The executive director of the New York State Thruway Authority says drivers should expect to see more cashless tolls throughout the state.
Andrew Cuomo
New Law Makes Domestic Violence Trauma A Factor In Sentencing
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“That trauma leads them to make decisions that those of us with adult, non-traumatized brains might not make. And they end up facing prosecution and prison for those decisions. And, in that way it concretely criminalized their trauma.”
Government
PA Considers Three Medical Marijuana Changes
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PA’s Department of Health will decide this summer whether to approve anxiety and Tourette Syndrome as approved conditions to be treated with medical marijuana.
Government
Wolf Still Trying To Sell PA Lawmakers On Lofty Infrastructure Plan
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Since January, Governor Tom Wolf has been traveling around the state shopping his new infrastructure plan to municipal and county officials.
Food and Farms
PA’s Governor Derides ‘Lack Of Strategy’ In Trump’s Trade War
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“It’s not just the tariffs. I think there’s chaos surrounding the tariffs. There’s a frustrating lack of strategy on the part of the administration.”
App NEWS
New York Senate Votes On Roadway Safety Measures
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“We need to send the message that you have to wear your seat belt regardless of where you’re sitting in that vehicle.”
Government
New Bill Legalizing Marijuana Introduced In New York Legislature
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After the failure to include legalized recreational marijuana in the New York state budget earlier this year, sponsors of the legislation say they are introducing a new bill that they hope stands a better chance at becoming law.
Crime and Justice
PA Sues Purdue Pharma, Noting Role Of Sales Reps In Opioid Crisis
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“They peddled this concept to doctors, claiming that these signs were merely symptoms of under-treated pain, and that patients were actually not being given enough opioids.”
Government
PA House Passes Veto-Bound Abortion Bill Amid Constitutionality Questions
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“In Deuteronomy 31:19, it states, ‘this day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your children may live.”
environment
New Jersey Sues Companies Over PFAS Contamination
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New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal says the eight companies knew for decades that PFOA and PFOS used as a main component of firefighting foam would contaminate the environment.
New Parking Tech Makes Remote Validation Possible For Ithaca Businesses
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“When the customer goes back to the garage with the ticket, it’ll show they owe nothing or they’ll owe a less amount depending on what the discount was.”