An Associated Press news report states that chemicals that are known to cause neurological and other serious adverse health effects are being used to drill natural gas wells in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. State environmental officials are planning on posting this list of compounds online. This list, they say, will be the first comprehensive catalog of all [...]

Medical safety experts are now saying that reporting medical errors such as surgical fires to outside agencies can actually help prevent them. In Pennsylvania, when a fire breaks out and burns a patient during surgery, the law requires that it be reported to the state Patient Safety Authority. Experts say that getting the word out [...]

Some individuals with disabilities in Harrisburg and throughout Pennsylvania sustained their debilitating injury while on the job. However, several of these afflicted individuals are highly motivated to find new employment or return to previous jobs despite their disability. The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry recently announced that $4.2 million in grants is going towards [...]

Anyone who has ever needed to file bankruptcy to overcome debt is familiar with the intensive commitment required in order for the process to be successful. Imagine what a city must handle when filing for municipality bankruptcy. According to The Wall Street Journal, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania may file for municipal bankruptcy (Chapter 9) to help the [...]

Many residents in Pennsylvania and throughout the United States have been unable to sell their homes since the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) ended in March. A Philly Burbs story discusses one Harrisburg-area family’s difficulty in selling a house that is situated on a flood plain. Their frustration, according to the article, stems from having [...]