Article Summary – Bryan Kohberger’s defense attorney, Anne C. Taylor, commissioned phone surveys of potential jurors, which the judge presiding over Kohberger’s quadruple murder case argues could hinder the suspect’s ability to get a fair trial. Taylor asserts that the phone survey was crucial for her petition to change the
Article Summary – Linda Orndoff is an at-home caregiver for her mother with dementia and her autistic grandson, receiving around $13 an hour from Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program without any health insurance or benefits. Pennsylvania currently needs six times the number of home care workers currently in the state due to
Article Summary – The Department of the Interior has allocated over $244 million to Pennsylvania to help address environmental hazards from abandoned mine lands, with funding sourced from the 2022 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. More than 250,000 acres of mine land have been left abandoned in Pennsylvania after approximately
Article Summary – Pennsylvania Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick has reportedly voiced concerns that former President Donald Trump’s claims that early voting is fraudulent are undermining Republican efforts. McCormick suggests these claims are discouraging Republicans from participating in elections at all. Despite Trump’s record of fighting against mail-in voting,
Article Summary – U.S. Representative Guy Reschenthaler has proposed a bill to rename Virginia’s Washington Dulles International Airport after former President Donald Trump, citing Trump’s leadership as a symbol of freedom, prosperity, and strength. Reschenthaler previously voted against the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in 2021 which allocated $35 million
Article Summary – Josie Badger, co-chair of Pennsylvania’s Family Care Coalition, is advocating for paid family and medical leave legislation for the approximately one in four adults in Pennsylvania living with disabilities. Legislation is currently being considered to create a universal paid family and medical leave program for full- and
Article Summary – President Joe Biden’s campaign, after raising $26 million in a New York fundraiser, is planning an ad targeting Nikki Haley’s supporters to sway them towards Biden’s re-election. The ad uses quotes from former President Donald Trump, where he called Haley “Birdbrain” and stated he did not want
Article Summary – Two teenagers were arrested after 52-year-old Nadia Vitel was found dead from blunt force trauma in a duffel bag in her late mother’s Manhattan apartment, which she was checking on after it had been empty for months. The teenagers, 19-year-old Halley Tejada and a minor, were unlawfully
Article Summary – A report from the Treasury Department reveals that the American Rescue Plan, created in response to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, helped over 500,000 families avoid home foreclosure. The legislation funded the Homeowner Assistance Fund, contributing over $9.4 billion to assist homeowners with mortgage payments,
Article Summary – The Newtown Township police in Pennsylvania have lifted a shelter-in-place order after a domestic incident involving an armed individual. The incident began with reports of a physical assault and led to a two-and-a-half-hour standoff, after which the suspect was taken into custody. The female victim involved sustained
Article Summary – A University of Vermont student, Madison Saltsburg, died after falling 600 vertical feet (183 meters) on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Two other skiers were injured from rocks and ice, but their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. On the previous
Article Summary – The U.S Department of Transportation has announced a $317 million grant for Pennsylvania to buy up to 200 new rail cars for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). The funds are part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed into law by President Joe Biden in
