Margaret J. Krauss
Keystone Crossroads ReporterMargaret J. Krauss was a freelance reporter who is also the staff reporter for Pittsburgh Quarterly magazine. She spent 2015 producing a 48-part Pittsburgh history series for WESA, biking some 2,000 miles to do so. She previously worked for National Geographic Kids magazine producing multimedia content and researching.
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Unless Congress passes the Miners Protection Act by April 28, more than 2,000 retired union coal miners in Pennsylvania will lose their health care. The… -
Ride-sharing and technology company Uber will pay $3.5 million into the state’s general fund to settle a long-running dispute with the Pennsylvania Public… -
Both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are in the midst of multi-year building booms. More than 4,000 apartment units were built in the two cities last year.For… -
Bob Gradeck can’t stand the term “data-driven.”It might seem odd that the project director of the Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center would recoil… -
President Donald Trump called for “a new program of national rebuilding,” in his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.Trump said he would… -
Without federal intervention, retired coal miners could lose their health care and pensions at the end of April. That would devastate the miners, and their communities.
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Pennsylvania’s congressmen and senators are home this week for the district work period — regularly scheduled days when they leave D.C. to tackle… -
More than 3,000 bridges throughout the state have been deemed structurally deficient.Heart palpitations, sweating, dizziness. For some people, crossing a… -
Pennsylvania wasn’t among the states where large-scale immigration enforcement took place last week, but communities in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh have… -
When Alhena Torres turns on her car, a gentle rumble of pop music spills out of the speakers. She used to listen to the news while she drove, but after…