Pennsylvania led the nation in 1988 when it adopted a progressive new law that vastly accelerated waste recycling, and there is little doubt that the law has kept millions of tons of reusable materials out of landfills.But 34 years later, a study by the nonprofit Pennsylvania Resources Council ...
On Monday evening, quite a few residents of Fayette, Greene and Washington counties were either nervously looking to the heavens or quickly heading for their basements as strong thunderstorms and tornadoes bore down on the area.The National Weather Service later confirmed that two tornadoes ...
<strong>Cheers:</strong> Pennsylvania has long had a litter problem, and it becomes more painfully apparent every summer along our roadways. With more people traveling and no snow to obscure it, you can see trash strewn along interstate highways. It hardly makes the ...
ItÎÞëÊÓƵ™s highly unlikely that anyone turns cartwheels when they pay their property taxes, but the idea that the money is going to the school up the street to educate neighborhood children can provide some solace.The reality, however, is that a chunk of those resources are being diverted from ...
<strong>Cheers:</strong> The smell of funnel cake, excited yelling from rides, concerts, contests and 4-H shows are all a part of what makes county fair season a truly special time in our area. Between yesterday (the start of the Fayette County Fair) and Aug. 27 (the ...
The highest duty of law is to protect the vulnerable.Perhaps the most important aspect of that is safeguarding those people from the individuals meant to do the protecting.Pennsylvania is living up to that responsibility with a new law signed by Gov. Tom Wolf last week.State Rep. Carrie Lewis ...
