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Armstrong County native Nellie Bly helped give rise to investigative journalism when, in 1887, she feigned mental illness to gain entry to the Women s Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell s Island in New York City s East River. The 23-year-old Bly spent 10 days in the asylum and emerged with a harrowing expose on brutality and neglect for the New York World newspaper. Reforms followed.
Two years later, in another project for The World, Bly set what was then a record by circling the globe in 72 days. She traveled alone mostly via railroads and steamships.
Her husband s death in 1903 left her in charge of a manufacturing company where she went on to patent a number of related innovations.
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Pa. budget: Colleges would get no increase, or cut, in Gov. Wolf’s plan
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
At a glance: Gov. Tom Wolf’s 2021-22 budget keeps spending level for the state-owned universities, along with Penn State and other public universities.
What it means: Wolf is proposing no change in spending for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, which oversees the 14 state-owned schools, including Shippensburg, Millersville and West Chester universities.
Wolf’s proposal keeps spending at $477 million for the system. The state system’s governing board had requested an increase of $35 million. The system is dealing with formidable financial challenges and declining enrollment and is exploring the combination of some universities.
UpdatedWed, Feb 3, 2021 at 3:55 pm ET
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (PACast)
HARRISBURG, PA Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday proposed a significant hike in the state income tax but asserted that lower-wage earners would be exempt from paying it.
In unveiling his proposed 2021-22 state budget, Wolf recommended raising the state s personal income tax from 3.07 percent to 4.49 percent. But he contended that taxes actually would decrease or stay the same for about two-thirds of state residents and the increase would impact only the highest wage earners. This budget makes major changes to our tax system, Wolf said in an address delivered by video to the state Legislature because of the coronavirus outbreak. It actually reduces the tax burden on Pennsylvania families earning $84,000 or less. It also proposes a major tax reduction for Pennsylvania businesses.