A leading Pennsylvania lawmaker wants to create an advisory panel to look at possible health issues related to Marcellus shale natural gas drilling. Senate President Pro Tem Joe Scarnati’s bill would create a 13-member panel to study any potential health impacts and any potential health benefits. Panel members would not be paid. Governor Corbett’s energy…
Governor Tom Corbett has signed into law a revised bill that would allow Pennsylvania counties to abolish the posts of jury commissioners. A similar 2011 law was struck down by the state Supreme Court which ruled that the law violated a requirement of the state Constitution that mandates that legislative bills be confined to a…
An Erie man charged with stealing a car at knifepoint in Franklin is now hospitalized with stab wounds and other injuries in Pittsburgh. It was not immediately clear how the wounds were sustained, but Franklin City Police say 34 year-old Donald Milliren is the same man they have charged with stealing a car from its…
A chlorine gas scare that prompted the evacuation of a Titusville sports complex during a high school baseball game on Monday afternoon turned out to be a false alarm. Actually, the problem was a faulty alarm. A warning issued shortly after 5;00 PM by an alarm system at the Titusville wastewater treatment facility near the…
The State Police are investigating a burglary case in which they say someone broke into several properties on the River Ridge complex in Cranberry Township. The incidents occurred sometime Sunday night or early Monday morning. Troopers say a house, a barn and a trailer were all entered and ransacked. At least two weapons and as…
The state House of Representatives on Monday voted in favor of wide-ranging business tax reforms. The bill was designed to close the infamous “Delaware Loophole,” while gradually reducing the state’s nearly ten percent corporate net income tax rate. It also includes a number of other measures in Governor Tom Corbett’s business tax plan. Supporters say…
Local lawmakers are warning residents about what they are terming a scam regarding a group that offers to file senior citizens’ Property Tax and Rent Rebate Program applications for a 39-dollar fee. The state does not charge a fee. As a matter of fact, many Area Agency on Aging officials will help seniors file their…
Pennsylvania’s fallen police officers were honored Monday at a noontime memorial service at the state Capitol grounds. Five Pennsylvania law enforcement officers died in the line of duty in 2012, and they were remembered at a memorial service arranged by the state lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police. The fallen officers included four city…
A second passenger on a bus that was involved in a collision with a train in southern Butler County on April 26 has died. Officials say 88 year-old John Burkett, from Zelienople, died Saturday from injuries sustained in the crash at a railroad crossing in Evans City. Burkett was one of eleven people, including 10…
Many state lawmakers are looking to pass legislation that would bar state pensioners from “triple-dipping.” The House and Senate have both unanimously approved separate bills to close a loophole that allows the practice. Retired state workers are currently allowed to return to their jobs for up to 95 days per year. Bill sponsors say many…
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