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Most Pa. lawmakers back Trump-signed sanctions on Russia and Iran

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(The Center Square) – A majority of Pennsylvania lawmakers signed onto legislation that authorizes and expands statutory sanctions, tariffs, and prohibitions on Russia, while also extending existing sanctions on Iran. “For more than four years, the people of Ukraine have stared down Russian aggression and have done what seemed impossible: they have survived. They have stood their ground,” said U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-6th District. “And, with our support, they will outlast this brutal invasion.” Last week, the U.S. House passed H.R. 5334, the “Lindsey O. Graham ...

Moshannon detention center contract extended

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CLEARFIELD — The Clearfield County Board of Commissioners voted 2-1 on Tuesday to approve a six-month contract extension for the operation of Moshannon Valley Processing Center. Commissioners Tim Winters and John Sobel voted in favor of the extension, and Commissioner Dave Glass voted against. “We shouldn’t be in the middle of it,” Glass said in opposition to the contract. “I don’t want to even tangentially support this. I think there’s a better way.” Sobel and Winters said that rejecting the contract would’ve negatively impacted the Philipsburg-Osceola Area School ...

Battleground congressional candidates in Pa. talk Flock cameras

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(The Center Square) – The ongoing debate around Flock cameras and other automated license plate reading systems, or ALPRs, is garnering attention from elected officials and candidates up and down the ballot. And it’s a topic not solely falling along partisan lines. “I would welcome bipartisan legislation to ban these across the state,” Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, said in response to a question from The Center Square late last month. “This is not something I support.” “This is not something in the public interest,” he continued. “I think law enforcement needs to ...

Altoona Police Department targets e-bike safety

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Accidents between the new motorized/electric bikes and larger vehicles have been ticking up in recent months and that has Altoona police on a campaign to educate riders and, when necessary, issue fines. Safety — for the bike riders who are often teenagers and for the general public — is at the heart of the matter, said Sgt. Dusten Thompson. “Our goal is not to fine these kids and take their bikes,” Thompson said. “We’d like them to understand it’s not a safe act.” In the last three to four months, there has been an increase in the number of electric- and ...

Carlisle man charged in death of Army reservist at Letterkenny

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HARRISBURG — A Carlisle man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the March death of a U.S. Army reservist during firearms training at Letterkenny Army Depot. Sean Stark, 38, was charged by criminal information in federal court, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced Monday. According to federal prosecutors, Stark is accused of killing Private First Class Krystofer Lopez on March 12 while conducting firearms training at Letterkenny Army Depot. Prosecutors allege Stark conducted the training in a “grossly negligent ...

Rollins unveils plan to modernize agricultural data collection

Agriculture

WASHINGTON — At the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa earlier this month, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture Data Modernization Plan to put Farmers First, reduce unnecessary burdens on producers, and improve the timeliness, accuracy, and usefulness of the agricultural data that informs decisions across American agriculture. Since USDA was established in 1862, collecting and sharing reliable agricultural information has been central to its mission. Today, USDA data informs crop and livestock estimates, risk-management tools, ...