Ian Karbal

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ian Karbal

An Amazon Fulfillment Center in Baltimore, Maryland. (Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)Union leaders are meeting in Hershey this week for the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters annual convention. Some of Pennsylvania’s most powerful politicians, like Gov. Josh Shapiro, state House Speaker Joanna McClinton (D-Philadelphia) and U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-1st District) have already appeared to voice their support.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ian Karbal |Ben Wasserstein

Rabbi Ariana Capptauber of Beth El Temple in Harrisburg, Pa., holds a sign. (Ben Wasserstein)In a parking lot across from the governor’s residence filled with construction trucks and contractor vans, a crowd of around 200 gathered and listened to prayers, songs and speeches from members of different faiths — Jewish, Christian, Sufi and Baha’i.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ian Karbal

A voter deposits a mail-in ballot at the drop box outside the Chester County Government Center on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Capital-Star/Peter Hall)Pennsylvanians who wish to cast a vote in next month’s primary must be registered to vote by May 5. While off-year elections typically draw less attention than those on even-numbered years, the upcoming primaries will determine which candidates advance in a host of local and statewide races that will be held in November.

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ian Karbal

Aerial shot of the NIOSH campus in Bruceton, Allegheny County. (Photo from the CDC)This story was updated at 1:55 p.m. on April 17 to include a comment from the Department of Health and Human Services, and again at 5:54 p.m. on April 17 to include additional reporting. Most Americans learned what an N95 mask was during the COVID-19 pandemic. But what many still don’t know is that every one of them was certified by a single, government-run lab in Bruceton, Allegheny County.

4 weeks ago | thedailyreview.com | Peter Hall |Ian Karbal

The Harrisburg man charged with setting fire to Gov. Josh Shapiro’s official residence Sunday had a turbulent life marked by other legal troubles, public records show. Cody Balmer, 38, was originally scheduled to appear in court this week to answer simple assault charges stemming from a 2023 domestic assault. It involved an altercation with his former wife and stepson after Balmer had attempted suicide by taking a bottle of pills, he told police according to court records.