-
Senate Appropriations Committee livestream/https://appropriations.pasenategop.com"The entire regiment deserves some sort of reconsideration, whether it’s by BusPatrol or by legislative change,” PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll said during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing. -
Courtesy/Carol Obando-Derstine campaignAppearing this week on Lehigh Valley Political Pulse with host Tom Shortell, Carol Obando-Derstine framed her resume as a contrast with other Democratic primary contenders.
-
Crystal methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana and fentanyl were confiscated. Cash and firearms were involved, as well. -
The Pa. Chamber of Business and Industry had its own bracket: “Coolest Thing Made in Pa.”
-
A line of storms that spared the Lehigh Valley on Saturday raked the Philadelphia region and surrounding areas, with eight tornadoes confirmed by the National Weather Service.
-
The recall of the 42-volt Jetson Rogue hoverboards comes after a 10-year-old girl and her 15-year-old sister died in a fire last year. Investigators determined the hoverboard was the fire's point of origin, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
-
The Lehigh Valley is under a severe weather threat Saturday that includes the possibility of tornadic activity in the region.
-
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman has left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after six weeks of inpatient treatment for clinical depression, with plans to return to the Senate in mid-April.
-
A woman pulled alive from the rubble of a Pennsylvania chocolate factory after an explosion that killed seven co-workers says her arm caught fire as flames engulfed the ruined building — and then she fell through the floor into a vat of liquid chocolate.
-
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.
-
For the first time since 2020, Medicaid recipients must renew their application. That process will begin April 1st.
-
The staffing situation means delays in clearing roads will be likely this winter.
-
A neighbor claimed the firm's activities were disrupting the family's quality of life.
-
The number of drug overdoses in Pennsylvania has skyrocketed since the beginning of the pandemic.
-
Most utilities will be raising electricity prices in December, according to the Pa. Public Utility Commission.
-
Pay attention while you're driving. Officials are seeing more accidents that involve distracted drivers.
-
The changes could cost another $120 million a year but significantly reduce health risks, supporters say.
-
Lehigh County officials are not yet sure how much or when the Lehigh Valley will see infrastructure funding.
-
Scientists say the world has less than a decade to take steps to avoid catastrophic global warming.
-
Officials urge hunters to get vaccinated.
-
Voter ID and earlier deadlines to register and apply for a mail-in ballot are being considered.
-
Concerns also were raised about election officials nationwide leaving jobs amid threats.
-
Some Republican state lawmakers are pushing to overhaul how appointments to an air quality advisory board are made in response to Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's attempt to join a regional cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gas emissions.
