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Pennsylvania gets $20 million in uncashed checks — hard part is finding owners
(The Center Square) — An interstate saga that stretched to almost a decade finally came to an end as Delaware agreed to a settlement to send over $20 million back to Pennsylvania. The settlement, which requires Delaware to pay out up to $120 million to 30 states, comes from a dispute over what to do with uncashed checks sent through MoneyGram. Delaware would keep the unclaimed property because MoneyGram was incorporated in the state, rather than send the money to the states where they were...
PennDOT Denies Several Personalized License Plate Applications Daily; Here Are Some of Them
PennDOT issues many vanity license plates annually, but it also rejects countless applications, from the puerile to the racist, according to a staff report from City & State Pennsylvania. Over at PennDOT, it’s somebody’s job to check the thousands of vanity license plate applications annually and pull out the bad...
Nippon Steel plans $1B to upgrade Pennsylvania plant
(The Center Square) — Japanese-owned Nippon Steel said Thursday it will invest $1 billion to extend the life of a processing plant near Pittsburgh. Mon Valley Works in West Mifflin rolls 2.9 million net tons of steel slabs for use in appliances, automotive products, metal building and home construction, according to U.S. Steel.
A-list musicians hit the stage in PA, NJ: Usher, Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- This weekend the Philadelphia area will have you singing! A-list musicians from hip-hop to country will grace stages in Philadelphia and New Jersey. This weekend is also a camper's delight with the 52nd annual Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival in New Jersey. Comedic stars will hit the stage in PA and NJ with fan favorites, Gabriel Iglesias and Rudy Francisco. Plus, the Phils go head-to-head against the Nationals at Citizens Bank Park.Read about all those events and more as we break down what's going on around the area from Friday to Sunday.Usher at Wells Fargo CenterR&B icon Usher...
High School Football Schedules, Scores & Highlights | Week 2
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Share your high school football pictures and videos by texting them to 717-843-0043!. It's the second week of High School Football in 2024 in Central Pennsylvania. Manheim Central - 14 Ephrata - 31 (In the video above, you can see highlights from wins for West York,...
Pa. Lottery ticket worth over $2.6M sold in Franklin County
Another day, another Lottery ticket worth millions sold in Pennsylvania. This time the golden ticket was purchased in Franklin County. According to a press release sent Friday by the Pennsylvania Lottery themselves, the ticket in question was a jackpot Pennsylvania Lottery Match 6 Lotto ticket worth $2.68 million. The matching numbers were 6-8-16-20-30-39.
Rising Vaccine Exemptions in Pa. Schools Up Chance of Measles Outbreaks
This story first appeared in How We Care, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA featuring original reporting and perspectives on how we care for one another at all stages of life. Sign up for free here. As kids revel in the final days of summer break, Pennsylvania school nurses statewide are hustling to make sure students are vaccinated. The mandatory recordkeeping is routine, and helps school officials to keep children safe from preventable diseases like tetanus and hepatitis B. But rising requests for exemptions to vaccinations are making this work fraught and revealing fears some parents have about caring for their children. Under state...
Shapiro hails Pennsylvania court ruling protecting mail ballots
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) hailed a Friday state court ruling that he says will protect Keystone State residents’ right to vote. The Commonwealth Court ruling ended a requirement that every mail-in ballot in the state require a handwritten date on the envelope. Under the initial rule, any envelope containing a ballot without a clear…
Tenfold helps pilot study of landlord incentives
The Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania is encouraging agencies that help homeless households find rentals to consider including financial incentives for landlords as part of a broader engagement effort. Doing so can dramatically reduce the time it takes for families to secure housing, it says. The evidence? A pilot program conducted...
DNC unveils billboards in Pennsylvania claiming Trump threatens IVF access
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) unveiled billboards Friday in Pennsylvania claiming that former President Trump threatens access to in vitro fertilization (IVF), ahead of his rally in the Keystone State. In a statement exclusively sent to The Hill, the DNC argued Trump has lied about his position on IVF and wants to ban the procedure.…
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announce $17M for projects along Delaware River Watershed
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. Federal funding from the Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund will go toward removing dams to help fish move freely, reducing stormwater pollution and restoring habitat for horseshoe crabs, among other initiatives.
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