Sen. Joe Griffo has been touring Rome and Canastota, two of the hardest-hit areas by Tuesday’s severe storm.
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State university board of governors vote to freeze tuition for Pennsylvania residents
Tuition for in-state students at Pennsylvania’s 10 state universities will remain unchanged for the coming academic year following a vote Wednesday by the Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education Board of Governors. The vote to keep tuition frozen for the seventh consecutive year follows the passage of the state budget last week with a 6% […]
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Summer EBT delays have left families waiting weeks or months for crucial food benefits
Leer en españolSign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.Millions of children in six states won’t get federally backed summer food benefits they’re eligible for until just before school star…
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Gillibrand outlines new legislation to address traumatic brain injuries in U.S. service members
According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, nearly 185,000 veterans who receive health care from VA centers have been diagnosed with at least one traumatic brain injury.
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Rural hospitals built during baby boom now face baby bust
OSKALOOSA, Iowa — Rural regions like the one surrounding this southern Iowa town used to have a lot more babies, and many more places to give birth to them. At least 41 Iowa hospitals have shuttered their labor and delivery units since 2000. Those facilities, representing about a third of all Iowa hospitals, are located mostly in […]
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Post-shooting, the RNC is about 2024 but 2020 and Jan. 6 are still on minds of Pittsburgh delegates
Rick Saccone marched on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, posting photos and video to Facebook from outside as a violent mob ransacked the building, aiming to stop the certification of then-President Donald Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. This week, the former state lawmaker from Elizabeth Township is attending another, […]
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Schizophrenia, stigma and systems hold many back, and made it tough to celebrate my hard-won tenure
Here in Allegheny County, we see only the most bare-bones forms of inclusion and integration of those directly impacted by schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses, whether in county and city policy contexts, civic life more broadly, or the training and education of counselors, social workers and other system providers.
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Heritage Foundation touts controversial Project 2025 plan on RNC outskirts
The project has taken heat from Democrats in recent weeks, who are warning of the plan’s ambitions — among them passing the most stringent abortion ban the next Republican administration can get through Congress and lowering the corporate tax rate — and Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, has sought to distance himself from the proposal.
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Buttigieg presents $500 million grant in Harrisburg for I-83 South Bridge repairs
The bridge, which spans the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg, has been slated for a $1 billion replacement project.
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Birmingham City Council Passes Gaza Ceasefire Resolution
The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday passed a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, joining a growing number of cities that have pleaded for cessation of hostilities. Read more.
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