At Monday’s meeting, the Cornwall Borough Council accepted an agreement with Cornwall Junction, authorized the hire of a new full-time police officer, and adopted a resolution concerning zoning and inspections in the county.
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Second annual Lebanon’s Got Pride draws estimated 1,500+ attendees
The second annual Lebanon’s Got Pride was held Sunday, June 12 on S. 8 Street from Cumberland to Walton St. While the latter part of the event was dampened by rain, organizer Scott Church estimated that over 1,500 attendees passed through the event.
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The bipartisan push to cut corporate taxes in Pennsylvania, explained
Pennsylvania levies a 9.99% tax on corporate net income, the second-highest rate in the country.
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Pre-bidding now open in Lebanon’s auction of items leftover from move
Following up the move of City Hall to the former HACC campus on Cumberland Street, the City of Lebanon is doing some “spring cleaning” and getting rid of an array of miscellaneous items.
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Lebanon County’s state senator says he favors proposed changes to fireworks law
The state Senate will consider a House bill, approved earlier this month, to tighten restrictions on fireworks.
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Facing pressure from Democrats, Pa. panel avoids considering gun bills in wake of mass shootings
By sending a slate of firearms-related bills to another committee, a GOP-controlled panel threw cold water on an effort to force a vote on the legislation.
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Pa. is considering a ban on trans athletes that experts say is discriminatory
Pennsylvania legislation that would ban transgender student-athletes from participating on teams corresponding with their gender lean on shoddy science and discriminatory ideas.
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Recent Lebanon County obituaries for week of June 13
Here are the latest obituaries from around Lebanon County.
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Pennsylvania lawmakers reconsider restrictions on private use of fireworks
The bill doesn’t restrict the types of fireworks that can be purchased in Pennsylvania, but imposes some limits on their use and increases penalties for violation.
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Legal but unregulated hemp derivative delta-8 thrives in Pa.’s thorny marijuana landscape
Despite its legal status, delta-8 is not subject to any regulations or mandatory testing in Pennsylvania, and its packaging isn’t required to note potential side effects.
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A fight over public records could threaten novel approach to broadband in rural Pennsylvania
Officials in the Southern Alleghenies created a nonprofit to avoid a state law that makes it hard for local governments to build their own broadband networks. Now it faces an existential test.
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Pa. lawmaker wants more state control over millions in outside spending on federal elections
The push for more local control is likely to face an uphill battle with fellow legislators, as Pennsylvania has some of the laxest state campaign finance rules in the country.
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State Rep. Russ Diamond announces ‘treatable’ prostate cancer diagnosis
State Rep. Russ Diamond announced on June 8, 2022, that he has a treatable form of prostate cancer.
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NYT reports DA’s husband supervised state cop when Charity Thome was fatally shot; DA did not recuse office from case
The husband of Lebanon County District Attorney Pier Hess Graf is a former supervisor of a state trooper her office is currently investigating for potential criminal charges surrounding a fatal shooting last fall, according to a recent news report from The New York Times.
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Pennsylvania is sitting on billions in stimulus money. Lawmakers may actually agree on a plan to spend some of it.
With the June 30 deadline to pass a budget approaching, Republican lawmakers who had previously shunned additional spending seem to be warming to the idea.