Critical Week For PA Transportation Money
Once again, transportation funding is teed up for a vote in what's billed as a make-or-break week in the Pennsylvania House.
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Once again, transportation funding is teed up for a vote in what's billed as a make-or-break week in the Pennsylvania House.
Federal judge John E. Jones III has dismissed motions by the state secretaries of health and revenue, and the Bucks County register of wills.
The future of legislation that would raise new money for roads, bridges, and mass transit in Pennsylvania remains up in the air.
A driver who was the subject of a manhunt following a police chase in a tractor trailer in Berks County Thursday is now in police custody.
Pennsylvania prosecutors said in a new court filing that Jerry Sandusky has not presented any good reason for the state Supreme Court to take up an appeal of his molestation conviction.
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesman Gene Blaum says the salt depots are stocked with tons of salt across the five-county Philadelphia region, and plow blades are sharpened and ready to go.
"We don't want any special consideration, but we do want to be fairly covered," Crawley said today.
Auditor general Eugene DePasquale says an audit found that the state Department of Public Welfare did not adequately monitor the contractors who managed the payroll for workers who provide services for the elderly and disabled.
Pennsylvania's bat population has been all but wiped out by White Nose Syndrome, caused by a non-native fungus that thrives in the cold damp caves and mines in which bats hibernate.
"There's no national plan or effort to really strategically deal with so many adults with autism coming into the system," says Leslie Long, director of adult services for Autism Speaks, which conducted the survey.
The bill is sponsored by Pa. Rep. Rick Saccone (R-Allegheny County), and co-sponsored by Rep. Ronald Waters (D-Phila., foreground).
The state House is expected to vote Wednesday on legislation that would allow small games of chance in Pennsylvania bars and taverns.
Allentown's mayor has nominated a veteran Philadelphia police officer to become the city's next police chief.
Sharon Police Chief Michael Menster said Saturday it appeared that one of the players, 18-year-old Corey Swartz of Sharon, drove a sport utility vehicle across a median strip and hit an oncoming truck.
The uniform that Bill Mazeroski wore when he hit a walk-off home run for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the final game of the 1960 World Series has a new owner after an auction of the Hall of Famer's memorabilia.
