ITHACA, N.Y. — The Dryden Fire Department received a $95,000 boost Thursday thanks to a federal grant program meant to help local fire departments with staffing, equipment and fire prevention […]
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It seemed they would be a shoo-in, and soon be making a living selling legal weed. And that might have been true, if not for the state’s disastrous roll-out of its first dispensary licenses.
Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system.Efforts to improve Philadelphia students’ reading skills aren’t confined to classrooms. One of the latest such campaigns to bolster literacy is Right2R…
PHOENIX—In the middle of summer in the nation’s hottest city, water experts from local governments, tribal nations, universities and industry groups gathered Monday to discuss how the federal government could help local communities sustainably manage their declining aquifers. The White House is taking the initial steps to create potential policies to better understand and protect […]
A Missouri federal judge on Wednesday halted implementation of a Biden administration rule that extends protections for LGBTQ students, adding to the number of U.S. courts that have issued similar orders. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel of the Eastern District of Missouri came in a lawsuit filed on May 7 by […]
Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is launching an extensive mobilization effort across Pennsylvania this weekend that will lead up to a Monday rally featuring Gov. Josh Shapiro and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) will be on hand in Montgomery County for a volunteer canvassing kick-off, and Shapiro is the […]
A new city court judge was sworn in Thursday in Cohoes.
Harris is the first Black and South Asian woman to top the ticket.
A pair of lawsuits filed Thursday aim to put congestion pricing back on track after Gov. Kathy Hochul derailed the Manhattan vehicle-tolling plan last month, weeks before it was to take effect. The cases, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court by transit advocates and a civic association, are the first that seek to overturn what court […]
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Ongoing deadly heat waves around the world, set against the backdrop of a seemingly endless series of annual, monthly and daily heat records on every continent and ocean, prompted United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to make an urgent call to “turbo charge” cuts to fossil fuels. “All countries must deliver by next year nationally determined […]