On Thursday, June 24, PennDOT will conduct a routine inspection of the major sinkhole repair it performed in 2019 on Route 422 at the east end of Palmyra.
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Wolf again vows to veto any bills that limit abortion access in Pa.
House Republicans this week passed a bill that would ban abortions on the basis of a prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis as well as one on the handling of fetal remains.
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Pa. GOP proposes major election overhaul, including stricter voter ID and in-person early voting
The bill comes as Republican-controlled state legislatures across the country seek to tighten voting laws.
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Accident with garbage truck rollover leaves two in critical condition
On the morning of June 4, 2021, three employees of Waste In Time Disposal Service were in a vehicle accident around State Dr. in South Lebanon Twp.
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Season’s first case of West Nile Virus in Pa. documented in North Londonderry Township
The first positive cases of West Nile Virus in Pennsylvania were reported in 2000. Last year in Lebanon County, there were a total of 19 positive cases detected, but none in humans.
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Lebanon Transit expands Shared Ride Saturday service
Beginning June 12, the Lebanon Transit (LT) Shared Ride program will expand its Saturday service to the limits of Lebanon County.
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Six of 15 board members of embattled Pa. pension fund officially call for removal of its top command
A growing band of board dissidents says PSERS leaders must leave immediately to fix “an irrevocable loss of trust and confidence that is a consequence of persistent underperformance.”
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Legislature votes to immediately end Pa.’s coronavirus disaster declaration while keeping waivers in place
Republicans said terminating the emergency order was what Pennsylvanians demanded when they granted the legislative branch new powers during the May primary.
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Pa. GOP proposes major election overhaul, including stricter voter ID and in-person early voting
The bill comes as Republican-controlled state legislatures across the country seek to tighten voting laws.
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Sold on the promise of a college education, some former Milton Hershey School students ended up with debt, hardships
Hershey profits benefit a boarding school that spends generously on its low-income students. But that investment comes with strings attached — leaving some students behind and others mired in debt.
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Personal data from Pa. contact tracing calls still online despite assurances it had been secured
A spreadsheet of data was still online as of Wednesday, raising questions about whether the company, Insight Global, or the state can be confident they know where all the information might be stored.
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In a revolt, dissidents on PSERS board lobby colleagues to fire the fund’s leaders and set a new investment strategy
A growing band of board dissidents says PSERS leaders must go immediately to fix “an irrevocable loss of trust and confidence that is a consequence of persistent underperformance.”
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WellSpan COVID admissions down since start of vaccinations
In April, the first full month that vaccines were offered to the general public locally, 476 patients exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms were admitted to Wellspan’s seven hospitals, and of that number, only seven had received both doses of the Coronavirus vaccine.
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Wolf sticks by $1 billion plan to close Pa.’s education gap, minus his proposed tax increase
While Democrats say the state should put some of its $3 billion revenue surplus into education, Republicans counter Pennsylvania’s financial picture isn’t that rosy.
