The ongoing crisis generated by COVID-19 has been so urgent and caused such upheaval that itĢƵ been easy to forget about the problems we were grappling with before the virus elbowed its way into our lives earlier this year.A warming climate will imperil the health and prospects of generations ...
The rise to unprecedented highs in positive COVID-19 cases last week forced Allegheny County to impose a one-week closure of bars, restaurants, casinos and other activities involving 25 or more people.For many, it was deja vu – a return to the more restrictive red and yellow phases of ...
For some unemployed Pennsylvanians, relief is ahead.The state Labor & IndustryĢƵ Extended Benefits program kicks in this week for individuals who have exhausted their regular unemployment compensation and federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation. Those claimants are ...
Josh Shapiro, attorney general of Pennsylvania, lowered the boom on the fracking boom Thursday morning.“Pennsylvanians have constitutional rights to clean air and clean water,” he said during a livestreamed news conference from Harrisburg.Shapiro announced the findings and recommendations ...
The large protests in Pennsylvania calling for justice in the death of a Minneapolis man will not change the stateĢƵ plans to reopen counties during the COVID-19 pandemic.“There have been no discussions,” state Health Secretary Rachel Levine said Monday when asked about concerns about the ...
Golfers wasted no time hitting the local links when Gov. Tom Wolf permitted courses across the commonwealth to reopen for play on May 1.Golf courses were opened “as part of a statewide reopening of outdoor recreational activities,” per the directive from the GovernorĢƵ Office.Tee time ...