Luzerne County selects Romilda Crocamo as manager after earlier snub
The Luzerne County Council voted 10-1 to hire Romilda Crocamo as county manager, reversing last year’s rejection. Crocamo, a former county solicitor and acting manager, guided the Delaware COVID response and Children and Youth through a crisis, restoring agency operations and state certification amid prior ballot and election issues.
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Luzerne
Robertson
Luzerne County
Pennsylvania
Crocamo
West Hazleton
Children and Youth Services
County Bureau of Elections
Stephen J Urban
Change at Hazleton Area School Board urged by reformers
Letter to editor by Robert and Ivelisse Childs argues for board change over funding and governance worries. They criticize salaries, conference travel, and a proposed 18 million field house while calling for better staffing, curriculum, and fiscal restraint. They propose hiring a grant writer and seeking state help to reallocate K-12 funding away from property owners.
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Hazleton Area School
Robert
Ivelisse Childs
HASB
HASE
Families plead for action on IDA care crisis in Pennsylvania
Sandi Shaffer and other parents urge Gov Shapiro and the General Assembly to fund IDA programs with a $430 million unified budget. They describe a dire shortage of direct support professionals driving family hardship and potential disintegration, calling for real measures now. Kate, Shaffer’s daughter, is a 2017 graduate of The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh.
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Wiiting
IDA
Commonwealth
General Assembly
Timplore
Gov. Shapiro
Sandi Shaffer
Kate
Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh
Westmoreland County
Gun fear and political ritual after Allen Texas mass shooting
JAMAELLE BOUIE argues mass shootings fuel fear and alienation, with Republicans invoking mental health and hardened soft targets while critics warn such talk normalizes a surveillance state. The piece critiques empathy politics and the role of guns in American life.
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Allen
Texas
Dallas
United States
Megyn Kelly
Fox News
Kelly
Santa Claus
Greg Abbott
America
Baghdad
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Luzerne Co. Council
Hazleton Area
Jeff Stahler
Andrews McMeel
Abbott
Nashville
Tennessee
Bill Lee
FBI
Jamelle Bouie
The
New York Times
Times-Shamrock
N. Wyoming St
Hazleton, PA
James Lewandowski
Larry Holeva
John F. Patton
CPA
Andy Heintzelman
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