The 2023-24 bipartisan budget invests $112 million to improve state parks and forests, spur economic growth in the outdoor recreation industry, and make Pennsylvania the largest state to open an Office of Outdoor Recreation Connellsville, PA — Today, Governor Josh Shapiro visited Yough River Park in Connellsville, along the 150-mile Great Allegheny PassageOpens In A New Window (GAP), in Fayette […]
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Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) Secretary Dr. Latika Davis-Jones, Congresswoman Madeleine Dean and her son Harry Cunnane, who is in recovery from substance use disorder (SUD), joined those in recovery, advocacy organizations, elected officials, and others Monday evening to highlight the importance of equitable and accessible supports for all individuals in recovery and to […]
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Agreement Includes $8 Million For Use Towards Community Projects Across Impacted Communities In Pennsylvania 09/12/2023 Harrisburg, PA– The Shapiro Administration has secured $100 million through a consent agreement with the Monsanto Company, Solutia INC., and Pharmacia LLC to resolve claims related to their production of products containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which damaged waterways and other […]
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Non-construction prime contractors must pay their small diverse business and veteran-owned business enterprise subcontractors within 10 days of receipt of payment from the Commonwealth. Harrisburg, PA – Today, Pennsylvania Department of General Services (DGS) Secretary Reggie McNeil announced the Commonwealth has implemented a prompt pay policy that requires prime contractors to pay small diverse business (SDB) and veteran-owned business […]
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Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) is urging Pennsylvania volunteer fire departments to ensure that a credentialed State Academy Fire Instructor is on site to supervise any live burn trainings that include 17-year-old junior firefighters – as required by an amendment to the Child Labor Act that went into effect in January. While […]
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Annville, PA – September is National Suicide Prevention Month. The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) wants to remind Pennsylvania veterans that they are not alone, and help is available. “One veteran suicide a day is too many, and the national average of 17 a day is alarming. We need to focus all our resources […]
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Harrisburg, PA – Today, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) and Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) held a webinar highlighting the significant impact of the Naloxone for First Responders Program (NFRP) since 2017, including more than 24,000 overdose reversals using NFRP-purchased naloxone, and discussed upcoming changes to the program, including the launch of the PA Overdose […]
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HARRISBURG, PA – The Pennsylvania Game Commission has closed the shooting range on State Game Lands 43 in relation to the ongoing manhunt for fugitive Danelo Cavalcante, who escaped Chester County Prison Aug. 31, and more recently was learned to be armed and in the area of the game lands. Aside from the shooting range, State […]
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