Pa. town ponders councilman's arrest in old murder Seattle Post Intelligencer KEVIN BEGOS, AP FILE - This undated file photo made available by the Butler County, Pa, District Attorney, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, shows Gregory Scott Hopkins. Based on a DNA test, Pennsylvania State Police have charged the Bridgewater, Pa., ...
Pennsylvania's Largest Charter School May Close as Nearby School District ... Big Government In Pennsylvania, school funding occurs on a monthly basis. The state government gives money to each school district, based on the number of students within that district. From those funds, the school district is legally obligated to pass along the ...
Special Report: Bloomberg reloads in push for gun control Reuters "It's a serious safety issue," said Margaret Stock, the Democratic mayor of Butler, Pennsylvania, the town of 13000 where Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum spent part of his childhood. "If an officer gets shot with an illegal gun I'm ...
Banned In 19 States, Animal Gas Chamber Still Legal In Pennsylvania WTAE Pittsburgh Nineteen states have banned the use of carbon monoxide gas chambers for domestic animals, but Pennsylvania isn't one of them. While critics of the chambers want them outlawed, one shelter that still uses gas said requiring a different euthanasia method ...
Upper Macungie woman's map made the redistricting difference Allentown Morning Call Amanda Holt didn't like the chaotic look of the map of Pennsylvania's House and Senate voting districts. So she redrew the lines. The 29-year-old Upper Macungie Township woman's work was pivotal to the state Supreme Court's rejection of the map the ...
Target 11 investigates new restrictions for registered sex offenders WPXI Pittsburgh The new law also closes a big loophole that allowed out-of-state offenders to move into Pennsylvania without telling authorities. "It's a deterrent for any of these transient offenders to come to Pennsylvania and I think that's what it does, ...
OP-ED: A substantive approach to child protection Yorkdispatch.com I am honored to have been appointed to the task force, which is comprised of dedicated specialists in the medical, legal, criminal justice and advocacy professions. In my role as CEO of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape and the National Sexual ...
Landowners fight eminent domain in Pa. gas field Wall Street Journal CNYOG hopes to start construction soon and finish by July, but it awaits permits from Pennsylvania environmental regulators and the US Army Corps of Engineers. It also needs to answer the legal challenge from residents.