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Higher ed campus closings in spotlight

A pending House bill seeks to bring more public involvement to the process for closing a campus at public institutions of higher education. A memo filed by Rep Jill Cooper, R-Allegheny, with bipartisan cosponsors gives an additional job to the state Education Secretary when deciding whether to approve a campus closing application or not. The secretary would publish a notice about the application in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and post information on the department’s website. The public would have a 30-day comment period after that under Cooper’s proposal. The secretary would ...

Fetterman speaks at GOP event

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman spoke to the Republican midterm convention via video Wednesday, an extraordinary escalation of the growing rupture between the Pennsylvanian and his party. Fetterman’s decision is certain to stoke fears, already simmering among Democrats, that he will switch ...

Mosquito control spraying planned for parts of Blair County

The Blair County Mosquito-borne Disease Control Program will conduct a truck-mounted ultra-low-volume mosquito control operation today, Thursday, Sept. 10, in portions of Antis Township, Blair Township and Hollidaysburg Borough. The operation will begin around dusk and is intended to reduce populations of nuisance mosquitoes and mosquitoes capable of transmitting West Nile virus. The adult mosquito control operation originally scheduled for Sept. 3 was canceled because of weather. A makeup operation scheduled for Sept. 8 was canceled because of equipment malfunctions. The treatment ...

Teamwork

Caregivers with Heart CEO Pattie Markley helps owner and director Philip Bottenfield install a banner on the for the Frankstown Road office in Altoona on Tuesday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Lawmakers race to update e-bike law

As accidents, injuries and fatalities tied to e-bikes and e-scooters add up, lawmakers are increasingly looking to make changes to better protect riders and others. Monday, a Senate committee discussed strategies to respond to the problem. That same morning, a woman on an e-bike in Delaware ...