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750 HHS employees send signed letter to RFK Jr. asking him to stop spreading misinformation

Thursday, August 21 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- More than 750 employees across the Department of Health and Human Services sent a signed letter to members of Congress and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday morning, calling on the secretary to stop spreading misinformation.The letter states the deadly... Read More.

Inspectors signed off on Camp Mystic’s emergency plans days before catastrophic flooding, records show

Wednesday, July 9 by ABC News

Brandon Bell/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Just two days before devastating floods claimed at least 27 lives at Camp Mystic, the Texas Department of State Health Services signed off on the youth camp's emergency plans, according to records obtained by ABC News.An inspection report dated... Read More.

Pennsylvania Rape Kit Law Signed Into Law

Saturday, November 16 by wcednews

UNDATED - A new Pennsylvania law will help sexual assault victims across the Commonwealth track the progression of rape kits. The law will allow victims to track their kits from the point they are collected, through testing. This ensures that the Commonwealth falls into federal... Read More.

Wolf signs 7 bills, including law licenses for DAs and new holidays

Saturday, November 20 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA - Governor Tom Wolf signed into law House Bill 416, House Bill 1107, House Bill 1120, Senate Bill 248, Senate Bill 420, Senate Bill 550, and Senate Bill 725. This includes new designated holidays for Pennsylvania, such as Persian Gulf War Veterans Day,... Read More.

Gov. Wolf signs legislation expanding access to medical marijuana

Friday, July 2 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf signed legislation that will provide updates to Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act to ensure better access for patients. House Bill 1024 acts on recommendations made by the Department of Health to revise the Medical Marijuana Act, which was signed into... Read More.

Gov. Wolf signs state budget, no tax increase, largest education funding increase

Thursday, July 1 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf has signed into law the $40.8 billion state budget that does not raise personal or business taxes but still manages to have the largest public school funding increase in state history. Democratic lawmaker tend to be supportive of the... Read More.

Salary freeze signed into law for certain officials, including governor and heads of departments

Monday, October 19 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA - Governor Tom Wolf signed HB 2487, which provides for a temporary freeze on cost-of-living salary adjustments for certain public officials, including the governor, lieutenant governor, state treasurer, auditor general, attorney general, commissioners of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, heads of departments,... Read More.

Gov. Wolf signs first two law enforcement reform bills

Friday, July 17 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA (AP) — The first bills passed by Pennsylvania’s Legislature in response to widespread protests over police brutality and the killing of George Floyd are now law with Gov. Tom Wolf’s signature. In a news conference Tuesday in Harrisburg, Wolf, a Democrat, characterized the... Read More.

Short-term budget passes legislature, expected to be signed by Gov. Wolf

Friday, May 29 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA (AP) — A no-new-taxes $25.8 billion budget is before Gov. Tom Wolf after winning speedy approval in the Republican-controlled Pennsylvania Legislature. Also sent to the Democratic governor Thursday was legislation to distribute about $2.6 billion in federal coronavirus aid. Wolf is expected to sign... Read More.

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