The 2023-24 bipartisan budget invests $112 million to improve state parks and forests, spur economic growth in the outdoor recreation industry, and make Pennsylvania the largest state to open an Office of Outdoor Recreation Connellsville, PA — Today, Governor Josh Shapiro visited Yough River Park in Connellsville, along the 150-mile Great Allegheny PassageOpens In A New Window (GAP), in Fayette […]
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Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) Secretary Dr. Latika Davis-Jones, Congresswoman Madeleine Dean and her son Harry Cunnane, who is in recovery from substance use disorder (SUD), joined those in recovery, advocacy organizations, elected officials, and others Monday evening to highlight the importance of equitable and accessible supports for all individuals in recovery and to […]
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Agreement Includes $8 Million For Use Towards Community Projects Across Impacted Communities In Pennsylvania 09/12/2023 Harrisburg, PA– The Shapiro Administration has secured $100 million through a consent agreement with the Monsanto Company, Solutia INC., and Pharmacia LLC to resolve claims related to their production of products containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which damaged waterways and other […]
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Non-construction prime contractors must pay their small diverse business and veteran-owned business enterprise subcontractors within 10 days of receipt of payment from the Commonwealth. Harrisburg, PA – Today, Pennsylvania Department of General Services (DGS) Secretary Reggie McNeil announced the Commonwealth has implemented a prompt pay policy that requires prime contractors to pay small diverse business (SDB) and veteran-owned business […]
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Harrisburg, PA – The Shapiro Administration today announced that the Department of Human Services (DHS) will begin updating the data used to set rates for home and community-based services for Pennsylvanians with intellectual disabilities and autism – a necessary first step for greater support for this essential field and the Pennsylvanians who benefit from and rely […]
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Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) is urging Pennsylvania volunteer fire departments to ensure that a credentialed State Academy Fire Instructor is on site to supervise any live burn trainings that include 17-year-old junior firefighters – as required by an amendment to the Child Labor Act that went into effect in January. While […]
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Annville, PA – September is National Suicide Prevention Month. The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) wants to remind Pennsylvania veterans that they are not alone, and help is available. “One veteran suicide a day is too many, and the national average of 17 a day is alarming. We need to focus all our resources […]
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Harrisburg, PA – Today, Governor Josh Shapiro announced that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was ranked among the top employers in PAOpens In A New Window by workers in a new survey conducted by Forbes Magazine and Statista. The Commonwealth was one of only four government entities to make the list of 97 Pennsylvania employers. “My Administration has made clear from day […]
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