Persistent drought dominates the Western landscape NOAA’s winter forecast for the U.S. favors warmer, drier conditions across the southern tier of the U.S., and cooler, wetter conditions in the North, thanks in part to an ongoing La Nina. Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center — a division of the National Weather Service — are also closely monitoring […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Seven rural counties in Pennsylvania were in the “red zone” for new COVID-19 infections last week as the pandemic spread rapidly in non-metropolitan areas nationwide. An analysis in The Daily Yonder, which covers news in rural America, says nearly 70% of rural counties across the country now have rates […]
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Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Seven rural counties in Pennsylvania were in the “red zone” for new COVID-19 infections last week as the pandemic spread rapidly in non-metropolitan areas nationwide. An analysis in The Daily Yonder, which covers news in rural America, says nearly 70% of rural counties across the country now have rates of […]
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BY: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – A U.S. Supreme Court ruling means mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day will still be counted, even if they arrive up to three days after the polls close in Pennsylvania. When the state Supreme Court ruled that, because of the COVID pandemic, extending the time for ballots to arrive […]
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Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. — A new study shows the manufacturing sector in Pennsylvania and three other key swing states had gone into decline before the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis, performed by experts at The Century Foundation, Policy Matters Ohio and The Groundwork Collaborative, looked at job and wage growth since 2000. Stephen Herzenberg, executive director of the Keystone Research Center, explained […]
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Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania House Education Committee is scheduled to vote today on a bill that critics say would divert federal CARES Act money to fund a new school voucher program. The Keystone State has about $1.3 billion in unspent CARES Act money. Pennsylvania House Bill 2696 would put $500 million of that into […]
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Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – A group battling childhood hunger has enlisted a major media company to help get meals to kids while schools are closed by the COVID pandemic. “Turn Up, Fight Hunger” is an unusual collaboration between the No Kid Hungry campaign and Discovery, Inc. In less than a year, the partnership has helped connect children across the […]
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Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced today that Pennsylvania’s agriculture industry will be celebrated virtually for the 2021 PA Farm Show, with no in-person events or competitions, to mitigate against COVID-19. “There are times in the life of a farmer when the risks are too great or uncertain, requiring farmers to make the tough decision to […]
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