Unemployment Benefit Extensions and Reforms Take Hold
Pennsylvania faces expiration of federal extended benefits as the 13 week program ends this month. A House bill would extend this aid while requiring active job searching and capping severance at 11 thousand dollars, raise minimum weekly pay, and tighten eligibility by earnings and voluntary departure rules.
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Pennsylvania
Department of Labor
House
House Labor and Industry Committee
Ron Miller
York
Mike Sturla
Lancaster
Sturla
Rohrer
Federal
Little Juniata River groups push habitat and access work
The Little Juniata River Association with 16 volunteers, backed by First Energy Foundation and Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds, armor banks to reduce erosion and improve water quality. They cleaned 20 miles of riverbanks, collecting 5,000 pounds of trash and tires, and aided PFBC in surveying trout populations, confirming a wild producing trout population and pushing designations toward Class A wild Trout and Cold Water Fishery.
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LJRA
First Energy Foundation
Foundation
Pennsylvania
Anderson
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
PFBC
LIRA
Littlejuniata.org
Sandy Run
JKTA
Usacoe
DEP
Little Juniata River Association
Tyrone-Snyder Public Library
Flag Day Origins and Tyrone Salute
The piece traces Flag Day from its 1777 Continental Congress approval to 1916 when Wilson proclaimed June 14 as national Flag Day and 1949 when Truman signed the law. It notes local celebrations and a Tyrone street display honoring the flag and its meaning.
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Continental Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Harry Truman
Tyrone
Treasure Hunt Evening Daily Numbers Mystery
Puzzle style note lists numbers for a treasure hunt game with sequences and codes including eight two eight and digits such as four nine fifteen twenty four and twenty five. The fragment hints at a daily number drawing with coded clues for participants.
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Richard Bloomingdale
Afl-Cio
Bloomingdale
Gene Barr
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry
State House
Barr
Irawberrs
Srg
Logan Ave
13Th St
13Th Street
Quinto
Lotto
the Daily Herald
That
Blair County
Blair
Huntingdon Counties
Amanda Golden
Bob Miller
Megan Molnar
Bess Dicken
Heather Alexande
Linda Daniels
Joyce Allley
Motor Route & Mail
Daily Herald
Pennsylvania Avenue
Rhogin
Hes
Mac’s Meat Market
Cam
Mac
Neltzer
Lebanon
Mac’s & the Gridiron
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