HARRISBURG, Pa. - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced applications will be accepted through Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in a department grant program benefitting snowmobile- and ATV-related projects throughout Pennsylvania. FULL ARTICLE

CARLISLE, Pa. - Governor Tom Wolf met with high school students and parents concerned about the rising cost of higher education and the student debt crisis. FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Governor Tom Wolf signed Senate Bill 60 into law, elevating a human trafficking offense to a first-degree felony, increasing fines and prison times, and changing the definition of child in the current statute to include anyone under age 18 instead of age 16. FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Department of Transportation (PennDOT), and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful released the results of the first statewide comprehensive research on litter, the cost of cleaning it up, and attitudes toward litter and announced the formation of a state-led workgroup to shift Pennsylvania’s strategy from cleanup to prevention. FULL ARTICLE

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of DuBois, Pennsylvania has been sentenced for health care fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. FULL ARTICLE

CLARION, Pa. - Clarion University is one of 36 Pennsylvania colleges and universities that will benefit from nearly $1 million in grants through the Wolf Administration and the “It’s On Us PA” campaign to combat campus sexual assault. Governor Tom Wolf announced the grants in January. FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Legislation ensuring that human donor breast milk is held to the highest possible health and safety standards is one step away from being signed into law after clearing both the House and Senate this week, said Rep. Donna Oberlander (R-Clarion/Armstrong/Forest), sponsor of the proposal. FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine reminded Pennsylvanians that the threat from 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) remains low. FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania hunters took 4,653 black bears this past fall, setting a new state record bear harvest. FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Governor Tom Wolf announced that the Pennsylvania Insurance Department is introducing new regulations to protect consumers’ mental health and substance use disorder rights in the commonwealth. The regulations build on the department’s efforts to enforce equal standards of coverage between physical and mental health and substance use services. FULL ARTICLE