Champs: County Special Olympics team keeps rolling
Maielli leads a resilient Special Olympics basketball program from January to June with nine players. The team trains weekly and faces Erie City, Washington County, and Allegheny County, building friendships and aiming for Carnegie Mellon state qualifiers en route to Penn State.
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Local Lawrence County Special Olympics grows basketball program
John Maielli, coach for Lawrence County Special Olympics, notes continued growth as his nine-player team plus multiple supplemental squads earn medals. The group expanded to a second five-on-five team, plus three-on-three and individual skills divisions, with state qualification hopefuls at Penn State and medals across bowling and golf events.
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Special Olympics
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Apple Castle marks 35th anniversary with doughnut fest
The Apple Castle in Lawrence County celebrates 35 years of homemade doughnuts. The Johnston family notes honey wheat and apple spice as favorites while hosting a birthday party for about 230 participants. A doughnut themed Read Learn Grow program and special anniversary T shirts plus cherry doughnut flavor are part of weekend events.
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Cuts to food stamps under president budget plan
The administration pitches a trimmed food stamp program with fewer waivers and a higher state share starting 2020, risking millions who rely on benefits. States face hundreds of millions more. Texas could bear $1 billion yearly. Doubtful economic gains may leave more unemployed for aid.
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Conservative Heritage Foundation
Human Service
West Virginia
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Ohio
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Texas
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Get out of town budget plan looms in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania faces a looming get out of town budget plan funded by a one time lump sum from the tobacco settlement. Republican leaders aim to avoid a tax increase while factions wrestle with a $31.5 to $32.3 billion framework. Lawmakers warn last minute maneuvers risk festering problems in schools and environment amid slow revenue. The tension centers on funding prisons social services and medical care for the poor with a needed $2.2 billion gap identified by Senate Republicans.
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Indiana
Wolf
House
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D-Luzerne
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