News Staff A prominent highway construction trade association today came out against a state plan to toll up to nine major bridges around Pennsylvania in need of repairs as lawmakers move to block the plan. The Associated Pennsylvania Constructors generally supports tolling to underwrite transportation projects, but the organization’s executive vice president, Robert Latham, told the House … Read more
House Republicans unveiled a pro-jobs, pro-families, pro-growth and recovery-focused legislative package designed to achieve a better normal. The initiative, “Commonwealth’s COVID Comeback,” would incentivize manufacturers and provide protections to small businesses, as well as offer tax and regulatory reform to bring family-sustaining jobs to Pennsylvania.
A Duncansville man was arrested for fleeing a crash scene following a head-on crash Friday morning. Police say 25 year old Garrett Bowser took off, and left a female passenger behind, after he drove into the path of an oncoming vehicle on Mill Road in Allegheny Township. Bowser is now facing charges including Accidents Involving … Read more
One year after the Wolf Administration ordered the state’s long-term care community to accept COVID-19 positive patients, a group of Senators highlighted the ongoing lack of accountability and cooperation from Governor Wolf while calling on the Governor to fully engage with the state’s long-term care community. PA Senator Judy Ward, the chair of the Senate’s … Read more
Pennsylvania has eased its mask mandate to allow people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to gather with other vaccinated people without masks or social distancing. The new rules also apply to vaccinated people gathering with people from a single household who have not been vaccinated but who are considered at low risk of severe … Read more
A Duncansville man has been charged after fleeing the scene of a head-on crash Friday morning. Garrett Bowser, 25, ran off and left a female passenger behind after he drove into the path of an oncoming Subaru Outback on Mill Road, Allegheny Township. The Nissan Altima he was driving wasn’t registered, had no insurance and … Read more
On Monday, Governor Tom Wolf announced a major clean energy initiative that he claims will produce nearly 50 percent of our state government’s electricity through seven new solar energy arrays totaling 191-megawatts to be built around the state… representing the largest solar commitment by any government in the country to date. The governor said it … Read more
Don’t count on taking a dip in the Prospect Pool in Altoona this coming summer. There is a growing list of issues that appear to put the future of the pool in doubt…. difficulty in hiring lifeguards is just one of them. Other issues involve mainenance costs, and some costly improvements that appear to be … Read more
An Altoona man is dead after leaving a party, and now his death has been attributed to alcohol consumption and hypothermia. The body of 44 year old Charles Doyle was found in the backyard of a home in the 1900 block of Fifth Avenue around 8:30 Friday morning. Police say Doyle had been drinking in … Read more
A constitutional amendment has been proposed by a pair of Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers that would end the collection of school property taxes in the commonwealth. Sen. John DiSanto and Rep. Perry Stambaugh say Senate Bill 424 and House Bill 927… if passed… would allow voters to decide if the General Assembly should replace the levy … Read more