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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania farmers and conservation professionals just spent some time on Chesapeake Bay to gain firsthand experience with the impact they have on the water – and on those who depend on the bay to make their living. Agriculture is a major source of sediment and nutrient pollution in the […]

By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Education advocates say a new school voucher bill would drain district resources and allow discrimination against students with special needs. House Bill 1800 would provide tuition vouchers worth up to $8,200 to students in the financially struggling Harrisburg school district to attend private schools, including religious schools. But according to Susan […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]