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CP photo: Jared Wickerham Arsenal middle school in Lawrenceville News of a proposal to close several schools within the Pittsburgh Public School district recently led to some chaos among parents, advocates, and lawmakers. The blowback was so strong that PPS board members voted the next day to shelve the plan for the time being. But the realities of what brought up the proposed closures remain: PPS is facing a $39.4 million budget deficit. The deficit grew by $4 million from last year, and the district is facing a 21% decline in kindergarten enrollment from last year. To fill the budget gap, the school district proposed a 2.6% property tax increase, but in December, the PPS board voted down the hike by a vote of 3-5 with one abstention. Board members who opposed the hike cited the wariness of raising taxes during an economic down
Attorney that represented families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, plans to take on a fatal officer-involved shooting in the Poconos
Civil rights attorneys are planning to file a federal lawsuit against the Pennsylvania State Police troopers who fatally shot 19-year-old Christian Hall in December 2020.
Hall “was having a mental health crisis,” attorney Ben Crump said at a Wednesday press conference. Crump is known for high-profile civil rights cases, including representing the families of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
“There is a suggestion that he was contemplating suicide. He was crying out for help. Christian Hall needed a helping hand, but yet he got bullets while he had his hands up,” Crump said.
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BRIGHTON TWP. – Beaver County s largest nursing home is the focus of a grand jury investigation.
According to federal court documents, a grand jury has been convened to investigate Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness Center and its owner, Comprehensive Healthcare Management Services. This week, the Pennsylvania Department of Aging filed a motion to quash a subpoena served on the Beaver County Office of Aging to produce documents regarding complaints or investigations into the nursing home or testify in front of a grand jury.
Brighton Rehab was the site of the state s largest outbreak of COVID-19 in a nursing home this spring. As of the end of January, 379 residents had tested positive, with 76 dying while being treated for the virus. The facility the former county-owned Friendship Ridge nursing home was the subject of a series of federal search warrants served by FBI agents in September.