Keeping with the Turnpike’s plea to ‘keep your thumbs on the wheel,’ the new TRIP Talk app is both hands-free and eyes-free. “As you move through the Turnpike or toward the Turnpike, using GPS location, it will read you – verbally – read you and alert of traffic situations that you’re coming upon,” says Turnpike […]
We’ve just gone through Irene and Katia is churning in the Atlantic. September is National Preparedness Month and the Federal Emergency Management Agency is reminding Americans to prepare their families, businesses and homes for emergencies of any kind. Deputy Administrator Tim Manning says you need to know what your risks are, and have an emergency kit […]
Patients and doctors lined up to testify on the proposed Lyme and Related Tick-borne Disease Education, Prevention and Treatment Act. The House Human Services Committee convened a capitol hearing on HB 272 this week. “The latest statistics we have from 2009 show that there were almost 5,000 reported cases of Lyme disease in the state […]
The latest Franklin and Marshall College Poll shows President Obama, Governor Corbett and Pennsylvania’s two United States Senators, Bob Casey and Pat Toomey, are all in the 30% approval range for job performance among Pennsylvania adults. The President’s rating stands at 34%, the Governor’s at 32%, Senator Casey is also at 32% and Senator Toomey […]
There has been more criticism of the PLCB‘s wine kiosk program, this time from a special performance audit. Auditor General Jack Wagner says the program does not meet the goals of greater convenience or increased profitability, or reaching under-served areas. He says unless there are radical changes in the contract with the vendor, the LCB […]
Flanked by two attorneys and wearing a dark blue suit, former Speaker of the House John Perzel stood in front of Dauphin County Judge Richard Lewis, Wednesday, to enter his guilty plea. The Philadelphia Republican did not speak to reporters as he entered or left the third floor courtroom, but he did release a written […]
15-bills are up for discussion before the state House State Government Committee, most of which are included in a package called “National Security Begins at Home.” The bills range from authorizing local police officers to conduct Arizona-style enforcement, to requiring government-issued ID to receive public benefits, to barring babies born to illegal immigrants in PA […]
Pennsylvania has its first probable human case of West Nile Virus this year. An elderly Lebanon County woman was hospitalized in late July with a high fever and neurological symptoms. Officials say she is currently recovering from what they believe is West Nile Virus. So far this year, mosquito samples in 54 counties have been […]
A new study shows Marcellus Shale is benefiting the economy, but maybe not as much as some believe. The study looks at employment and other economic activity in the Marcellus Shale Region for 2009 and was conducted by the Marcellus Shale Education and Training Center. Tim Kelsey, professor of agricultural economics at Penn State, is […]
Pennsylvania’s Independent Fiscal Office has its first director. Matthew Knittel is a senior financial economist with the U S Department of Treasury. He says the office will be a great tool to help lawmakers craft policy, providing revenue and expenditure projections and undertaking special studies and developing performance measures. Knittel’s first day on the job is […]