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Ashley Gaines-Cannon held a secret until she died. The girl who had been the star of her high school musical, the valedictorian of a culinary arts school, the mother of four boys, the love of Michael Cannons life, died on the floor of her Pittsburgh home from a drug overdose. It was a surprise to many of her friends, including Pennsylvanias lieutenant governor.  John Fetterman posted a message on Twitter three days after she died: "It is with a broken heart that I share the loss of our dear ...

Pennsylvania Sen. Judy Schwank says the Liberation Way drug abuse treatment scandal is evidence of the need to charge treatment centers for their state licenses, and right now - as drug deaths are climbing - "we are failing the public."

Univest Bank and Trust Co. recently added Stephen Patterson and Robert Lepley to the executive team.

by The Center Square Print this article Pennsylvanias House and Senate Appropriations Committees are holding a series of hearings through from mid-February to late April as part of the process to establish the next state budget. Lawmakers from both parties will have opportunities to talk to department heads and key officials from across nearly all aspects of state government as they prepare a spending plan for the fiscal year that runs from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022...

Feb 1, 2021 Even if the unfolding vaccination effort against COVID-19 has the desired effect of suppressing the pandemic, Pennsylvania still faces another public health emergency. The scope of the COVID-19 emergency has worsened the opioid addiction crisis. Pennsylvania is one of the states most heavily affected by the addiction crisis. To the state government’s credit, it had reacted aggressively to the challenge. The Wolf administration enacted a series of emergency measures to expand acces...

Even if the unfolding vaccination effort against COVID-19 has the desired effect of suppressing the pandemic, Pennsylvania still faces another public health emergency.

Jan. 26 Even if the unfolding vaccination effort against COVID-19 has the desired effect of suppressing the pandemic, Pennsylvania still faces another public health emergency. The scope of the COVID-19 emergency has worsened the opioid addiction crisis. Pennsylvania is one of the states most heavily affected by the addiction crisis. To the state government’s credit, it had reacted aggressively to the challenge. The Wolf administration enacted a series of emergency measures to expand access to...

Reinventing Pa. state government: House panel looks at merging eight agencies into four Updated Jan 26, 2021; With a new governor taking office in two years and state government operating mostly in a tele-commuting mode since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, some House Republicans consider this to be an appropriate time to look at making some generational changes to the way some of Pennsylvania’s governmental agencies are structured. The House State Government Committee will meet at 8 a.m. on Wedn...

Column: Pennsylvania's next health secretary doesn't have to be a physician. They have to be a good manager and a leader.

Wolf Administration Highlights Opioid Response Efforts as Opioid Crisis Continues to Affect Pennsylvania 01/26/2021 Harrisburg, PA - The Wolf Administration today highlighted the latest accomplishments of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) and provided an update on prescribing and overdose trends up to October 2020. Since the PDMP launched in 2016, there has been a 29.7% increase in the prescribing of buprenorphine. In addition, there has been a 58.6% reduction in the number of ind...