About 90% of the district’s kindergarten and first-grade students require some level of early intervention to put them on track for academic success, Arcurio told the Capital-Star in a recent interview.
In Pennsylvania, the Our HAIR initiative program will provide mental health support for Medicaid members at local Black salons and barbershops, and help to reduce the stigma often associated with mental health issues in communities of color.
A Pennsylvania advocacy group is watching carefully as the Senate ponders House Bill 611, which would provide more funding for basic K-12 and special education, and target more funding to lower-income districts.
According to the report, business applications in the West tied for the highest growth, with 104,123 new applications, a 2.9% increase from the previous month.
The House of Representatives recently passed its version of a proposed budget with dramatic increases in the state’s food assistance programs.
More than 40% of private sector workers in Pennsylvania earned their living at businesses without retirement plans, as of 2020. Multiple groups are now urging the General Assembly to pass legislation to change it.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling yesterday about making voting maps more fair in Alabama gives new hope to groups in Pennsylvania that have teamed up to get redistricting reform bills passed in the Commonwealth to stop what they see as gerrymandering.
Pennsylvania ranks in the middle among states for the well-being of its children. It is 22nd overall in the new Kids Count Data Book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
As of June 15, the average price of gas per gallon in the United States is $3.589, a 5 cent increase from one month ago.
Pennsylvania House Democrats proposed more than $900 million in additional spending over Gov. Josh Shapiro’s $44.4 billion spending plan introduced in March.
State funds went to three private law firms, with legal bills spiking during a four-month trial in the case decrying state school funding.
Some 22% of Pennsylvania’s municipal pension plans statewide are in some form of financial distress, the state’s elected fiscal watchdog said Monday, warning local governments that they’re legally obligated to properly fund the accounts.