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Pennsylvania holds off on joining regional program to cap emissions from cars, trucks by raising fuel costs Updated Dec 22, 2020; Posted Dec 21, 2020 Traffic on Interstate 81 in the Capitol Region. Pennsylvania, for now, has opted to stay out of a multi-state program designed to drive down tailpipe emissions in the Northeast. Sean Simmers | ssimmers@pennlive.com December 06, 2017 HARHAR Facebook Share Gov. Tom Wolf declined Monday to sign on to a multi-state program designed to impose a cap ...

Just launched: One Lens: Sharing Our Common Views — a statewide collaborative visual and storytelling project to document Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 experience. Just launched: One Lens: Sharing Our Common Views — a statewide collaborative visual and storytelling project to document Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 experience. × COVID UPDATE: 4.7 million doses of vaccine have been administered across PA. See if you qualify and find appointments. × December 22, 2020 ...

Chris Comisac HARRISBURG — A recent report by the New York Times showing Pennsylvania has six of the top 10 nursing homes with COVID-19 deaths has Republican state lawmakers calling on Gov. Tom Wolf and his administration to make good on its promises to protect the vulnerable long-term care facility population. “The data and information available suggest the Wolf administration has not taken its pledges to protect nursing homes and long-term care facilities and their residents seriously eno...

Updated: 10:09 AM EST December 21, 2020 The Wolf Administration today urged Pennsylvanians to prepare for the health impacts that winter weather and extreme cold temperatures can have on their bodies. “Today is the first day of winter, and Pennsylvanians have already seen temperatures below freezing and measurable snow fall,” Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said. “As the weather trends colder and we move to more indoor activities, we can expect an increase in the num...

​ Department of Health Dec. 6-12 Update on COVID-19 Investigations, Contact Tracing, Monitoring Efforts: Pennsylvanians Urged to “Answer the Call” and Download the COVID App 12/21/2020 Harrisburg, PA - The Department of Health today shared its weekly update on Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing data and encouraged Pennsylvanians to download the COVID Alert PA app, as more than 707,000 have already done, to aid in contact tracing efforts. All 67 counties have ...

(The Center Square) – The intention was for this random act of journalism to be my final contribution to the industry ahead of the holidays. Id plow straight through this column. Keep it tight. Make it short. Subject-predicate. State my case, make my case, and then close my case. Afterward, get on with the rest of my work. But I wrote this in something of a rain-delay situation. I had to wait about an hour beyond my control to get rolling because the smoke alarms were going off and a sicke...

​ Wolf Administration Ensures All Pennsylvania Facilities Providing Treatment and Recovery Services Have Access to Resources to Support Tobacco-Free Recovery 12/17/2020 Harrisburg, PA - The departments of Health, Human Services and Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) today shared their joint commitment to ensure mental health and recovery facilities have access to resources to provide the best quality of care for residents to improve and support tobacco-free recovery.   “Everyone...

Pennsylvania Department of Education Announces $500,000 to Support Equity in Higher Education 12/18/2020 Harrisburg, PA - Continuing to help students with remote learning during the pandemic, the state Department of Education (PDE), through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL), today announced $500,000 in funding to support affordability and equity in higher education. These funds will be offered through a new Open Educational Resources Grant Program (OER) funded by the Governor’s Emerg...

TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. The holidays can be stressful and depressing under normal circumstances. But this year’s pandemic has only added to people’s anxiety, particularly for seniors who may be experiencing extreme isolation and loneliness. On Wednesday, members of the Wolf administration hosted a video conference to discuss resources for older Pennsylvanians and others dealing with anxiety, depres...

>>COVID-19 Cases Increasing In Pennsylvania (Harrisburg, PA) -- Positive COVID-19 cases are increasing in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Health updated its COVID-19 statistics yesterday and added more than 95-hundred positive cases. About 270 more people have died due to complications of the coronavirus as well. There are currently over six-thousand people hospitalized because of the virus, and the states positivity rate went up to 16-point-two-percent. >>Governor Wolf Announ...