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Depts. of Education, Health dont plan to require Pennsylvania students, teachers to get COVID-19 vaccine to return to school Pa. Education Secretary Noe Ortega said Wednesday that the Department of Education does not intend to require a COVID-19 vaccine for students or staff. Author: Cale Ahearn (FOX43) Updated: 1:49 PM EDT May 12, 2021 PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Pennsylvania Education Secretary Noe Ortega said that the Department of Education does not intend to requi...

Susquehanna Township school district will retire current mascot After months of discussion, the Susquehanna Township School District will retire the current mascot "The Indian", starting immediately. Author: Melissa Versak (FOX43) Updated: 10:00 PM EDT May 3, 2021 Editors Note: Video previously aired on July 13, 2020 After much consideration, the Susquehanna Township School Board announced that the districts current mascot "The Indians" will be retired.  School ...

By Joe DePaoloApr 25th, 2021, 11:51 pm The stars appeared to be aligned. For the first time in memory, the denouement of Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony featured not the award for Best Picture, but rather, the honor for Best Actor. That placement seemed to be a clear indication that the Oscar would go to the late Chadwick Boseman for his heralded performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom — in what would’ve undoubtedly been an emotional, touching end to the broadcast. But alas, it was no...

Kids, racism, and social justice: how to address these topics at home | Family First with FOX43 In the wake of the Derek Chauvin trial verdict, parents may be looking for the right words to talk about Americas racial reckoning with their children. Author: Matt Maisel (FOX43) Updated: 6:54 AM EDT April 26, 2021 HARRISBURG, Pa. — George Floyd. Daunte Wright. Breonna Taylor. These are just three lives in the past year, along with dozens of others over previous yea...

Pennsylvanias Republican Senator will leave office when his term ends in 2022. Author: Matt Maisel (FOX43) Updated: 8:48 AM EDT April 7, 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — Senator Pat Toomey was a guest Wednesday on FOX43 Morning News. The two-term Republican joined FOX43s Matt Maisel on the FOX43 Capitol Beat to discuss his revived push alongside Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) to increase gun control. Recent mass shootings in Colorado and Georgia have reignited the d...

State Sen. Lisa Boscola talks redistricting, election reform | FOX43 Capitol Beat The Lehigh County Democrat is one of the senates only remaining moderates, and has been pushing for an independent commission to redraw legislative lines for years. Author: Matt Maisel (FOX43) Updated: 9:56 AM EDT March 17, 2021 HARRISBURG, Pa. — For the last seven years, State Senator Lisa Boscola has tried to reform the way legislative and congressional lines are drawn in Pennsy...

FOX43 Capitol Beat: State Rep. Seth Grove The York County Republican is the chairman of the House State Government Committee which has been holding hearings over election-related issues. Author: Matt Maisel (FOX43) Updated: 10:46 AM EST February 4, 2021 YORK, Pa. — York County State Representative Seth Grove was a guest on the FOX43 Capitol Beat with Matt Maisel.  Grove, a Republican, is the chairman of the House State Government Committee, which is currently ...

Pa. Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar leaving her position after agency fails to advertise constitutional amendment An error by the Department of State will delay a vote on whether survivors of sexual abuse who have aged out of the statue of limitations will be allowed to sue. Author: Keith Schweigert (FOX43) Updated: 12:25 PM EST February 1, 2021 HARRISBURG, Pa. — Editors note: The above video is from Nov. 4, 2020. Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockv...

FOX43 Capitol Beat: Congressman Fred Keller discusses election certification, working with Biden Administration Congressman Keller, who represents Pennsylvanias 12th District in Perry, Juniata, and Mifflin Counties, was among 138 House GOP to not certify PA electoral votes. Author: Matt Maisel (FOX43) Updated: 10:30 AM EST January 21, 2021 PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Congressman Fred Keller, a Republican who represents Pennsylvanias 12th Congressional District covering...

Fact-checking a top Pa. Republican who said false election claims didn’t play ‘any role’ in the Capitol attack Jessica Calefati, The Philadelphia Inquirer Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman said in an interview last week that unproven voter fraud claims didn’t play “any role” in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The remark came after Matt Maisel, an anchor for FOX43 in central Pennsylvania, asked the state’s highest-ranking Republican about t...