by Greg Barton | Mar 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – Montgomery County Rep. Joe Ciresi plans to introduce legislation to help persons with disabilities. Equipped with voice-activated features, plenty of maneuverability for wheelchairs, and small robots that can feed people and offer remote monitoring, a...
by Greg Barton | Mar 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – Philadelphia County Rep. Tarik Khan plans to introduce two bills to help address shortages of healthcare workers. The bills would provide for the recruitment and retainment of nursing faculty members and health care preceptors. The first bill would...
by Greg Barton | Mar 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration will launch Operation Clean Sweep Maryland this week. During the effort, motorists are urged to slow down, pay attention, and move over to help protect crews as they pick up...
by Greg Barton | Mar 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – York County Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill and Lancaster County Sen. Ryan Aument plan to introduce legislation to require newspapers to disclose the cost incurred by local governments due to mandatory legal advertising and posting of public notices. The...
by Greg Barton | Mar 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
ANNAPOLIS, MD (AP) -A budget showdown at the Maryland General Assembly is brewing, with top House leaders outlining a $1.3 billion plan for new state revenues to pay future education and transportation costs that state Senate leaders think is too hefty now and...
by Greg Barton | Mar 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
LANCASTER – A stabbing in Lancaster has led to an arrest. On Saturday, March 16, officers were dispatched to the 100 block of South Water Street for a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, they found that the female victim was stabbed and not shot. The injury was...
by Greg Barton | Mar 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
CUMBERLAND COUNTY – Police in Cumberland County searching for a nurse who stole and used a debit card from a deceased patient. On February 29th, 2024, Lower Allen Township Police received a call from a man who was the administrator of the estate for his recently...
by Greg Barton | Mar 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – Legislation is being introduced by Rep. Abby Major of Armstrong & Westmoreland Counties which would make it easier for local governments to include tiny houses in their communities as part of a package of legislation aimed at addressing affordable...
by Greg Barton | Mar 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
LANCASTER – Saturday afternoon’s Spotlight features Jeff Trimbath, the President of the Maryland Family Institute, discussing important issues impacting families in the state. He says their organization has been an active voice for the family before state lawmakers in...
by Greg Barton | Mar 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
LANCASTER COUNTY – More Lancaster County lawmakers are speaking out against the Lancaster Public Library hosting a drag queen story hour. Reps. David Zimmerman, Keith Greiner, and Tom Jones issued a statement saying, “As state representatives in Lancaster County, we...