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After a day in federal court, the state Corrections Department is settling a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups over a boost in legal mail security the groups say violated inmates’ First Amendment rights.
Planned testimony has been halted in a federal case contesting the legal mail policy used in Pennsylvania’s prisons. Instead, lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups bringing the case say they’re likely headed toward a settlement.
Last year, Governor Tom Wolf gave counties a mandate: replace their voting machines with ones that leave a paper trail in time for the 2020 primary election. That move was based on concerns that many of the aging machines are difficult to double-check in the event an election’s integrity is questioned.
A federal trial is underway on whether Pennsylvania’s policy for handling legal mail sent to prisons violates inmates’ First Amendment rights.
Hearings have begun in a federal case over whether Pennsylvania’s prison system is violating inmates’ First Amendment Rights. Legal mail is at the center of the debate.
A trial is slated to start Tuesday in a federal court in Harrisburg over the way the state prison system delivers legal mail to prisoners.
Pennsylvania first launched its Job Creation Tax Credit back in 1996. According to state officials, it was one of the first credits of its kind–a measure intended to give employers incentives that neighboring states were already providing.
Pennsylvania’s dairy industry woes are finding their way to a national stage. Milk sales are down. And in Pennsylvania and other major dairy states, the situation is getting difficult for farmers.
Harrisburg’s Roman Catholic Diocese is rolling out a compensation fund for people who were sexually abused by clergy as children, but don’t want to press charges or have had the statute of limitations on their case expire.
Every year after Pennsylvania’s governor makes his budget pitch to the House and Senate, lawmakers hold weeks of budget hearings with state departments and agencies to get a sense of the way money is being spent, and what should change.