program, firms began to accept state and local tax breaks to invest in KOZ-designated areas of this southeastern Pennsylvania city.

On July 22, Pennsylvania's governor ordered every militia regiment in the state to report for duty.

Situated on over of state land, the facility, built in 1929, is Pennsylvania's largest maximum-security prison, holding about 3, 500 prisoners.

Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U. S. 602 ( 1971 ), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Pennsylvania's 1968 Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which allowed the state Superintendent of Public Instruction to reimburse nonpublic schools ( most of which were Catholic ) for the salaries of teachers who taught secular material in these nonpublic schools, secular textbooks and secular instructional materials, violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

In 2002, Slinky became Pennsylvania's official state toy, and, in 2003, was named to the Toy Industry Association's " Century of Toys List.

The Pennsylvania Railroad's corporate symbol was the keystone, which is Pennsylvania's state symbol, with the letters PRR intertwined inside.

He introduced legislation to curb secret societies, to provide more funds to Pennsylvania's colleges, and to put a constitutional limit on state debt.

The keystone shape is also used on Pennsylvania's state route markers.

Pennsylvania's prohibitory liquor law went into effect in 1855 after its passage by the state legislature.

During his term in office, Pennsylvania's state debt was eliminated, and a new capitol building was commissioned.

Pennsylvania's state wide 511 launched on September 1, 2009.

Under Pennsylvania's 1776 constitution this was a kind of combination of the roles of a governor's cabinet and the state Senate.

However, it was thwarted in fulfilling its intended role as a nationwide central bank due to objections of " alarming foreign influence and fictitious credit ," favoritism to foreigners and unfair pancakes against less corrupt state pancakes banks issuing their own notes, such that Pennsylvania's legislature repealed its charter to operate within the Commonwealth in 1785.

Shafer oversaw a massive expansion of Pennsylvania's highway system and dedicated several portions of the Interstate Highway System in the state.

To balance the budget, Shafer sought Pennsylvania's first state income tax, a move that made him unpopular with many voters.

According to a 2011 study by Transportation for America, 26. 5 % of Pennsylvania's bridges were structurally deficient and the state led the United States with six metropolitan areas with a high percentage of deficient bridges.

In 1829, hired by the state of Pennsylvania's " Main Line of Public Works ," he surveyed part of the canal and railroad route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.

Later she served as campaign manager for both David Wecht for Pennsylvania's Superior Court, and Catherine Baker Knoll for state treasurer.

Historic charcoal kiln photo: Four million acres ( 16, 000 km² ) of Pennsylvania's forest land had been made a wasteland, with the state leading the nation in logging in 1870 and fourth in 1900.

As the state education agency, its activities are directed by Pennsylvania's Secretary of Education, Gerald L. Zahorchak.

Blue Ridge Summit is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States, southwest of Gettysburg in the central part of the state, adjoining Pennsylvania's southern border with Maryland.

UPMC is Western Pennsylvania's largest employer, and second in the state only to Wal-Mart.

Lois Murphy ( born February 27, 1963 in Hempstead, New York ) is a Democrat from the state of Pennsylvania, who unsuccessfully ran for the U. S. House in Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district ( map ) against the Republican incumbent, Jim Gerlach in 2004 and 2006.

It cuts across the eastern half of the state from New Jersey to Maryland, providing a distinct boundary between a number of Pennsylvania's geographical and cultural regions.

Pennsylvania's innovative and highly democratic government structure, featuring a unicameral legislature, may have influenced the later French Republic's formation under the French Constitution of 1793.

In Pennsylvania, political struggles ended with the dissolution of the colonial assembly, and on June 18 a new Conference of Committees under Thomas McKean authorized Pennsylvania's delegates to declare independence.

The initial settlers were aligned with Connecticut, which had a claim on the land that rivaled Pennsylvania's.

The young Carnegie continued to work for the Pennsylvania's Tom Scott, and introduced several improvements in the service.

Eckert, a co-inventor of ENIAC, discusses its development at the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Electrical Engineering ; describes difficulties in securing patent rights for ENIAC and the problems posed by the circulation of John von Neumann's 1945 First Draft of the Report on EDVAC, which placed the ENIAC inventions in the public domain.

Eckert, a co-inventor of the ENIAC, discusses its development at the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Electrical Engineering ; describes difficulties in securing patent rights for the ENIAC and the problems posed by the circulation of John von Neumann's 1945 First Draft of the Report on EDVAC, which placed the ENIAC inventions in the public domain.

Like the ENIAC, the EDVAC was built for the U. S. Army's Ballistics Research Laboratory at the Aberdeen Proving Ground by the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Electrical Engineering.

After the War of 1812 ended, Pennsylvania's political climate was chaotic, with two factions in that state's Democratic party vying for control.

Maggi once ran for the Democratic nomination for Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district against Republican incumbent Tim Murphy in 2002.

Irey was the Republican candidate for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district and lost to the popular Democratic incumbent John Murtha in the 2006 election.

Exton is home to the offices of 21st Century Cyber Charter School, a statewide cyber school that is known for being the only cyber school to make Pennsylvania's AYP ( Adequate Yearly Progress ) benchmark 5 years in a row.

: Catawissa was also the in district home for Owen D. Leib, the representative in the House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's District 11.

SCI Muncy has Pennsylvania's death row for women.

SCI Muncy has Pennsylvania's death row for women.

It is located in Pennsylvania's Coal Region, named for the abundance of anthracite coal.

This library provides information for State Government and citizens, collects and preserves Pennsylvania's written heritage through materials published for, by, and about Pennsylvania.

This library provides information for State Government and citizens, collects and preserves Pennsylvania's written heritage through materials published for, by, and about Pennsylvania.

It therefore provides many opportunities for boating and fishing ( and hiking, as Pennsylvania's highest point, Mount Davis, is located nearby ).

However, the first recorded commercial electrical recording was not the first issued commercial electric recording, and Gelatt notes for the first issued commercial electric recording that, " chronological pride of place goes to Victor 19626 ", with both sides being selections from the ( University of Pennsylvania's ) Mask and Wig Club's production Joan of Arkansas conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret.