By: Emily Scott With negotiations for Pennsylvania’s budget under way, a new report unpacks the state’s investment in early-childhood education. Advocates hope it can sway lawmakers to boost funding in the budget. Gov. Tom Wolf’s final budget proposal includes a $70 million increase in pre-K funding. In the Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children report, the Commonwealth ranks 14th […]
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Special Weather Statement Special Weather Statement National Weather Service State College PA 1048 PM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022 PAZ064>066-010315- Lancaster PA-York PA-Adams PA- 1048 PM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022 …A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL LANCASTER…SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS AND YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 1115 PM EDT… At 1046 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a […]
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The Chernobyl nuclear power plant site has been captured by Russian forces as they invade Ukraine. We have reaction from Ukrainian communities across the nation. Download QR 🡻
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Federal funding could help speed up replacement of Missouri’s 330,000 lead water service lines; and the Trump Organization’s former accountants say they can no longer work for the company. Download QR 🡻
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The Octorara Area School District will be dismissing early today due to inclement weather. Grades 7 through 12 will dismiss at 10:30. Grades kindergarten through 6 will dismiss at 11:30. Lunch will not be served. Extracurricular and evening activities are cancelled. Download QR 🡻
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By: Emily Scott One year after the Jan. 6 insurrection, Pennsylvania officials and political observers gathered at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, to call for action in preserving the right to free and fair elections. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., recalled preparing to defend the state’s Electoral College votes when the riot began and […]
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Emily Scott Pennsylvania’s Legislative Reapportionment Commission has voted on its proposals for state House and Senate voting-district maps. Good-government advocacy groups say the maps are a step in the right direction to keep communities of interest together. The biggest changes are seen in the House map, reflecting large population shifts in the Commonwealth over the last […]
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By: Emily Scott HARRISBURG, Pa. — With kids stuck at home early in the pandemic, a new report said child-abuse cases decreased in 2020, but children’s advocates say it is likely a result of the abuse going undocumented, and there is work to be done to better respond to children’s needs during a public-health crisis. Pennsylvania Partnerships […]
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