03.15.13 |
All outdoor residential bush burning in New York has been prohibited by the D-E-C as wildfire season gets underway. The season begins on March 16th and ends on May 14th. The restriction was put in place back in 2009 to prevent wildfires and to ...
03.14.13 |
A new 88-page state report charges a former state senator, three former top Turnpike Commission officials and four others with running a years-long "pay-to-play scheme" that forced companies to make campaign contributions or provide gifts to them ...
03.14.13 |
Not only are there enough family doctors in Pennsylvania, but most are willing to care for the uninsured. The information, among the findings of survey results released this week by the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians. They interviewed ...
03.12.13 |
In court documents filed Monday, attorneys for Jerry Sandusky outlined plans for future appeals of his child sex abuse conviction. They listed seven grounds for appeal that the former Penn State assistant coach will pursue through appellate ...
03.12.13 |
The National Academies of Sciences published a scientific study Monday finding no evidence a all of toxic chemical spills from Marcellus Shale drilling in Pennsylvania. They looked at almost 5-thousand gas drilling sites across the state, but ...
03.11.13 |
One year after the texting and driving law was implemented in Pennsylvania, local and state officials have said the law is difficult to enforce, but has prevented some people from pulling out their phones while driving. Preliminary data from the ...
03.11.13 |
A children's charity founded by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky wants to sell the building where its headquartered. Sandusky started "The Second Mile" in 1977 to help at-risk children, but the charity has been a casualty ...
03.07.13 |
Penn State alleges in a new lawsuit that its insurance carrier has not been honoring its legal obligation to cover claims related to the Jerry Sandusky scandal. The university says in an 18-page complaint filed in Bellefonte that it has been sued ...
03.06.13 |
Pennsylvania produces almost a tenth of the nation's natural gas, courtesy of the Marcellus Shale. Now, there just might be another buyer in the market. BNSF Railway, one of the country's biggest consumers of diesel fuel, plans this year to test ...
03.05.13 |
A new study says the end of the employment cliff for Pennsylvania is finally in sight. On Monday, IHS Global Insight issued its latest forecast of when states will return to "peak employment" levels-- the level attained before the ...
