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PA changed its standard for involuntary mental health treatment …
2019年10月24日 · The new AOT law. Pennsylvania was the 47th state to adopt AOT standards with less strict criteria. According to the memo of the Pennsylvania bill, sponsored by state Rep. Thomas Murt, R-Montgomery, its goal was to allow for less restrictive treatment settings and the chance to intervene sooner “before someone becomes dangerous and tragedy strikes.”
Types of criminal homicide - PublicSource
First-degree murder: An intentional killing, punishable by death or mandatory life in prison without parole. A life sentence is no longer mandatory for juveniles. Second-degree murder: A killing committed during a felony, punishable for adults with mandatory life in prison without parole. Notably, the charge can apply equally to accomplices who did not kill anybody […]
Private college enrollment in Pittsburgh has dropped - PublicSource
2024年1月4日 · Private colleges abound in Pittsburgh, a city rebranded around the promise of “eds and meds.” But demographic trends, skepticism in the value of a degree and competition from other institutions spell fears for their future.
PA’s controversial mental health law is finally getting a test run
2022年7月5日 · Paul and Christine, of Montgomery County, know what it feels like to helplessly watch their child’s mental health deteriorate. After two hospitalizations in 2020 and 2021 for mental health crises, their 30-year-old son stopped taking his medication and following other aspects of his treatment plan.
Inside Pennsylvania’s monitoring of the Shell plastics plant
2023年8月8日 · From the beginning, Shell’s flagship Appalachian petrochemical complex was delayed and its startup mired in malfunction. At 8 a.m. on Sept. 6, just 12 hours and 15 minutes after Shell first introduced ethane to the high-pressure furnaces that begin to “crack” the gas into plastic, brown gasses vented from the flares that function as the facility’s primary pollution controls, violating ...
Josh Katz, Margot Sanger-Katz, Nick Thieme, Author at PublicSource
2024年12月20日 · Young Black men in cities across America died of drug overdoses at high rates in the 1980s and 1990s. During the recent fentanyl crisis, older Black men in many cities have been dying at unusually high rates.
The history and possible futures of an American steel town
2021年9月28日 · Several of the interviewees related how social solidarity during the Great Depression knocked down interracial and inter-ethnic barriers that had been previously exploited by major employers and the political class alike.
Closures, reconfigurations and magnet phase-outs floated
2024年11月22日 · Consolidations and closures were recommended based on proximity between two buildings, access to spaces and building capacity. The proposal did not take into consideration standalone Early Childhood Centers, Conroy, Pioneer, Clayton and the Gifted Center, which consultants say require more consideration due to their specialized purposes.
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