by Greg Barton | Mar 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – Bipartisan legislation which increases the punishment and penalties for persons found guilty of corrupting minors was approved by the PA House Judiciary Committee. House Bill 355 would direct the PA Commission on Sentencing to enhance the charges when the...
by Greg Barton | Mar 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – The Shapiro Administration is appealing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s termination of the Local Food Purchasing Assistance Program, which provides funds to PA farmers who supply local food banks with fresh produce. Gov. Shapiro directed PA...
by Greg Barton | Mar 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – Philadelphia County Sen. Christine Tartaglione has introduced Senate Bill 19 which would raise PA’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026, with annual cost-of-living adjustments thereafter. The bill also ensures that tipped workers earn at least 70% of the...
by Greg Barton | Mar 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
LANCASTER COUNTY – A man was charged with abusing his mother’s corpse and leaving her in a car outside a Lancaster County home. 31-year-old Kevin Ahn, who has no fixed residence, is accused of abusing the corpse of 61-year-old Hyun Ahn of Owings Mills, MD....
by Greg Barton | Mar 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
PENNSYLVANIA – Voters had their say in two special elections. In Lancaster County’s 36th Senatorial District, Democrat James Malone, the mayor of East Petersburg, was clinging to a narrow lead over Republican Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons. With 100% of...
by Greg Barton | Mar 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – PA Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced that the first PA Money Match checks, totaling over $1.7 million, are now on the way to Pennsylvanians’ mailboxes. PA Money Match is a new program that allows the state Treasury to return certain unclaimed property to...
by Greg Barton | Mar 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – Lancaster County Rep. Keith Greiner reintroduced anti-littering legislation. Greiner says in addition to being unsightly, litter contaminates our soil and waterways, introducing toxic substances and physical hazards that threaten wildlife. House Bill 1031...
by Greg Barton | Mar 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
LANCASTER COUNTY – A Lancaster man faces arson, criminal trespass, and other charges after a Lancaster building fire. 42-year-old Robert Ream was arrested after units responded yesterday to the 900 block of N. Queen Street for a report of a fire in the basement. Upon...
by Greg Barton | Mar 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – Polls are open until 8 p.m. today in two special PA elections. Voters in Lancaster County’s 36th Senatorial District will fill a vacant seat when Republican Sen. Ryan Aument left the post to become State Director for PA U.S. Sen. David McCormick. Three...
by Greg Barton | Mar 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – With bipartisan support, the PA House Aging and Older Adult Services Committee advanced legislation requiring the Department of Aging to list any local Area Agency on Aging that is not compliant with regulations and corresponding corrective action plans...
