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Former Harrisburg NAACP leader Paula Rideout-Harris dies at 68 Updated Mar 09, 2021; Posted Mar 08, 2021 Paula Rideout-Harris, former president of the Harrisburg Branch of NAACP, died Saturday at her home in Lower Paxton Township.PennLive files Facebook Share Her daughter, Rogette Harris, said her mother had been dealing with a kidney disease for several years. Harris, a lifelong Harrisburg resident, rose to public prominence in the area with her election as president of the regional NAACP branch in 2000. Her installation as president coincided with the arrest and prosecution of a state Hou...

Education, activism and business are all key for this Harrisburg entrepreneur Updated Mar 09, 2021; Posted Mar 09, 2021 Fred Clark is seen in his Harrisburg home office on March 6, 2021 Sean Simmers |ssimmers@pennlive.com Facebook Share These are people who are This is one in an ongoing series of profiles being featured on PennLive and in The Patriot-News. Success takes many different forms. When Harrisburg native Fred Clark worked at the Harrisburg School District as an athletic director, it was measured in ways beyond wins on the field – even though the district won its first state cha...

Why one county is going broke; what’s coming to Carlisle Pike; more: Good Morning, Pennsylvania PennLive.com 3/9/2021 Janet Pickel, pennlive.com © Shane Dunlap / Tribune-Review/pennlive.com/TNS As the coal mining industry contracted, Greene County, Pa. faced an uncertain future. Then came the natural gas boom. So why is the county nearly broke roughly 10 years later? What you need to know for Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Today’s weather Photo of the day Business Moving forward: With a history of working in Harrisburg schools, for the city and in state government, Fred Clar...

As "forever chemical" contamination continues to emerge across Wisconsin, Gov. Tony Evers wants to see the state designate funds to fight back against the substances.  In his executive budget released last month, Evers recommended nearly $26 million in funding for testing municipal water systems, remediating contaminated sites, disposing of PFAS-containing firefighting foam, adding 11 employees to the Department of Natural Resources to study the chemicals and setting standards for the chemicals in water.  Addressing chemical contamination in water across the state has been a priority fo...

Gov. Evers proposes millions for 'forever chemical' testing, cleanup in biennial Wisconsin budget Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Mark Hoffman / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Clean water activists deliver their message offshore as Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew R. Wheeler speaks Aug. 11 in Marinette. The protesters highlighted the long-lasting impact of PFAS — known as "forever chemicals" — on the environment. As "forever chemical" contamination continues to emerge across Wisconsin, Gov. Tony Evers wants to see the state designate funds t...