HARRISBURG, Pa. – Governor Tom Wolf announced yesterday the State Board of Veterinary Medicine waived its enforcement of a 10-year automatic ban on certification for vet tech applicants with a past felony drug conviction, following his recommendation that licensing boards remove barriers to employment. FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Wolf Administration yesterday introduced opioid prescribing guidelines for workers’ compensation to help health care providers determine when opioids are appropriate for treatment of someone injured on the job. FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Acting Commissioner Robert Evanchick announced on Friday that 95 cadets graduated from the State Police Academy in Hershey and have been assigned to troops across the Commonwealth. FULL ARTICLE

READING, Pa. – Attorney General Josh Shapiro yesterday praised a new Pennsylvania law expanding the authority of the Office of Attorney General to prosecute abuse and neglect of care-dependent persons in nursing homes and similar settings. FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Pennsylvania State Police announced yesterday that troopers confiscated $7,050,174.00 worth of heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and other prohibited drugs in the second quarter of 2018. FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Attorney General Josh Shapiro yesterday announced the shut-down of an illegal video gambling operation in 33 bars and clubs throughout Allegheny, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties. FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Governor Tom Wolf announced yesterday that 70 municipalities will receive more than $31 million to support traffic signal upgrades, increasing safety and mobility across Pennsylvania’s communities. FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) received an award on Wednesday in the regional America’s Transportation Awards competition for its work relocating an endangered species during a bridge project in Tionesta. FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Governor Wolf issued the following statement in response to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s denial of his request for a major disaster declaration for damages from western Pennsylvania’s February through April severe weather that included flooding and landslides: FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) invites the public to review and provide comments on Finding Pennsylvania’s Solar Future, a draft plan of 15 recommended strategies that could increase in-state solar energy development to supply 10 percent of electricity in the Commonwealth by 2030. FULL ARTICLE