In July, the Harrisburg Harm Reduction Project opened Harrisburg’s first needle exchange. The group’s outreach workers visit different parts of the city for three days of the week. Like nearly all its sister exchanges across the state, the project is an unofficial program that largely eschews public attention.
EDITORIAL: Time for the majority of users to be freed from the parasitic Library System
“Eleven of the county’s 14 public libraries have given their blessing to the Library System of Lancaster County’s new fundraising pla. Not everyone agrees: public libraries in Elizabethtown, Ephrata and Lancaster, which together account for more than half of the county’s library card holders, nixed the plan.”
AP Poll: Women Turning to GOP as Obama, Democrats Plunge
NEWSMAX: …With control of the Senate at stake, both parties say they are relying on robust voter-turnout operations — and monster campaign spending — to lift their candidates in the final days. But the poll suggests any appeals they’ve made so far haven’t done much to boost turnout among those already registered. The share who […]
China’s Communist Party weighs boosting rule of law
USA TODAY: …China’s notion of rule of law differs from that in the West. The meeting comes as China’s rulers seek a legal basis for government action and to enhance regime legitimacy, without permitting challenges to its authority. Yet there is also pressure to improve the court system because citizens, including Xie, sense they have […]
Justice blames feud for his ouster; chief of court admits he did seek to remove him
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: Suspended Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery blames “malicious intent” by Chief Justice Ronald Castille as the driving force behind a decision to oust him without pay for transmitting pornographic emails, a McCaffery spokesman said Tuesday…
Hong Kong protesters confront government officials in TV debate
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: Hong Kong’s political crisis shifted from its city streets to an austere university lecture theatre as student protest leaders faced off with government officials in a much-anticipated televised debate after more than three weeks of an unprecedented civil disobedience campaign… Ostensibly designed to help break the ice over the political deadlock, protest […]
Only the New York Times and NewsLanc get Corbett’s unpopularity right
“Normally, central Pennsylvania would be pro-Corbett, because he is anti-tax and pro-business and because… well, he is a Republican. Not this year. Many remain enraged over Mr. Corbett’s handling of the Sandusky case. It’s not about Mr. Sandusky himself, a serial abuser of boys who will die in prison, but about the firing of the beloved head coach, Joe Paterno, and the casting of Penn State football into the pit of disgrace.”
Hong Kong Leader Reaffirms Unbending Stance on Elections
NEW YORK TIMES: The Beijing-appointed leader of Hong Kong, Leung Chun-ying, said Monday evening that it was unacceptable to allow his successors to be chosen in open elections, in part because doing so would risk giving poorer residents a dominant voice in politics… European news media organizations, his first with foreign media since the city […]
It Looked Like a Stabbing, but Takata Air Bag Was the Killer
NEW YORK TIMES: …When Ms. [Hien] Tran crashed her car, the air bag, instead of protecting her, appeared to have exploded and sent shrapnel flying into her neck, the Orange County sheriff’s office said. On Monday, in an unusual warning, federal safety regulators urged the owners of more than five million vehicles to “act immediately” […]
Tom Wolf reports $1.3 million in 2013 income
Wolf has said he drew a $4.45 million bank loan last December to help him put $10 million of his own money into his campaign. The 3.18 percent term note was to be due Dec. 31, 2016, and, as collateral, pledged nearly 14 million shares of Wolf Organization stock…
Life means death for thousands of PA prisoners
In the Laurel Highlands prison, seven rooms are the final stop for some of the state’s sickest and oldest inmates. With breathing tubes and IVs, the mostly gray-haired inmates wait for their bodies to fail…
Obama Disagrees With Ginsburg on Getting Replacement Confirmed
NEWSMAX: …”[The Senate Democrats] took off the filibuster for lower federal court appointments, but it remains for this court,” [Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg] said. “So anybody who thinks that if I step down, Obama could appoint someone like me, they’re misguided. As long as I can do the job full steam… I think […]
Consumer Advisory: Vehicle Owners with Defective Airbags Urged to Take Immediate Action
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration urges owners of certain Toyota, Honda, Mazda, BMW, Nissan, and General Motors vehicles to act immediately on recall notices to replace defective Takata airbags. The message comes with urgency, especially for owners of vehicles affected by the regional recalls in the following areas: Florida, Puerto Rico, Guam, Saipan, American Samoa, Virgin Islands and Hawaii.
Pope Francis Wins a Battle to Welcome Gays in the Church
DAILY BEAST COLUMN: …About midway through the first week of debates and deliberations, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Archbishop of New York, addressed a mixed crowd of prelates, diplomats and journalists at the Pontifical North American College in Rome and cited a sports analogy that’s become quite popular among Francis’s American fans. Francis’s strategy is a […]