There won’t be as many Americans hitting the road this Memorial Day weekend according to AAA projections, but there will still be a lot of travelers. Just under 35 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home over the holiday weekend according to AAA, down about one percent from 2012. Nearly 90% will […]
Schools have always issued report cards grading our students, but new legislation would require the state to issue report cards grading our schools too. Under HB 1300, schools and school districts would receive a letter grade – A through F – every year. “Coupled with providing options in education, providing this data to parents just […]
ATV riders contacted the state Game Commission when they found an injured bald eagle in a rural part of northern Cambria County on May 10th. Wildlife conservation officers arrived on scene to find an injured mature bird with blood coming from its mouth. The eagle died on the way to the state veterinary laboratory in […]
The Civil War was largely fought on the 180-mile swath of land that stretches from Monticello to Gettysburg. That’s the same area in which the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership wants to plant 620,000-trees; one in honor of each soldier who died in the Civil War. “And [we’ll] do so by creating a more beautiful […]
The statewide unemployment rate fell by three-tenths of a percentage point in April, to 7.6%. Employment numbers climbed 13,000, while unemployment dipped by 17,000. “April was a tremendous month for job growth and the state’s employment situation,” Secretary of Labor & Industry Julia Hearthway said in a statement released on Friday. “Pennsylvania has added 125,700 […]
On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Brad Christman and Matt Paul bring you another liquor privatization hearing, the push for Keystone exams and Governor Corbett’s reaction to the fallout from his last “Ask the Governor” appearance. The guys also bid adieu to Dunder Mifflin, Scranton, PA’s favorite fictional paper company. Radio PA Roundtable is a […]
The House and Senate are due back in session on June 3rd. From there only 15-or so session days separate lawmakers form the state budget deadline. But Governor Tom Corbett views every day as a working day, and there are plenty of policy issues he’d like to see addressed alongside a third consecutive on-time budget. […]
The overall financial picture for Pennsylvania’s hospitals is mixed, with tighter operating margins and uncertainties over the full impact of the federal health reform law. The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council saw a decline of more than 1% in the statewide total margin for the 171 General Acute Care hospitals for fiscal year 2012. […]