10.24.13 |
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York is calling for the federal government to fund a drug buyback program in an attempt to prevent the drugs from falling into the wrong hands. The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has something called drug take back ...
10.24.13 |
A form of stink bug that has already invaded the south is expected to begin appearing in Pennsylvania next year. According to Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, the new insect is commonly referred to as kudzu bug. It feeds on ...
10.24.13 |
The Board of Governors of Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education is mulling over a policy that would allow students at the 14 state-owned universities to carry concealed firearms in certain places. Under the policy, firearms would not be ...
10.22.13 |
Pennsylvania's House of Representatives has given its final approval to a bill to create a statewide database for monitoring the use and abuse of prescription drugs.The bill was approved by a 191-to-7 vote Monday and sent to the Senate. The bill ...
10.22.13 |
The Marcellus Shale Coalition picked its second president to represent the high-profile group of companies that are active in Pennsylvania's booming natural gas industry. David Spigelmyer, a former Chesapeake Energy executive and Marcellus Shale ...
10.21.13 |
Pennsylvania's state House could have a plan to fix thousands of roads and bridges this week. The House hammered out details over the weekend of a 2.2 billion dollar package; and they'll be in Harrisburg again today, Tuesday and Wednesday before ...
10.21.13 |
There is a movement across the state of Pennsylvania to get same sex marriage legalized. But it's not coming from gay rights groups-- it's coming from pastors. More then 30 Methodist pastors from Reading to Philadelphia are vowing to officiate same ...
10.18.13 |
Starting Monday, callers to Pennsylvania's unemployment compensation call centers will be asked to contact the centers on a specific day based on the last digit of their Social Security numbers. The Department of Labor and Industry says it is ...
10.18.13 |
Federal offices and national parks in Pennsylvania reopened for business Thursday, a day after U.S. lawmakers approved legislation to end a 16-day partial government shutdown that idled thousands of federal employees in the state while ...
10.17.13 |
Just 16 days on the job and the Chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education has already floated a radical new idea ....why not charge different tuitions for different majors at the 14 state-owned schools ? Frank Brogan ...
