Kara Jeffers
State Capitol Correspondent at WICU-TV / WSEE-TV (Erie, PA)
Reporter at Freelance
A journalist with a hankering for the truth. Erie News Now & WENY Elmira
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1 week ago |
erienewsnow.com | Kara Jeffers
House bill 1396 reforms election issues that have popped up because of no-excuse mail in ballots. The 98 page bill passed the Democratic controlled Pennsylvania House on party lines in mid May. The bill mandates that each county have at least two drop boxes, and sets out security standards for those drop boxes. It sets aside funds for all counties to get electronic poll books.
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1 week ago |
erienewsnow.com | Kara Jeffers
Summer heat is on its way, but Pennsylvania’s tourism office has a plan to keep everyone cool. Scooped: An Ice Cream Trail has officially launched for an 8th year in the row. “Good things happen with ice cream,” said Russell Redding, Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary. Several Pennsylvania state officials kicked off the tourism feature today at the Destiny Dairy Bar in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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1 week ago |
erienewsnow.com | Kara Jeffers
On June 5, a new distracted driving law will go into effect in Pennsylvania. The Paul Miller Jr. Act was signed into law last summer by Governor Josh Shapiro. This summer, law enforcement will start pulling drivers over and giving warnings. Next summer, drivers can get fined if caught using their phone while driving. Around 15 years ago, Paul Miller Junior was killed in a tractor trailer crash by a distracted driver.
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1 week ago |
erienewsnow.com | Kara Jeffers
“We talk a lot in memorial affairs that you die twice,” said Brian Natali, outreach director for the Pennsylvania Department of Military & Veteran Affairs. “You die when your physical body stops working and your heart stops. And then spiritually, you die when nobody speaks your name anymore."Memorial day honors over 1.3 million Americans who died in conflict through the nation’s history. “When somebody shares somebody's name, that's interred, they know that they still live in spirit,” Natali said.
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2 weeks ago |
erienewsnow.com | Kara Jeffers
This is National EMS Week. Agencies across Pennsylvania are celebrating their EMTs and paramedics—but also warning that staffing shortages are putting citizen healthcare at risk. These ambulance companies say the key to recruiting more workers is to offer better wages. But that solution opens up a whole other can of worms; namely, ‘how do EMS agencies get paid’? “Back 30-40 years ago, it was just a ride to the hospital,” said David Basnak, the executive director of EmergyCare.
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