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Pa. plant to close; more than 100 people to be laid off
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Pa. plant to close; more than 100 people to be laid off
More than 100 people will be laid off after an envelope manufacturing facility in Schuylkill County closes. Tri-State Envelope filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry informing the state that it is closing its facility at 1 Ogler Place in Ashland and that 122 people will be laid off.
Three Mile Island revival remains distant, but talks continue among Pennsylvania lawmakers
(WHTM) — Pennsylvania lawmakers are beginning to discuss reopening the infamous Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, however, no specific plan to revive the plant has been made. TMI-2, the site of the worst nuclear disaster in US history, has stoked environmental fears in the public for years. Now, state lawmakers are considering reopening the […]
The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs gives resources for veterans struggling with mental health
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) has been voicing the importance of reaching out to veterans and reminding them that people care about their well-being as September begins. September is National Suicide Prevention Month and veterans are at an elevated risk of suicide. Veterans...
Rite Aid leaves Chapter 11 bankruptcy privately owned by creditors, chain announces
CAMP HILL, Pa. — The Pennsylvania-based pharmacy chain Rite Aid announced Tuesday its emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy with $2 billion less debt, a new chief executive and roughly half of the stores it once had. As part of its emergence from bankruptcy, some of the chain's creditors took...
Governor Shapiro joins Red Cross in declaring National Blood Donation Day
(WTAJ) — In an effort to encourage people to donate blood, Governor Josh Shapiro has declared Sept. 4 as National Blood Donation Day. For the ninth consecutive year, Doctor Daliah Wachs has worked to enlist all 50 in promoting blood donation. After hearing about an emergency need for more donors, Dr. Wachs decided to establish […]
Delaware pays $102 million in legal settlement to Pennsylvania, other states over unclaimed property
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. Delaware will pay $102 million in unclaimed property funds to a coalition of states, including Pennsylvania, as part of a recent legal settlement. Pennsylvania and Arkansas led the...
Traveling to die: The latest form of medical tourism
This story first appeared on KFF Health News. In the 18 months after Francine Milano was diagnosed with a recurrence of the ovarian cancer she thought she’d beaten 20 years ago, she traveled twice from her home in Pennsylvania to Vermont. She went not to ski, hike or leaf-peep, but to arrange to die. “I […]
Local governments need 12K people to function. Experts say you could be one of them.
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