Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today after a meeting of the Commonwealth Drought Task Force that Drought Watch will continue for 19 counties with York County moved to Drought Warning. Adams, Berks, Bucks, Cameron, Chester, Clarion, Cumberland, Dauphin, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Perry, and […]
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The credit rating agency has upgraded Pennsylvania’s rating outlook to positive from stable and reaffirmed the Aa3 issuer rating, in a testament to the Commonwealth’s sound fiscal management under the Shapiro Administration Harrisburg, PA – Today, Moody’s reaffirmed Pennsylvania’s Aa3 issuer credit rating and has upgraded the Commonwealth’s rating outlook to positive from stable, affirming that […]
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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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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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Harrisburg, PA – The Shapiro Administration today announced that the Department of Human Services (DHS) will begin updating the data used to set rates for home and community-based services for Pennsylvanians with intellectual disabilities and autism – a necessary first step for greater support for this essential field and the Pennsylvanians who benefit from and rely […]
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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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HARRISBURG, Pa. (September 6) – As communities across the Commonwealth continue to realize the positive social and economic impacts of providing convenient boating access along their local waterways, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) is excited to offer the next round of Boating Facility Grants to help communities capitalize on the surge in new boating activity. The Boating Facility Grant Program provides grants […]
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HARRISBURG, PA – The Pennsylvania Game Commission has made changes to the state’s Chronic Wasting Disease Management Areas (DMAs) including the creation of a new DMA, the expansion of an existing DMA, and reduction of an existing DMA. The new DMA 8 was created as a response to two recent CWD detections in road-killed deer in […]
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