The Warren County School District is working to find ways to keep kids in school. “The more kiddoes we can get back in school the better off we are,” Superintendent Amy Stewart said Monday during a special meeting of the school board. School board member Arthur Stewart described ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday extended a student loan moratorium that has allowed tens of millions of Americans to put off debt payments during the pandemic. Under the action, payments on federal student loans will remain paused through May 1. Interest rates will ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed a bill on Wednesday that would have required school districts to post information about textbooks, course material and state academic standards online. The Democratic governor said the legislation "politicizes what is being taught in our schools" and that state regulations already require public schools to provide similar material upon request. Wolf calls the vetoed bill's requirements duplicative and overly burdensome. "This legislation is a thinly veiled attempt to restrict truthful instruction and censor content ...
The state House Health Committee — led by Rep. Kathy Rapp — held a hearing to explore COVID-19 treatment options last week. Rapp said many constituents have asked what they can do beyond being vaccinated. The message from the beginning has been masking, social distancing and hand washing. “What are steps can we take?” she asked. “That is the purpose of our meeting today.” “We have the right to medical freedom,” Rapp stressed, noting that she is not an anti-vaxxer. She called on the state to release information with COVID-19 case counts indicating how many are ...
After months of negotiations and a recent strike notice, the union representing its nurses have ratified a new contract with Warren General Hospital. A vote on ratification by the full local membership of PASNAP (Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals) took place ...
A $50,000 grant has been awarded by the state Department of Community and Economic Development to run a full COVID-19 vaccine promotion campaign in seven northwestern counties. The grant was written by County Commissioner Jeff Eggleston, who is part of a Vaccine Awareness Team that, on its own, raised over $4,000 in one week to boost awareness. “I think this is a huge step in battling misinformation and increasing vaccination in the region,” Eggleston said. “With the size of the award it only makes sense to include the nearby regions as well and we will be reaching out to leaders ...
