New Castle Act 47 Plan Urges Structural Change to Avert Deficit
The Act 47 recovery coordinator urges New Castle to privatize garbage and recycling services and seek subsidy changes to avoid a 3.3 million deficit by 2024 and a potential fiscal emergency. The 78 page plan, filed with Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellett and Public Financial Management, notes loss of Act 47 taxing authority and eroding base.
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Public Financial Manage
New Castle
Eckert Seamans and
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Laurel board keeps Rich as interim superintendent
Laurel School Board voted unanimously at a special meeting to appoint Leonard Rich as interim superintendent. Rich’s contract expires Sunday and he will be paid 500 dollars per day on a per diem basis. Several board members had opposed renewing his contract in previous votes.
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Laurel
Leonard Rich
Justin Kirkwood
Rich
James Eppinger
Eppinger
Lance Nimmo
Alan Carlson
Timothy Redfoot
Earl Williams
Nimmo
Williams
Mark Smith
Smith
UPMC and Highmark Reach 10 Year Health Pact
Western Pennsylvania health care giants UPMC and Highmark announced a decade long deal to keep Highmark customers in network with UPMC doctors and hospitals, ending a dispute that could have disrupted care and raised costs. Attorney General Josh Shapiro hailed the agreement as a good deal for patients and the public.
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Pennsylvania
Josh Shapiro
Center
Tom Wolf
Right
UPMC
Highmark
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Western Pennsylvania
Highmark Insurance
Patie
Sinkhole closes Pearson Park baseball field in Neshannock
Neshannock Township supervisors report a sinkhole near the Pearson Park lower youth field. An old mine opening was confirmed by the Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation. The field remains unplayable as concrete slurry and fly ash will fill the void once weather allows.
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Neshannock
Leslie Bucci
Pearson Park
Bucci
Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation
Ebensburg
Neshannock Athletic Association
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Wolf Will Support Budget Without Wage Hike
Harrisburg lawmakers unveiled a 33.99 billion spending plan aiming to reach the governor this week. The proposal would raise state spending 1.8 percent from 2018 19 but omit any minimum wage increase, while Wolf sought 34.1 billion in funding and called for investments in education and workforce development.
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Harrisburg
House Appropriations Committee
Stan Saylor
York County
Tom Wolf
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