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State sues Pittsburgh-area home contractor over incomplete jobs
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- The state is suing a Pittsburgh-area home contractor, alleging that his company used illegal contracts and didn't complete jobs or give refunds. The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General said it filed a lawsuit against Brothers All Around Service, LLC and owner John McDonald after several customers complained that they paid the company large sums upfront for jobs that weren't finished.Many consumers who paid Brothers for major home improvement projects had to hire separate contractors to finish the jobs and even repair the work in some cases, the attorney general's office said. After that, officials said Brothers blocked some consumers'...
Thousands of Pennsylvania workers are owed money from wage theft cases but the US Labor Department says it can’t find them
In March 2022, a federal court ordered an Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, home-care agency to pay more than $4.5 million in back wages and damages to more than 500 workers after federal investigators showed that the agency had misclassified those workers as independent contractors and failed to pay them overtime. The...
Western Wayne's Ethan Grodack is having a busy summer on the diamond and the gridiron
LAKE ARIEL — Western Wayne's Ethan Grodack isn't exactly taking it easy in his final summer of freedom before heading off to college. Grodack graduated from Western Wayne in June and will be continuing his academic career this fall at Wilkes University. There, he'll study secondary education and history while also playing baseball. ...
Wayne County getting $770K in opioid settlement funds, on top of original $2.2 million
Another $770,000 on top of the $2.2 million previously received by the Wayne County commissioners to counter the drug epidemic is expected from the latest nationwide settlement with opioid distributors and manufacturers. County Solicitor Wendell Kay made the announcement at the July 17 commissioners' meeting. ...
Funding doubled to $10 million for Pa. grants to enhance security for nonprofits
PITTSBURGH — In the years sincethe Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, Pennsylvania has devoted millions of dollars to protecting houses of worship, people and places that could be targets for hate. Now the state is doubling that funding. The new state budget increases the funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant program...
Pennsylvania Turnpike officials growing garden to donate food to local pantry
(WHTM) — Tuesday’s hometown heroes are setting an example for sustainability. Employees for the Turnpike Commission use their lunch breaks to tend the garden outside the central administration building near Highspire. They’re growing vegetables in a plot of unused land and harvesting them for a local food pantry. The Turnpike Commission says the garden exemplifies […]
Efforts recognized in Robert Baron murder investigation
SCRANTON, Pa. — The Lackawanna County district attorney's office on Wednesday celebrated the "team effort" behind the six-year-long investigation of Old Forge business owner Robert Baron's murder. Two weeks after convicted killer Justin Schuback learned he will spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing the 58-year-old...
Pa. Turnpike is eliminating toll plazas soon. What you need to know
In the not too distant future, drivers on the Pennsylvania Turnpike will be able to pay their tolls without having to slow down or battle traffic at toll plazas. A series of gantries over the highway will take care of that. Beginning Jan. 5, the turnpike’s open road tolling system will go into effect in the eastern part of the state, including the section that passes through the Lehigh Valley. ...
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