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Pa. to begin new fiscal year without budget plan in place

HARRISBURG (AP) — Republicans who control Pennsylvania’s Senate passed spending legislation hours ahead of Saturday’s start of a new fiscal year, but they lacked agreement with the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives to keep state government’s full spending authority intact. Without new spending authority in place, the state will be legally barred from making some payments, although a stalemate must typically last weeks before an effect on services is felt. Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, has stayed out of sight in the Capitol and behind closed doors in his official ...

Milton woman is charged with COVID-19 card fraud

WILLIAMSPORT — A Milton woman was charged Thursday for possessing and making a fake COVID-19 vaccination card. According to a news release from the United States Attorney’s office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Collen Brungard, 37, was the subject of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Assistant U.S. Attorney Alisan V. Martin is prosecuting the case. On May 17, 2021, the Attorney General established the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force to marshal the ...

State’s federal broadband funding boosted $117M

Pennsylvania will receive nearly $1.2 billion in federal funding to establish or improve high-speed internet service in unserved and underserved areas — an amount that would have been more than $100 million smaller without the work of Penn State Extension, officials said. Announced June 26 by President Joe Biden, the state’s allocation is part of $42.5 billion in broadband funding authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority late last year contracted with Penn State Extension to develop and update state broadband ...

Inspector General charges 52 with fraud

HARRISBURG — The Office of State Inspector General filed felony public assistance fraud charges against 52 individuals during May 2023. The restitution owed to the Commonwealth in these cases totals $347,497. Additional cost savings will be realized as the defendants will be temporarily disqualified from receiving public benefits in the programs they allegedly defrauded. “It is imperative that we fulfill our duty to the citizens of Pennsylvania by ensuring the proper allocation of public benefits,” said State Inspector General Lucas M. Miller. “We are fortunate to partner with ...

Officials: Tanker driver lost control before I-95 collapse

The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The driver of a tanker truck hauling gasoline lost control on a curved off-ramp on Interstate 95, causing the truck to flip and catch fire, leading to the collapse of the northbound lanes in early June, federal safety officials said Thursday in a preliminary report. The National Transportation Safety Board’s brief report outlined what happened on June 11, when an elevated section of Interstate-95 collapsed after the tanker truck caught fire underneath it. It largely confirmed what state officials said earlier. The truck, which was a ...

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