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 | | 9/15/2016 | | | | |  | | PennDOT to Save More Than $28 Million with New Mobile Construction App Through Improved Efficiency Program Meets Governor Wolf's GO-TIME Agenda Harrisburg, PA - Governor Tom Wolf lauded PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Richards for the department's innovative mobile construction app displayed today at an Interstate 83 construction site, noting that use of the mobile technology by field staff is helping save money and meeting the administration's GO-TIME challenge for state government to work smarter. | | | |
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| | 9/15/2016 | | | | |  | | GOTIME: PennDOT to Save More Than $28 Million with New Mobile Construction App Through Improved Efficiency Program Meets Governor Wolf's GO-TIME Agenda Harrisburg, PA - Governor Tom Wolf lauded PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Richards for the department's innovative mobile construction app displayed today at an Interstate 83 construction site, noting that use of the mobile technology by field staff is helping save money and meeting the administration's GO-TIME challenge for state government to work smarter. | | | |
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| | 9/15/2016 | | | | |  | | Department of Human Services Announces Significant Improvements at Pennsylvania's Child Abuse Hotline The Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Ted Dallas today announced several improvements to ChildLine, the department's child abuse hotline, as well as to the child abuse history clearance process. | | | |
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| | 9/15/2016 | | | | |  | | Department of Human Services Announces Significant Improvements at Pennsylvania's Child Abuse Hotline The Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Ted Dallas today announced several improvements to ChildLine, the department's child abuse hotline, as well as to the child abuse history clearance process. | | | |
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| | 9/14/2016 | | | | |  | | Governor Wolf continues schools that teach tour to discuss historic education investment and new fair funding formula. Governor Wolf continues schools that teach tour to highlight progress in education funding over the last two years, including: $415 million in basic education funding, $60 million for early childhood education, and $50 million in special education funding. | | | |
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| | 9/14/2016 | | | | |  | | Governor Wolf continues schools that teach tour to discuss historic education investment and new fair funding formula. Governor Wolf continues schools that teach tour to highlight progress in education funding over the last two years, including: $415 million in basic education funding, $60 million for early childhood education, and $50 million in special education funding. | | | |
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| | 9/10/2016 | | | | |  | | Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Announces New Sunday Hours, Lottery Sales at the Grand Opening of Fine Wine & Good Spirits Premium Collection Store in York At a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the grand opening of a relocated Fine Wine & Good Spirits Premium Collection store in the West Manchester Town Center in York, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) today announced new Sunday hours and the debut of Pennsylvania Lottery sales at Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores across Pennsylvania. | | | |
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| | 9/7/2016 | | | | |  | | Powderly Mine Fire Reclamation Will Eliminate Public Safety Hazards Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Acting Secretary Patrick McDonnell led a special event today to acknowledge the continuing work to extinguish the underground mine fire at Powderly Creek in Carbondale, Lackawanna County, and to reclaim the abandoned mine land for future development. The work on the 82-acre site is designed to extinguish an underground mine fire believed to have been burning for decades, and eliminate public health and safety hazards, including dangerous highwalls and harmful gases from the fire. | | | |
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| | 9/7/2016 | | | | |  | | Powderly Mine Fire Reclamation Will Eliminate Public Safety Hazards Carbondale, PA - Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Acting Secretary Patrick McDonnell led a special event today to acknowledge the continuing work to extinguish the underground mine fire at Powderly Creek in Carbondale, Lackawanna County, and to reclaim the abandoned mine land for future development. The work on the 82-acre site is designed to extinguish an underground mine fire believed to have been burning for decades, and eliminate public health and safety hazards, including dangerous highwalls and harmful gases from the fire. | | | |
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| | 9/7/2016 | | | | |  | | Auditor General DePasquale Says Pennsylvania Struggling to Get Accurate Count, Testing of Untested Rape Kits Calls for stakeholders to convene to ensure all 3,000+ kits can be tested, help victims find peace HARRISBURG - Auditor General Eugene DePasquale today announced that an eight-month review of the state's backlogged rape kits has shown inadequate communication to local law enforcement agencies, errors in the Department of Health's (DOH) report of kits and resource shortages that could lead to delayed justice for rape victims. | | | |
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| | 9/7/2016 | | | | |  | | Auditor General DePasquale Says Pennsylvania Struggling to Get Accurate Count, Testing of Untested Rape Kits HARRISBURG - Auditor General Eugene DePasquale today announced that an eight-month review of the state's backlogged rape kits has shown inadequate communication to local law enforcement agencies, errors in the Department of Health's (DOH) report of kits and resource shortages that could lead to delayed justice for rape victims. | | | |
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| | 9/7/2016 | | | | |  | | Governor Wolf Hosts Press Conference to Discuss the Third Street Redevelopment Project Harrisburg, PA - Tomorrow, Governor Wolf will host a press conference to discuss the Third Street Redevelopment project. The project includes the acquisition and renovations of four vacant and blighted buildings at a major site along the Third Street commercial corridor in Midtown Harrisburg. The buildings will be renovated to contain a mix of commercial and residential space, which will enhance the character of the surrounding neighborhood. | | | |
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| | 9/7/2016 | | | | |  | | Governor Wolf Announces $3.5 Million Grant for Third Street Revitalization Project in Midtown Harrisburg Governor Tom Wolf and Senator Rob Teplitz today announced $3.5 million in funding to support the completion of a crucial redevelopment of the Third Street commercial corridor in Midtown Harrisburg. The 40,000 square foot mixed commercial and residential redevelopment includes the renovation of four vacant and blighted buildings that have been boarded up for nearly a decade and an expansion of Harrisburg's first co-working space. | | | |
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| | 9/6/2016 | | | | |  | | Auditor General DePasquale Says Turnpike Commission Audit Finds Unrealistic Growth Projections Could Cause Transportation Disaster Auditor General Eugene DePasquale today said an audit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission shows that the commission is on potentially unstable financial ground that could have serious repercussions on the state's entire transportation system if the General Assembly doesn't act soon. | | | |
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