Lawrence County ends COVID-19 disaster declaration
Lawrence County commissioners vote to terminate the COVID-19 emergency order after 470 days. Chairman Morgan Boyd and Loretta Spielvogel approve the measure. Commissioner Dan Vogler was absent. Since March 17, 2020, the county reported 7,688 cases and 216 deaths, underscoring the human toll.
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Lawrence County
Morgan Boyd
Loretta Spielvogel
Dan Vogler
Boyd
Hanukkah
New Castle Board Adopts 2020 21 Budget With No Tax Hike
New Castle approves its 2020 21 budget totaling 57.85 million dollars with a 3 percent rise in expenditures led by salaries benefits and tuition. The plan passed 5 0 at a special meeting attended by board president Stacey Flea and four others while three members were absent and one joined after the vote. The district notes 18 years without a tax increase funded by reserves and existing funds with charter school tuition up 50 percent reflecting a statewide trend.
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New Castle
Stacey Flea
Karen Humphrey
Robert Lyles
Anna Pascarella
Pat Amabile
Norman Moses
Gary Schooley
Tracey Rankin
Mark Panella
Moses
Rankin
Joseph Ambrosini
Ambrosini
Pennsylvania approves 40 billion budget boosting schools and care
The General Assembly passed a 40 billion budget boosting education and nursing homes amid ARP funds use. Key gains include 200 million for basic education, 100 million for the 100 poorest districts, 350 million ARP for learning loss and student mental health, plus 40 million more for private school scholarship donations. Governor Wolf plans to sign this week.
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State Senate
State House
Tom Wolf
Republicans push election auditing bureau in budget plan
In Harrisburg, Republicans and Democrats spar over a roughly 40 billion dollar budget. House leaders say the budget includes 3.1 million to fund an election auditing bureau under Auditor General Tim DeFoor with broad subpoena power to review votes, ballots, machine logs, and related materials. Governor Wolf and Democrats deny any funding or agreement for such an office in the budget.
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Cur
Rency
Donald Trump
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Bryan Cutler
Lancaster
Tim DeFoor
Bureau of Election Audits
Tom Wolf
Wolf
Obituaries for Jason Geminiani Janet G Haggerty David Houston and Joseph Malley
Obituary notices list Jason Geminiani aged 39 Janet G Haggerty aged 89 David T Houston aged 57 and Joseph R Malley aged 98. Details on dates and services were not provided in the readable text.
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Jason Geminiani
Janet G. Haggerty
David T. Houston
Joseph R. Malley
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