BY: STAFF According to Parkesburg Borough Police Department, “Police were called to a dog attack incident Wednesday afternoon, July 24th, along the 300 block of Strasburg Avenue. Two family members (an 82 year old female and a 26 year old male) sustained serious injuries that include bites, cuts and a compound fractured arm. The family […]
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Members of our community are encouraged to participate in helping us to clean up roads across Lancaster County and Chester County, PA. Our fist clean up is in Gap, PA along the Lincoln Highway. WLRI will start at the Gap Bypass (U.S. 30 @ PA 41) and work east to the Chester County line (Swan […]
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BY: Jenn Stanley HARRISBURG, Pa. – Robocalls are more than annoying – they’re bilking people out of money. And a new survey says many Pennsylvanians are vulnerable, as scam artists use sophisticated technologies to mask their identities. The state-specific survey by the AARP Fraud Watch Network found more than half of respondents receive seven or more robocalls […]
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BY: Andrea Sears COATESVILLE, Pa. – It’s time to invest in local solar jobs. That’s the message climate-justice advocates delivered to PECO on Tuesday. Clean-energy backers rallied in Coatesville, calling on Philadelphia Electric Co. to make local jobs a priority by committing to at least 20% solar power by 2025. According to Dana Robinson, media director for […]
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BY: Jenn Stanley ALLENTOWN, Pa. – A mid-year report from the Guttmacher Institute on abortion access in the United States puts the state-level divide on abortion policy front and center. In the face of a more conservative U.S. Supreme Court, 12 states have passed abortion bans, while six have expanded access. But some in Pennsylvania feel that […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Advocates for seniors are urging state lawmakers to help more than 1.5 million Pennsylvanians who take care of family members. Family caregivers in the Keystone State provide 1.4 billion hours of unpaid assistance every year, valued at over $19 billion dollars. Proposed legislation, known as the Family Care Act, would […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Expanding tax credits for private-school tuition will benefit the rich at the expense of public education, according to public-school advocates in the Commonwealth. The Pennsylvania House Education Committee this week voted to approve a $100 million increase for the Education Improvement Tax Credit, a school voucher program that pays tuition […]
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By: Andrea Sears PHILADELPHIA – Pennsylvania’s population growth rate is one of the slowest in the country, but a bill now in Congress could help many immigrants come out of the shadows. In May, Congress is expected to vote on H.R. 6, the “American Dream and Promise Act.” That bill could help hundreds of thousands […]
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