06.14.16 |
Naloxone was outfitted in squad cars across the state. Governor Wolf held a press conference in their honor. He said, having the drug available is a first step. Follow-up treatment is also needed.2,500 people a year die in Pennsylvania from...
06.14.16 |
It replaces a law that critics said was too vague, allowing kids of all ages to ride in front-facing seats in the back or front. The law takes effect in two months. For the first year, police will issue verbal warnings, but violations in 2017...
06.14.16 |
At 10 this morning, more then 400 students from three schools will march in a parade to Forest Lawn Cemetery, where Sarah Hinson is buried. The former Buffalo teacher and principal taught children to salute the flag and repeat the Pledge of...
06.13.16 |
A beloved math teacher and volunteer at a hot-air balloon rally was tragically killed over the weekend in a freak accident. 34 Year-old Ryan Almeter was holding down the basket so people could come aboard when a wind gust blew the balloon 100...
06.13.16 |
This past week a Philadelphia lawmaker began circulating a memo seeking co-sponsorship for a future proposal to allow recreational marijuana for adult use to be sold only in liquor stores. Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington and the...
06.13.16 |
Tioga County Representative Matt Baker authored the bill in the general assembly. He said, "129 people a day in America die of drug overdose deaths."Baker's bill, which was signed last week by Governor Wolf, enables police to make quicker...
06.13.16 |
He's trading his job in the states to become a mouthpiece for missionaries in Cape Town, South Africa.Heffron said missionaries are often so busy with their work that they have little time to regularly report back to supporting churches about...
06.13.16 |
A wave of public corruption has made Albany one of the nation's most crooked state capitals. The past 15 years, more than 30 lawmakers have left office in disgrace. Lawmakers plan to adjourn for summer Thursday or Friday to begin work on their...
06.10.16 |
Reporter Terry Diener says the legislation would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of classes protected from discrimination in employment. State Rep. Dan Frankel, the prime sponsor of the bill, submitted a discharge...
06.10.16 |
After the Jerry Sandusky scandal, 24 child protection bills passed last year. But Pennsylvania State Representative Scott Conklin created an exemption for professors with limited access to minors. State Rep. Doyle Heffley's amendment could...
