By Caleb Taylor and Yasmin Tadjdeh, PA INDEPENDENT HARRISBURG — The state House voted unanimously Monday to ban a series of synthetic drugs, as lawmakers spoke in defense of public health. “There is not a day that goes by that we don’t pick up the...
Jurist.org Sara Rose [Staff Attorney, ACLU of Pennsylvania] A middle-school student, annoyed after being disciplined by her principal for violating the school dress code, vents her frustration by posting a crude MySpace profile on the Internet parodying the principal....
WDUQ News, Pittsburgh MONDAY, MAY 30, 2011 “Good Samaritan” Bill in PA House A bill granting partial immunity to underage drinkers who call the authorities when their friends’ lives are threatened due to alcohol is winning praise from student leaders. Dan...
May 24, 2011 by Adam Smeltz For at least 10 years, the State College teachers’ union has wanted the inclusion of same-gender domestic-partner benefits in school-district employee contracts, union President Holli Jo Warner said Monday. In fact, Warner said the...
By TARA SIEGEL BERNARD New York Times May 20, 2011 The battle to legalize same-sex marriage may be dominating the headlines, but that issue could take years to resolve. More immediately, a growing number of companies have taken it upon themselves to make life a little...
by Adam Smeltz statecollege.com The State College Area School District is facing a federal civil action from a school worker and her partner, both alleging that the district discriminates in its employee-benefits policy. Kerry Wiessmann, who is an elementary-school...
