October 8, 2010 By Tricia Pursell The Daily Item A state senator has introduced a bill he hopes will cut down on underage drinking incidents by raising the maximum fine to $1,000, but since Valley judges typically don’t sentence first offenders with the current...
Tuesday, October 05, 2010 By Elisabeth Ponsot, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Friday night, Oakland. Students back to school after summer vacation walk down Forbes Avenue with purpose, making stops at their favorite joints. Some seek out the scene at Hemingway’s Cafe...
HARRISBURG (October 4)- The Pennsylvania House of Representatives today passed legislation to add new reforms to the commonwealth’s systems of criminal sentencing and parole. The intent of the bill, Senate Bill 1161, is to provide much-needed relief to the state’s...
A plaintiff must give a defendant access to private postings from two social networking sites that could contradict claims she made in a personal injury action, a Suffolk County, N.Y., judge has ruled. Acting Justice Jeffrey Arlen Spinner (See Profile) of New...
September 28, 2010 By Brendan McNally and Emily Battaglia Penn State freshmen gathered in the HUB-Robeson Center auditorium Monday night to learn about the Office of Judicial Affairs’ Code of Conduct — and some said they were surprised by what they learned. Assistant...
By: Courtney Nickle The Online Rocket (Slippery Rock University’s online student newspaper) 9/24/10 This semester, two programs will be implemented to help prevent and reduce binge and underage drinking among freshmen. The programs are part of a new statewide...
