For many families, the summer food service program is nice because it gets everyone out of the house and into their local sites to catch up with friends and enjoy a nutritious meal. The federally funded program is operated nationally by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and administered by ...
EBENSBURG — Parking enforcement is now active with the recent hiring of enforcement officer Allison McKee, but a lot of work remains in order to get the borough’s ParkMobile agreement in place by Sept. 1, officials said. When the agreement is in place, parking rates will increase to $1 ...
Progressive groups unveiled a new campaign, dubbed Building a Brighter PA, Tuesday to call for protections to lower consumer electric bills while generating more power from renewable energy sources. The effort comes as state officials debate what sort of controls should be implemented to cushion residential customers from having to shoulder higher bills as data centers have caused a spike in demand for power. The emergence of more than 60 data center projects around Pennsylvania led to grassroots resistance and spurred calls for a moratorium on data centers while state and local ...
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania General Assembly has missed the deadline set for it by the state Supreme Court without passing a legislative solution to the commonwealth’s unconstitutional sentencing scheme for second-degree murder. A killing is considered second-degree murder if it occurs ...
HARRISBURG — A broadband grant program that the Trump administration abruptly canceled last year can be restored without language that allowed race to be used as a factor in awarding funding, a federal judge has ruled. In a case challenging the program’s termination, U.S. District Judge ...
As large-scale solar projects become a growing part of Pennsylvania’s energy mix, policymakers and communities are confronting an increasingly important question: What happens to the panels and other equipment when these facilities reach the end of their useful lives? Solar panels generally have a life span of 25 to 30 years; although systems may continue operating, be upgraded or be repowered. A new state law will ensure that when facilities are ultimately retired, landowners are not left with the cost of removing them. Senate Bill 349 was signed into law by Gov. Josh Shapiro on ...
