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Six U.S. states have pending data privacy laws. We dig into the gist of the laws and explore implications for businesses.

America is currently in the midst of what is being called The Great Resignation.

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Survivors of clergy child sexual abuse turned up the heat this week on state Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward, depositing a pouch of silver coins on the Hempfield Republican’s desk and labeling her a “Judas.” Ward’s failure to schedule a Senate vote on a bill that would provide a day

A bureaucratic error that botched an attempt to amend Pennsylvania's constitution to open a window for sex abuse survivors to sue on outdated claims was not deliberate, an internal investigation found.

Harrisburg, Pa. – House lawmakers on Friday introduced a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to receive life-ending medication from their physicians.

Updated: 12:00 PM EDT May 5, 2021 Pennsylvanias Legislative Black Caucus and supporting Democratic lawmakers rallied Wednesday to introduce a package of bills aimed at addressing systemic equity across the state with one bill calling for Pennsylvania to declare racism as a public health crisis. Other bills aim to battle racism in transportation, agriculture, and healthcare with much of the legislation also calling for bias training for employees. The legislative proposals sugges...

Harrisburg Diocese bankruptcy case could collide with bill giving child sex abuse victims a chance to sue Updated May 05, 2021; Posted May 05, 2021 Survivors of child sex abuse in Pennsylvania have for years endured setback and failures in their efforts to reform state law to allow them a path to justice. Now, the commonwealth, which is close yet again to passing reform legislation, could set precedence with regards to how legislation and legal cases stack up for victims. Victims earlier this...

Harrisburg, Pa. – A bill to allow municipal officials to meet remotely even after the COVID-19 emergency ends was introduced on Friday in the state House of Representatives. Title 35 was changed last April to allow municipalities to remotely meet during disaster emergencies but boroughs must resume in-person meetings once the current emergency ends. The bill introduced by Rep. Perry S. Warren (D-Bucks) would amend Title 8, the Borough Code, so that remote participation alway...

Apr 30, 2021 Successive grand jury investigations dating to the early 2000s exposed the scale of child sexual abuse and cover-up in Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic Church. The most recent panel of jurors pored over the evidence, then outlined searing findings in a 2018 report: More than 300 priests and had abused more than 1,000 children over a 70-year period in six Roman Catholic dioceses. It’s advice to right these wrongs? Change laws to protect children and give victims long timed-out of t...