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Donna S. Fisher/For LehighValleyNews.comThe rescission bill affects public media and foreign aid and now heads back to the U.S. House, which previously passed a different version of the funding cuts. President Donald Trump must sign the legislation before midnight Friday to eliminate the previously approved funding. -
Molly Bilinski/LehighValleyNews.comHeld at DeSales University’s Gerald White Conference Center, the day-long event drew several dozen participants, including students, teachers and local environmental advocates and leaders.
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Rep. Peter Schweyer, chair of the House Education Committee, said a short timetable will likely limit how much lawmakers can change basic education funding in Gov. Josh Shapiro's first budget. -
In addition to the introduction of a bill that would automatically return some unclaimed property, a local representative is holding a session that would help residents to find their unclaimed property.
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For the first time since 2020, Medicaid recipients must renew their application. That process will begin April 1st.
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PennDOT is tackling 37 major projects worth more than $700 million in Berks, Carborn, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and Schuylkill counties this year.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro ordered Pennsylvania flags on all Commonwealth facilities, buildings, and grounds be lowered to half-staff to honor the victims of the RM Palmer Company factory explosion.
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West Reading's police chief announced two additional fatalities on Sunday evening, ending the search for two missing individuals. The search and rescue operation followed a chocolate factory explosion Friday night.
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Reporter Julian Abraham spent the weekend covering the explosion that occurred Friday at a chocolate factory in West Reading.
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As part of a yearlong investigation, The Associated Press obtained the data points underpinning several algorithms deployed by child welfare agencies to understand how they predict which children could be at risk of harm.
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A chemical spill of a latex product late Friday in Bristol Township released contaminants into a Delaware River tributary, according to OEM officials.
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Three people died and four remain missing in the explosion at the R.M. Palmer Co. chocolate-making plant in West Reading. The grim announcement Saturday night came after a day of hope spurred by a victim found alive in the wreckage early in the day.
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The local nonprofit group was among 7 organizations statewide to receive a share of $89,000 in grants.
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The war in Ukraine, abortion and strengthening democratic institutions were among the topics.
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The tests measure what a child knows on one day and there is no growth measure, Michael Faccinetto said.
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Observers are expecting legal challenges to Pa.'s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
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Leading in the polls, Fetterman was grilled about a 2013 incident in which he confronted a Black man with a shotgun.
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Smoking weed in public or bringing cannabis across state lines remains illegal in Pennsylvania.
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ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Allentown is getting a new emergency operations hub. The facility will provide more space for training firefighters from across the…
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They're the first known cases identified in Pennsylvania since 1984.
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Cynerio says the flaws could have allowed hackers to control the robots, open locked doors and watch patients.
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Because the state isn't complying with its plan, the EPA will redirect money and step up its inspections.
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Johnson said she is honored to lead during a 'transformative time' in public health.
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The program is open to homeowners with COVID-related hardships and income below 150% the area median.
