The state Public Private Transportation Partnership (P3) Board has approved a new transportation initiative, the Major Bridge P3 program, to help accelerate the reconstruction and rehabilitation of major bridges in partnership with the private sector. The program would help shorten bridge restrictions […]
PSATS Mourns the Loss of Tim Horner
It is with deep sadness that PSATS announces the passing of Tim Horner, the current Chair of the PSATS Trustees. Tim passed in the hospital Saturday, November 14 from non-Covid complications from pneumonia. Tim was a township supervisor from Chapman […]
Wolf to Nominate New Secretary of Labor and Industry
Gov. Tom Wolf intends to nominate current state Department of Labor and Industry Deputy Secretary for Safety and Labor-Management Relations Jennifer Berrier to serve as department secretary when current L&I Secretary W. Gerard “Jerry” Oleksiak retires December 4. Click here for more.
DEP Orders ETC Northeast to Keep Natural Gas Out of Unstable Pipeline
The state Department of Environmental Protection has ordered ETC Northeast Pipeline, LLC to not put natural gas in unstable sections of the Revolution Pipeline in Butler, Beaver, Allegheny, and Washington counties. In September 2018, a landslide occurred along the Revolution […]
October 2020 CPI Released
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the October 2020 Consumer Price Index (CPI) for All Urban Consumers, which was unchanged in October. Over the last 12 months, the index increased 1.2 percent. The bureau also released the CPI-U […]
Commonwealth Court Rules Against Ballot Extension
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has ruled that mail-in ballots not verified by November 9 cannot be counted regardless of direction provided by Commonwealth Secretary Kathy Boockvar. The court found that Boockvar did not have the authority to extend the statutory deadline. The case could be appealed to the Pennsylvania Supreme […]
DCED Approves Local Government Grants
Gov. Tom Wolf announced the approval of projects through the state Department of Community and Economic Development’s Municipal Assistance Program (MAP). MAP funding may be used for shared services, community planning, and floodplain management. Approved projects include $23,000 to Upper […]
Office of Open Records Free Annual Training
The OOR will host its free annual training on Wednesday, November 18, at 1:30 p.m. via Zoom. This year’s session will focus on how the pandemic has affected the Right-to-Know Law and the Sunshine Act. It’s scheduled to include representatives of the OOR, state agencies, […]
OOR Seeks Input on RTKL Fee Schedule, Hosts Annual Training
The Pennsylvania Office of Open Records (OOR) is reviewing the Right-to-Know Law fee schedule that all local governments must follow when fulfilling requests for public records. The OOR is required to review the schedule every other year and is accepting input on the current fee schedule […]
Apprenticeship Programs Include Water Treatment
Gov. Tom Wolf has announced new apprenticeship programs in southcentral and southeastern Pennsylvania in water treatment, abatement, and industrial manufacturing and mechatronics. The water treatment program is with the Mifflin Academy of Science & Technology in Lewistown and is for water systems […]