Anti-Gay 'Conversion Therapy' Under Fire in NJ and Pa.
"Minors deserve special protection," says State Rep. Babette Josephs. "Nothing should be done to them that's contrary to acceptable medical practice."
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"Minors deserve special protection," says State Rep. Babette Josephs. "Nothing should be done to them that's contrary to acceptable medical practice."
The Upper Merion man accused of murdering a 10-month old girl and her grandmother in a failed abduction attempt last month is scheduled for a court appearance in Montgomery County this morning.
The Task Force on Child Protection calls for, essentially, a complete rewrite of Pennsylvania's child services law.
Huge ticket sales nationally are pushing the payout for Wednesday's drawing higher.
School districts statewide will begin administering new standardized tests next week that eventually all students will have to pass to graduate.
The Pennsylvania Task Force on Child Protection announced Tuesday its recommendations, which include rewriting the Child Protective Services Law.
Harcum College in Bryn Mawr is offering a special scholarship for full-time students from counties in Delaware, New Jersey, and New York affected by Hurricane Sandy.
AAA Mid-Atlantic projects 1.6 million Pennsylvanians will be traveling 50 miles or more away from home over the holiday weekend, between Wednesday and Sunday.
What has happened to the number of driving citations issued since the joint effort between city and state police went into effect?
"We are in a different position than we were back in 2006," says Pennsylvania state senator Larry Farnese.
Pennsylvania Prison Society executive director William DiMascio says the program had been highly successful over the past four years helping ex-offender fathers get training, jobs, and access to social services that helped them take care of their families.
Senior David Carel of Penn Valley and sophomore Dakota McCoy of Wexford are recipients of the scholarships established in 1902 by the will of British philanthropist Cecil Rhodes.
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board says it has received six applications for Philadelphia's second casino license -- including one that wasn't on the radar screen until now.
The memory of Hurricane Sandy might be fading for some of us, but for many families just north, along the coast, every day still brings new trauma.
"If the city is going to have a casino, then we should maximize the benefit to the city from that casino," says a spokesman for US Rep. Bob Brady.
