Recovery efforts continue in East Palestine nearly a year later
Environmental testing persists in Lawrence and Beaver counties as Pennsylvania DEP completes rounds of water, soil, and well sampling after the February 3 Norfolk Southern derailment near East Palestine. The New Castle News partners with Leading Off The News and Pittsburgh Union Progress to cover ongoing changes in the village.
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Palestine
Norfolk Southern
East Palestine
Pennsylvania
New Castle News
The
News
Pittsburgh Union Progress
Pittsburgh Media Partnership
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Lawrence
Beaver Counties
Josh Shapiro
DEP
Dep.pa.gov
Shapiro
Mastrangelo Honored for Guiding City Through Act 47
New Castle mayor from 2008 to 2020 received a city commendation for steering the municipality through Act 47 distress. Mayor Mark Elisco praised Mastrangelo for laying groundwork to exit fiscal hardship, creating an emergency fund, and hiring a chief financial officer who remains in place.
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Mastrangelo
New Castle
Mark Elisco
Anthony Mastrangelo
Elisco
Eliseo
Stephanie DiCarlo
Council Chambers
Pa bill seeks out-of-state prison guard hires to ease shortages
Harrisburg lawmakers push House Bill 1968 to amend the Prisons and Parole statute allowing DOC positions to hire out-of-state corrections officers. Rep. Clint Owlett cites staffing and overtime costs as drivers while PSCOA backs the plan as a fix for recruitment and retention challenges faced by Pennsylvania prisons counties and the six-month relocation rule remains in place for other civil service roles.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Commonwealth
Owlett
Pennsylvania State Corrections Officers Association
PSCOA
John Eckenrode
Pa lawmakers back Texas border effort in bipartisan show of support
Two Republicans Rep. Mike Cabell and Rep. Stephanie Borowicz circulate co sponsorship memos urging Pennsylvania to back Texas in its border standoff with the federal government over illegal crossings. The piece notes clashes over razor wire along the Rio Grande, Supreme Court actions, and record monthly border encounters reaching about 270000 in September with total encounters surpassing 6.8 million since 2021, including releases from custody for various reasons.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
House
Commonwealth
Texas
U.s.-Mexico
Mike Cabell
Luzerne County
Stephanie Borowicz
R-Union
Clinton
Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Associated Press
U.S. Supreme Court
Border Patrol
White House
Justice Department
Abbott
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol
CBP
CBS News
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