Written by May 25, 2018 Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf has ordered the United States and Commonwealth flags at the Capitol Complex and statewide to fly at half-staff in honor of Memorial Day from sunrise to noon on Monday, May 28, 2018. On this day, America recognizes and honors the men and women of the United States […]
Andrea Sears PHILADELPHIA – A habeas petition has been filed in federal district court seeking the release of a gay Mexican immigrant being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention in York Prison. In January Jose Nunez Martinez and his husband, a U.S. citizen, were attending what they thought was a routine marriage interview at the U.S. […]
Andrea Sears PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Plastics have serious negative impacts throughout the supply chain – that’s the message brought to Pittsburgh this week by activists from India and the Philippines. The representatives of Break Free From Plastic, a global movement seeking solutions to what they call the plastic pollution crisis, visited concerned residents of Beaver and […]
Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Government Accountability Office says Congress can take back money that already has been appropriated for the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The Trump administration has proposed cutting federal spending by $15 billion, with almost half coming from CHIP. Since the cuts would come from mandatory spending, the GAO first had […]
Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Members of more than 20 organizations gathered in Harrisburg on Thursday to launch a nonpartisan campaign to support middle- and working-class Pennsylvanians. The “We the People” agenda was created by people who came together in 13 community meetings across the Commonwealth and from a survey of more than 1,100 voters. According […]
Harrisburg, Pa. — A Lancaster County auto dealer recently was found guilty of fraudulently filing a personal income tax return and sentenced to two years of probation, Revenue Secretary Dan Hassell announced today. A jury found Mena Samir Dous, of Elizabethtown, guilty of the charge following a two-day trial last week. “Misrepresenting one’s income to avoid […]
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will host a public hearing to obtain comments regarding the Delaware County Solid Waste Authority’s Major Permit Modification Application to increase the capacity of the Rolling Hills Landfill, located in Earl Township, Berks County. The hearing will be held Thursday June 7, 2018, from 6:30 PM until 9:00 […]
King of Prussia, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today reopened the bridge carrying Street Road over Octoraro Creek in Upper Oxford Township, Chester County, following a rehabilitation project. Under this project, PennDOT’s contractor rebuilt the northeast stone wingwall, cleaned and repointed other walls and performed some paving, as well as other miscellaneous construction. […]
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