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BATH, NY (WSKG) -- Like counties across New York, Steuben's budget for next year has to deal with a few new state mandates, including Raise the Age and new indigent defense requirements. Raise the Age raises the age of criminal responsibility to 18 years old.
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BUFFALO, NY (WBFO) - Buffalo's Bishop Richard Malone says comes away from the meeting of U.S. bishops in Baltimore "astonished, shocked and dismayed" that action was not taken on priest abuse. However, he believes the Vatican's postponement may be because of the global nature of the crisis.
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STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA - A 12-inch pipeline that Sunoco plans to use as a temporary part of the Mariner East project has passed state and federal safety inspections, according to a letter from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission's head of pipeline safety. Paul Metro, manager of the safety division in the PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement, described the outcome of safety tests in a letter to three school district superintendents who asked whether the 12-inch pipe was safe to carry natural gas liquids, and whether valves along the line will help ensure its safety.
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HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) -- The state Department of Education has launched a new online index that'll aggregate statistics on public and charter schools for parents, teachers, and students. Unlike the old school assessment site, this one intentionally steers clear of ranking schools against one another.
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KEYSTONE CROSSROADS - Two people who have accused priests of molestation in Philadelphia have filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference and all of the state's dioceses demanding that additional church secrets be exposed. The suit filed on Thursday in Common Pleas Court marks the latest civil action following this summer's grand jury report implicating more than 300 so-called predator priests who allegedly abused minors and covered up decades of crime.
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