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PECO’s EV Investment: Rebates, Charging Stations, and Savings Tools to Simplify Your Switch to Electric Vehicles
Working with customers to help them access cleaner electric transportation options is an integral part of PECO's Path to Clean commitment. PECO, Pennsylvania’s largest electric and natural gas delivery company and provider of energy to millions of customers in the Greater Philadelphia region, is on a Path to Clean, working with its parent company Exelon to reduce its operations-driven emissions by 50 percent by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. To meet these aggressive targets, the company has been implementing programs to dramatically reduce its carbon footprint, while also investing in infrastructure to make cleaner energy solutions more accessible, affordable, and equitable for customers. One of the ways PECO is doing this is by embracing electric vehicles (EVs).
Here's where Pa. still has antlerless deer licenses and how hunters can share venison
Round 4 of Pennsylvania’s antlerless deer license sales begins Monday morning and a program in which hunters can donate their extra venison is having a record year. The Pennsylvania Game Commission allocated 1,186,000 antlerless deer licenses statewide for 2024-25, which is up from the 1,095,000 licenses made available last year. The agency has been selling licenses...
2024 Mid-Penn Colonial girls volleyball: team-by-team previews
The high school girls volleyball season is here in Pennsylvania, and opening serve for Mid-Penn Conference teams is imminent. PennLive collected surveys given through Big Spring’s media day, as well as our own, to preview teams around the Mid-Penn heading into their respective 2024 campaigns. If you purchase a...
Pa.’s top-ranked high school football players of the past 20 years. Who was a hit, and who was a miss?
Zahir Mathis is one big, bad dude. The Imhotep defensive end, who is committed to Ohio State, combines a 6-foot-6, 230-pound frame with elite athleticism. Because of that, he is the top-ranked player in Pennsylvania’s Class of 2025, according to Rivals.com. If you purchase a product or register for...
Report: Pa. State Police Pull Over Drivers at Similar Rates Regardless of a Driver’s Race
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania State Police pulled drivers over at about the same rate regardless of the motorists’ race or ethnicity, according to a study of traffic stops made in 2023. Released last week, the analysis by criminologist Robin Engel and other data scientists also found little discrepancy in the outcomes of traffic stops, noting negligible differences in the rate of arrest, citations and warnings across racial and ethnic groups. The study did find a small difference...
Alvernia Ph.D. Grad Confirmed to PASSHE Board of Governors
Alvernia University alumnus gains prominent position to influence Pennsylvania’s 10 state universities. Alvernia University alumnus Brandon Danz, Ph.D. was recently nominated by Governor Josh Shapiro to a term on the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Board of Governors. Danz was unanimously confirmed by the Pennsylvania State Senate in July.
State leaders asking Shapiro Administration to give them more tools to fight drug overdoses
PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) – Pennsylvania leaders are calling on the Shapiro Administration to give them more tools to fight and prevent opioid deaths. Pennsylvania has a standing order that allows first responders to use the life-saving drug, Narcan for when a person overdoses. “The standing order was written a long time ago. There was only one […]
Trump taps ‘alternate’ elector Bill Bachenberg as Republican Electoral College member
Editor’s Note: This story first appeared on Armchair Lehigh Valley and is being published on lehighvalleylive.com as part of a partnership with the website, which aims to give voters factual information in a nonpartisan way to help them make informed decisions at the polls. Armchair Lehigh Valley is run by publisher Katherine Reinhard and editor Robert H. Orenstein, two longtime journalists who formerly worked at The Morning Call in Allentown. Learn more about Armchair Lehigh Valley and subscribe here.
Rescues and animal shelters in Pennsylvania seeing an increase in surrenders
(WHTM) — At any given time, thousands of animals end up in Pennsylvania rescues and shelters and looking for permanent or foster care homes, including the York County SPCA. I was able to sit down and speak with the non profit’s executive director Steve Martinez, who brought a furry friend along with him named Thumbalina, […]
Pennsylvania college students should get delayed aid awards in September; PHEAA ‘hopeful next year will be smoother’
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Normally, college students would know by now how much financial aid they’re getting for the new school year. That, in turn, would normally come after filling out Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, as early as Oct. 1 of nearly a year earlier. PHEAA, Pennsylvania’s centralized grant agency, would […]
Pennsylvania's run ends in Little League World Series after 3-1 loss
Evan Taveras struck out 12 Pennsylvania batters in five and two-thirds innings, and Hawaii made two runs in the first inning stand up for a 3-1 Little League World Series victory on Wednesday. That loss eliminated Council Rock Newtown from the tournament. The Bucks County team, representing the Mid-Atlantic Region,...
One year later: Memorial honoring fallen Pennsylvania firefighter unveiled
A volunteer doesn’t ask why. They go because they’re called to help someone in need. That’s exactly what North East firefighter Shawn Giles was doing one year ago when he was killed by a speeding car ignoring the safety perimeter at an accident. “His ultimate sacrifice saved lives a year ago, including my own. We […]
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