HARRISBURG, Pa. (October 11) – The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) will hold its quarterly business meeting on October 21-22 at its Harrisburg headquarters, located at 1601 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110. As part of the Commission’s quarterly meeting, committees will meet beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, October 21, and again at 8:00 […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania is taking a major step forward in its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Gov. Tom Wolf has set the wheels in motion for the Keystone State to join nine other states in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). At a morning news conference on Thursday, the governor […]
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Gap, PA (WLRI) – Low Power FM Radio Station WLRI 93FM Newsradio announced today that the non-commercial/ educational, community radio station will begin airing local news reports full time, replacing programming from Global Community Radio (GCR) starting on October 16, 2019 at 12:01 AM. “Our intention is to concentrate our news and information broadcast service […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – A federal court ruling in favor of a Philadelphia “safe consumption” site is being hailed as a major victory in the fight against the opioid overdose epidemic. The district court ruled Wednesday that Safehouse, a proposed site in Philadelphia where drugs could be used under supervision and with access to addiction services, […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Analysts say the U.S. Labor Department’s new overtime rule for salaried employees shortchanges thousands of Pennsylvania workers. In 2016 the Obama administration proposed raising the maximum amount salaried employees can earn and still be entitled to receive overtime pay to more than $47,000 a year. But the new rule announced on […]
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By: Andrea Sears PHILADELPHIA – Office cleaners in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are negotiating new contracts that could set the stage for workers up and down the East Coast. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney will join more than a thousand workers tomorrow as building cleaners in Philadelphia rally for a new contract. In both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, […]
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Harrisburg, PA – Acting Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar today encouraged Pennsylvanians to submit requests for absentee ballots well before the October 29 deadline. State law requires applications for absentee ballots to be submitted no later than one week before Election Day. For this year’s Nov. 5 municipal election, the deadline falls on Tuesday, Oct. 29. Absentee voters […]
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#10022006 #History On October 2, 2006, a shooting occurred at the West Nickel Mines School, an Amish one-room schoolhouse in the Old Order Amish community of Nickel Mines, a village in Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Gunman Charles Carl Roberts IV took hostages and shot eight out of ten girls (aged 6–13), killing five, before […]
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