By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – One-point-three-billion-hours – that’s how much unpaid time family caregivers in Pennsylvania devoted to helping aging family members and friends remain in their homes in 2017, according to a new report. The latest installment of AARP’s Valuing the Invaluable series says there are more than 1.5 million family caregivers in the Keystone […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – This is the start of the 98th annual American Education Week, a time to celebrate the achievements of public education and acknowledge the contributions of all those who make a difference in students’ lives. It’s a week when teachers, parents and support professionals are recognized for the hard work […]
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Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Congress is hearing from opponents of a plan to exempt an Alaskan national forest from protection under the Roadless Rule, the same rule that protects 25,000 acres of national forestland in Pennsylvania. The U.S. Forest Service is holding hearings in Alaska and Washington, D.C., this week about exempting Alaska’s Tongass National Forest from […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed extending compliance deadlines and creating new loopholes in clean-water rules that would allow some coal-fired power plants to keep polluting at current levels for years. The proposed changes affect rules put in place in 2015. They include looser limits on heavy-metal pollution for some […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – The proportion of state funding for special education has been falling for more than ten years, but a new report suggests a simple fix could begin to restore equity to the system. In 2008, the state paid one-third of the cost of special ed, but that has since fallen to only […]
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STAFF REPORT PB on FB posted ” Roadwork will be completed on Eighth Avenue beginning November 8th from South Culvert Street, East to the cul-de-sac. Portions of South Culvert Street and West Sixth Avenue will be affected as part of this roadwork as well. The projected schedule is as follows: – Milling on November 8th […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – The number of children in the nation with no health insurance increased from 2016 to 2018, but a new report shows that in Pennsylvania the insurance rate stayed about the same. The report, from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, found that nearly 4.5% of children in the Keystone State […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – The open enrollment period for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act begins Friday, and health care advocates are advising people to read the fine print before deciding on a new policy. The advocacy group Consumers for Quality Care sponsored a survey that found just over half of respondents said they […]
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