01.19.21 |
A pediatrician and former Pennsylvania physician general, Rachel Levine was appointed to the post of health secretary by Democratic Governor Tom Wolf back in 2017. Levine has updated residents regularly throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. If the...
01.19.21 |
Under the new law, crimes are elevated to a first-degree felony, fines and prison times are increased and the definition of a child has changed to anyone under 18 instead of 16. Pennsylvania state troopers said they are seeing a large number of...
01.14.21 |
Wednesday, a legislative panel approved a proposal that would amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to elect state appeals court judges by geography. The effort was motivated by Republicans' anger over recent rulings from the Democratic-leaning...
01.12.21 |
Capitol police, more heavily armed than usual, were observed in and around the building on Monday as the House of Representatives convened for some organizational sessions this week. The Senate is not due back into session until the...
01.06.21 |
The vote count on the Electoral College certification will happen during a joint-session of congress. Congressman Glenn Thompson says throwing up these ceremonial "roadblocks" is not unprecedented. Pennsylvania Lt. Governor John Fetterman says...
01.04.21 |
Pennsylvania's minimum wage remains at $7.25 an hour. That’s the federal minimum wage, which hasn’t changed since 2009. Restaurants, boutiques, candy stores, theater companies, movie theater owners all say they have to pay more...
01.04.21 |
Many restaurants continued to offer take out during the recent shutdown on indoor dining put in place by Governor Tom Wolf. Karen Klingman, manager at Jay's Tiffany's Northside in Sunbury, tells Family Life the shutdowns have been hard on small...
12.30.20 |
Epidemiologist Justin Lessler expects the number to range from 10-20% in excess deaths. He says there is a delay in the reporting of deaths. Health department officials say there have been over 15,000 deaths in Pennsylvania related to COVID-19...
12.30.20 |
The program has awarded $455 million in grant money to development projects all around the state. Two Schuylkill County projects have received state grants from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program. Officials said $1.5...
12.28.20 |
Schuylkill County Emergency Manager John Matz says there have been more than a thousand new cases in the last week. Nurse Craig Chance is the team lead for the site at the Schuylkill Intermediate Unit near Pottsville. The site is open through...
