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    Pittsburgh Council urges congressional action on immigration reform

    By Noah Brode | 90.5 WESA | April 10, 2013

    Pittsburgh City Council voted Wednesday to issue a resolution that urges Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration reform package.

    Authored by Councilwoman Natalia Rudiak, the Will of Council document demands an easier process for foreigners to become U.S. citizens.

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    Audit to examine Greene County hiring practices

    By Cindy Lee Cumpston | Uniontown Herald-Standard | April 5, 2013

    WAYNESBURG –- Greene County commissioners approved an agreement Thursday with an outside firm to conduct an audit of the county’s merit-based hiring system.

    The independent audit conducted by Felice Associates of Greensburg is geared to ensure hiring practices in Greene County are fair and equitable. Felice Associates will perform the audit at a rate of $150 an hour.

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    Coyotes roam state, including Lawrence County

    By Nancy Lowry | New Castle News | April 10, 2013

    NEW CASTLE — Coyotes can be found in every corner of Pennsylvania and in every township of Lawrence County.

    Usually, they pose no threat to residents or livestock, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

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    Pittsburgh school board candidates pledge equitable school funding

    By Mary Niederberger | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | April 10, 2013

    The A+ Schools coalition has been working with Pittsburgh Public Schools in recent years to promote equitable distribution of resources to all schools across the district.

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    $50M in casino funding to fall in place

    By Eric Poole | Ellwood City Ledger | April 10, 2013

    NEW CASTLE -- Even though the proposed Valley View Downs racetrack and casino still has to get past some procedural obstacles, Lawrence County is poised to make good on its promise to fund approximately $50 million for the project.

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    Cumberland details use of impact fee proceeds in report

    By Cindy Lee Cumpston | Herald-Standard | Apr. 3, 2013

    CUMBERLAND TWP. — Supervisors on Monday released the township’s unconventional gas well fund usage report.

    The report requires municipalities receiving disbursements of revenue raised from impact fees provided through the state Act 13 gas drilling law to itemize and categorize their allocations of the revenue.
     

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    Delaware Water Gap park to close 2 sites

    By Beth Brelje | Pocono Record | Apr. 3, 2013

    Canoe livery businesses are among those who will feel the pinch this summer as Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area implements the sequestration — the government's order to federal agencies to reduce annual budgets by 5 percent.

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    Percent change in jobs, by sector

    By Pittsburgh Today | Apr. 2, 2013

    The total nonfarm job figure for February 2013 in the Pittsburgh region was 1,139,500, and the year-over-year job growth rate was 0.18 percent, which was below the benchmark average of 1.48 percent. Denver had the highest year-over-year job growth rate at 3.09 percent.

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    Privatization of liquor faces fight in senate

    By Christian Morrow | New Pittsburgh Courier | Apr. 3, 2013

    State House Republicans, spurred by Majority Leader Mike Turzai, R-McCandless, have long complained that Pennsylvania residents should, like people in Ohio and West Virginia, be able to go to the convenience store to buy beer and wine, and that the state should not own liquor stores.

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    Pop Filter Hot Pick: Geek Art/Green Innovator's Festival (aka GA/GI) occupies Penn Avenue

    By Jennifer Baron | Pop City Media | Apr. 3, 2013

    The perfect place to celebrate long awaited Spring--and the season's spirit of renewal and regeneration--is at this weekend's Geek Art/ Green Innovator's Festival (GA/GI), which will set up shop in more than 30 sites along the Penn Avenue arts district.

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    Bureau of Labor and Statistics Seeks More Specific Job Descriptions

    By Emily Farah | 90.5 WESA | Apr. 3, 2013

    The U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics wants to make sure employees are performing duties they're capable of doing.

    In an effort to help the Social Security Administration's clients with disability claims, the bureau is testing an hour-long telephone survey that questions employers about the employee job descriptions.
     

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    Officials admit communication breakdown

    By Rachel Morgan | ShaleReporter | Apr. 1 , 2013

    A communication breakdown was to blame when Pa officials failed to be notified of the illegal dumping of thousands of gallons of fracking wastewater.

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    Officials mark opening of transitional housing

    By the Greene County Messenger | Apr. 3, 2013

    WAYNESBURG — Local and state officials Thursday joined the Greene County Department of Human Services in celebrating the recent opening of Whitehill Place, transitional housing apartments located in Waynesburg Borough.

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    Washington County shines as economic development ‘winner’

    By Michael Bradwell | The Observer-Reporter | Apr. 3, 2013

    PITTSBURGH – The 10-county Pittsburgh region notched its fifth consecutive year as a top U.S. location for business investment, a Pittsburgh economic development group announced Tuesday.

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    Gov. Corbett to lead trade mission to Brazil and Chile to promote Pennsylvania businesses

    By Jan Murphy | The Patriot-News | Apr. 3, 2013

    Six American governors have taken their state’s trade message to Brazil and/or Chile over the past two years, hoping to make some in-roads in those emerging economies.

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