Addiction
PA Lawmakers Seek To Use Vacant State-Owned Buildings For Addiction Recovery
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The plan raises a question lawmakers and state agencies aren’t yet able to answer: How many buildings does the state have sitting around vacant?
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Crews Investigate Possible Leak In Pipeline That Feeds PA’s Northern Tier, New York State
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The line transports petroleum products from Sunoco’s Montello terminal near Reading to north-central Pennsylvania and New York state.
Elections
PA Rejected Twice As Many Absentee Ballots In 2018
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Pennsylvania elections officials rejected more than twice as many absentee ballots during last year’s midterm elections than they did in 2010.
News
‘Hyperloop’ Cargo From Philly To Pittsburgh? It May Not Be Far-Fetched
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Envision commercial goods packed in giant capsules and moving in vacuum-sealed steel tubes hurtling from one end of the state to the other in under a half hour.
child care
US Sen. Casey Of PA Urges ‘Transformative’ Investment In Child Care Subsidies
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People earning 150% of their state’s median income would be asked to spend no more than 7% of their personal income on child care.
binghamton
Direct Care Workers Rally For Increased State Funding
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A group called, #bFair2DirectCare says that Governor Andrew Cuomo had promised to phase in extra state funding for the workers over five years, including $75 million in the upcoming budget, but that it wasn’t in the proposed spending plan.
binghamton
New Smoke Detector Law Takes Effect April 1
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A lot of people may have been busy changing out batteries in their smoke detectors, but New York state is moving away from selling those kinds of devices.
binghamton
Trebek Diagnosis Brings Attention To Pancreatic Cancer
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With news that Alex Trebek has stage four pancreatic cancer, many are left wondering how the longtime “Jeopardy!” host will be treated.
New York’s Kirsten Gillibrand: ‘I Truly Believe I Can Bring This Country Together’
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand talks about why she’s running for president and how her more conservative past will play in the crowded field of progressive Democratic candidates.
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Struggling PA Hospitals Test New Funding Model
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Five rural Pennsylvania hospitals are testing a pilot program that aims to keep them financially viable and help them better target resources to patients.