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Dauphin County company ordered to pay nearly $130,000 in back wages

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry has recovered $129,929 in back wages for 59 workers after finding violations of the state’s Minimum Wage Act by Dauphin County construction company S&R Enterprises. The investigation began after a complaint raised concerns that workers were not fully paid for overtime hours. A review of the company’s payroll records showed that overtime had been miscalculated, resulting in underpayments. In January 2026, the department reached an agreement requiring S&R Enterprises to pay the owed wages, which have now been fully ...

If Pennsylvania decides to legalize recreational marijuana, which government agency should run the show? Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposed budget for 2026-27 anticipates lawmakers will legalize it and $729 million in new revenue will be generated next fiscal year. But his last budget contained a similar proposal that failed to get through the Legislature. A key disagreement was which part of government should oversee things. Now, as lawmakers start to consider Shapiro’s latest budget pitch, it appears that still no resolution has been reached in the divided Legislature. A new ...

Man sentenced to life in 2018 Northampton County killing

HARRISBURG — A Whitehall man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus an additional 20 to 40 years, for the 2018 killing of an 18-year-old in Northampton County, Attorney General Dave Sunday announced. Zahmire Welcome, 27, was convicted in October by a Northampton County jury of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and kidnapping in the death of Tyrell Holmes. Authorities said Holmes was stabbed and set on fire in April 2018 outside an apartment complex in Bethlehem. Welcome was also ordered to pay restitution to the victim’s ...

Decoda ensemble, Ringdown vocalists at Recital Hall

UNIVERSITY PARK — Contemporary chamber music collective Decoda will explore the boundaries of classical and folk genres with special guest vocal duo Ringdown. The program, “Reverberations,” will be Tuesday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m. in Recital Hall. During the concert, Decoda will perform Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring” in a collaboration with students from the Penn State School of Music, a unit of the College of Arts and Architecture. After the performance, the artists will speak with interested audience members. Reserved-seat tickets are $56 for an adult, $19 for ...

Fetterman casts deciding vote advancing Mullin nomination to DHS

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman was the lone Democrat on the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs who voted to advance the nomination of Republican Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin to lead the Department of Homeland Security, DHS, on Thursday morning. “I truly approached the confirmation of my colleague and friend, Senator Mullin, with an open-mind,” Fetterman said in a statement following the vote. “We need a leader at DHS. We must reopen DHS.” “My AYE is rooted in a strong committed, constructive working relationship with Senator Mullin for ...