Members of the local Wild Ones chapter hosted a rehabilitation project of their Browning Avenue site over the weekend, making progress toward their goal of starting a self-sustaining food forest for the community. According to Ridge and Valley chapter President Chris Earle, the ...
Editor’s note: With K-12 enrollment declining across the country, State Affairs is examining how states are responding to shrinking student populations — and who is bearing the cost. This story is part of an ongoing series, “The New School Math,” that digs into the numbers, the causes ...
Nicole Zernick said she didn’t see herself becoming a teacher let alone the executive director of the Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center. Zernick was recently recognized by Pennsylvania Business Central as one of the top women CEOs and leaders for 2026. “It’s an honor and ...
CRESSON — The Republican state House of Representatives’ policy committee held a public hearing Thursday at Mount Aloysius College to examine biosolids management and its impact on businesses and ratepayers. The state Department of Environmental Protection proposed two permit updates earlier this year to prevent per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — PFAS or “forever” chemicals — in biosolids from polluting farm fields and groundwater. The updated permits would introduce monitoring requirements for wastewater treatment facilities that produce biosolids for land application, ...
A state commission approved new rules for the release of mental health records despite thousands of comments from the public urging them to reject the changes over questions about parental notification requirements. The Independent Regulatory Review Commission voted 4-1 Thursday to approve changes proposed by the Department of Human Services in response to a 2022 state law dealing with who has access to minors’ mental health records. The bulk of the pushback against the new rules was triggered by the department’s move to eliminate language spelling out that parents must be ...
HARRISBURG — Of all the Republican members of Congress who represent swing districts, there may be none as closely linked to President Donald Trump as Scott Perry of Pennsylvania. Perry backed Trump’s signature tax-cutting laws in 2017 and 2025. He’s aggressively defended Trump’s war with Iran. And when Trump tried to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential election victory in 2020, Perry sought to invalidate Pennsylvania’s electoral votes and elevate an acting attorney general who would act on conspiracy theories. Now the question is whether Perry’s ties to Trump ...
