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This Year’s Budget Overturns Local Bans on Rodeos. No Pa. Lawmaker Will Take Credit
This story first appeared in The Investigator, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA featuring the best investigative and accountability journalism from across Pennsylvania. Sign up for free here. HARRISBURG — Under a little-noticed provision in the new state budget, Pennsylvania municipalities will be forced to allow rodeo events to take place in their borders even if local lawmakers have voted to restrict them. Only one place in the commonwealth appears to fit this description: Pittsburgh, which more than 30 years ago banned the use of some tools to control animals, including electric prods and spurs. The language is tucked into the nearly 140-page fiscal code, an...
Mount Union Homicide Trial Update
The trial of the man accused of killing two women in Huntingdon County more than 15 years ago is now in the hands of the jury. After nearly two weeks of hearing testimony, Today the jury heard closing arguments from both sides and just about an hour ago began deliberations to decide whether 50-year-old Morico Johnson, accused of double homicide, is guilty or not.
Push to Ban Smoking in Pa., Casinos Underway in Harrisburg
A push to ban smoking inside Pennsylvania casinos is underway in Harrisburg. Democrat State Representative Dan Frankel joined some Pittsburgh casino workers for a rally on the North Shore yesterday as they advocate in favor of an amendment to the state’s Clean Indoor Air Act to end tobacco use at their jobs. Frankel is a co-sponsor of the amendment, saying it is meant to close loopholes in the 2008 law. Rivers Casino currently has designated smoking and non-smoking sections on the gaming floor, while restaurants and some other areas are smoke-free.
Pennsylvania to hit budget deficit next year: IFO
(The Center Square) – After a budget deal passed in the Capitol, a Pennsylvania state agency warns that the surplus will be depleted next year. The $47.6 billion budget, slightly less than Gov. Josh Shapiro’s $48.3 billion proposal that Republicans called “a budget of unicorns and rainbows,” will increase spending by $2.7 billion, including more than […]
State gives $1M to LCCC, others to improve adult literacy instructor, education training
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Lehigh Carbon Community College is among five Pennsylvania learning institutions that will share a statewide grant of more than $1 million to boost adult education and adult literacy instruction. The funds, awarded Thursday by the state Education Department, will help train and support volunteer adult literacy...
Popular cruise line to use Pa. city as homeport in 2026 | Today in Pa.
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Cause of death released after Mississippi teen was hit by a vehicle while crossing central Pa. road
The York County Coroner’s office released the cause and manner of death for the 17-year-old boy from Mississippi who died after he was struck by a vehicle last week in Springettsbury Township. Quinterrion Smith, of Coffeeville, Mississippi, died due to multiple blunt force trauma, according to Pam Gay, the...
Former Penn State standout John Harrar has high hopes for Happy Valley Hoopers in The Tournament
A year ago at this time, John Harrar had no idea what he was doing. The former Penn State basketball stalwart had recruited a roster of former Nittany Lions to participate in The Basketball Tournament, a 64-team tournament with a winner-take-all prize of $1 million, but so much more went into it than just rolling out a ball and getting to work.
Road reopens in Hershey after deadly crash
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. — A deadly crash closed a section of a Dauphin County road for several hours Friday morning, according to the Derry Township Police Department. Route 322 (800 block of East Governor Road) was closed from Meadow Lane in Derry Township to Larkspur Drive in South Londonderry Township, officials said.
11 crews called to Dauphin co. hardware store fire
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa (WHP) — A family-owned hardware store in Elizabethville is recovering after a fire broke out early Friday morning. The blaze broke out at Kratzer Hardware in Dauphin county, located in the 400 block of West Main Street in the Elizabethville Borough, according to emergency dispatchers. In...
12 Pennsylvania Books to Read This Summer
HARRISBURG — When Spotlight PA staffers aren’t busy filing public records requests, contacting sources or preparing your favorite newsletters, we’re often reading books or talking about them. This led to the creation of an internal book club, of course. To celebrate summer and all the opportunities the season brings to read on the beach, in the park or in that perfect nook or resting spot at home, the staff has compiled a list of our favorite books. The selections span a range of genres, but all connect to Pennsylvania in some way. The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough: On the cusp of summer in...
Penn State Health’s Award-Winning Festival Banner Connects Kids Through Art
This story originally appeared in The Centre County Gazette. Penn State Health won first place in the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts 2024 Banner Competition — Youth Division with its collaborative project “From Our Kids to Your Kids.” The winning banner was displayed over Allen Street throughout this year’s festival. “From Our Kids to Your Kids” was an effort by Penn State Health and the Penn State Health Children’s Hospital in Hershey to bring together kids at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts and patients at the hospital through art and creativity. The Penn State Health State College location was...
How Penn State’s sustainability initiatives rank among other universities
Each college and campus at Penn State has the opportunity to create a Sustainability Council to advance all of the university’s different sustainability goals. The Sustainable Operations Council was organized in 2016 to better incorporate sustainability practices into Penn State Finance and Business. The SOC has been involved with...
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