Approving the election results was one of numerous actions taken Thursday on a loaded agenda during the Lebanon County Commissioners’ biweekly meeting.
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Remaining $1.3 billion in coronavirus cash to prop up Pa. state budget rather than help ailing industries
The action comes after outside groups like restaurants and hospitals have for months urged Pennsylvania lawmakers to use more of the relief funds to support them.
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With $1.3 billion in coronavirus cash left to spend, the Pa. government might be the big winner
A long line of service providers and industries — including restaurant owners — are still seeking coronavirus bailouts, but increasingly fear the cash might go toward the state’s budget.
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Pa. GOP advances audit of 2020 election, says it’s not about fraud
A resolution tasks a bipartisan committee that holds subpoena power with compiling a report on issues and “inconsistencies,” and hiring a firm to audit the vote.
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A decades-long project almost dammed the Swatara Creek and radically altered northern Lebanon County
A multimillion-dollar dam project first proposed in the 1960s would have created a 7-mile, 3.3-billion-gallon reservoir in northern Lebanon County.
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Commissioners address timing issue regarding salaries for two row offices
Pennsylvania law requires county commissioners to set salaries for their own positions, as well as row offices, prior to the commencement of a position’s respective election year.
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Two women just made history in the Pa. legislature
Sen. Kim Ward, a Republican, is the first woman to become majority leader in the General Assembly’s history, while Democratic Rep. Joanna McClinton will be the first Black woman to lead a caucus.
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WellSpan temporarily prohibits visitation to all facilities due to COVID-19
WellSpan Health announced Monday, Nov. 16 that effective Tuesday, Nov. 17, the healthcare system will temporarily prohibit visitations, save for few exceptions.
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Feds reject Pa.’s plan to spend up to $300M in stimulus money for school property tax relief
School districts are still owed millions and have already passed budgets and set tax rates, putting more pressure on lawmakers in Harrisburg to come up with a solution.
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Lockdowns aren’t the answer to Pa.’s surging coronavirus cases, health officials and experts say
Officials say the state is in a different place than 6 months ago, but without more testing, contact tracing, and efforts to isolate sick people, cases — and deaths — will continue to rise.
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County Commissioners meet as Board of Elections to review uncounted ballots
The Lebanon County Commissioners, sitting as the county’s Board of Elections, met on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 10, to decide how to finish counting votes from the Tuesday, Nov. 3 general election.
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Pa. GOP lawmakers to probe unverified fraud claims in election they largely won
While Pennsylvania already conducts post-election audits, Republicans say they will launch hearings to investigate the election.
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Mask Up mails masks to 55,000 county residences as part of CARES settlement
Every household in Lebanon County has received – or soon will – a free mask and materials explaining the importance of measures preventing the spread of COVID-19.
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PennDOT finishes S. Lancaster Street bridge replacement ahead of schedule
The South Lancaster Street bridge over the Little Swatara Creek has reopened to traffic – several weeks ahead of schedule and on budget.
