UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 31 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Computer scientist Brandeis Marshall to deliver 2025 TLT Symposium keynote UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Brandeis Marshall, founder and CEO of DataedX Group, a data ethics learning and development agency, will be the keynote speaker for Penn State's 2025 Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) Symposium on Saturday, March 22. Trained as a computer scientist and as a former college professo  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Jan. 31 -- Highmark, a health insurance company, issued the following news release: * * * Empire State Winter Games Torch Relay makes way to Capital Region * Torch ceremony to be held at Highmark Blue Shield Office in Latham Latham, N.Y. (January 30, 2025) -- The 2025 Empire State Winter Games Torch Relay made a special stop at the Latham office of Highmark Blue Shield today as part of its five day, 700-mile journey to Lake Placid. As presenting sponsor of the 45t  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 1 -- Fox Rothschild, a law firm, issued the following news release: Fox Rothschild is pleased to welcome Catherine Hill to our Raleigh Office as Counsel in the Litigation Department. "Catherine has a unique understanding of how local governments manage growth in the public interest, and how developers can best interact with them to improve communities across North Carolina," said Brad Risinger, Fox's Raleigh Office Managing Partner. Hill has more than a decade  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 31 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy Administration Takes Action to Lower Skyrocketing Utility Bills Protects Ratepayers from Regional Cost Crisis TRENTON - Governor Phil Murphy today applauded the agreement reached between Pennsylvania and PJM Interconnection that will avoid $21 billion in price hikes on consumers across all 14 jurisdictions PJM serves, including New Jersey. For months, PJM, the entity responsible  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 1 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General David W. Sunday issued the following news on Jan. 31, 2025: Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that David Balosa will serve two to four years in prison for using his standing as a member of a Jehovah's Witnesses congregation in Philadelphia to befriend, then sexually assault, a young child in 1998. A Philadelphia County Jury previously found Balosa guilty of two felony counts of aggravated indecent assault and related misdem  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 1 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General David W. Sunday issued the following news on Jan. 31, 2025: Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that a Franklin County jury has convicted a former area youth baseball coach of dozens of sexual assault and invasion of privacy charges for crimes against two adults and three children. Justin Biser, 45, of Waynesboro, was found guilty Thursday of 65 offenses, including sexual assault, indecent assault, child pornography, and inva  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Jan. 30 [Category: BizWater] -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release: * * * Pennsylvania American Water Issues Mandatory Conservation Notice for Customers in Connellsville and Uniontown Service Areas PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Jan. 30, 2025) - Pennsylvania American Water issued a mandatory water conservation order for approximately 13,500 customers in its Connellsville and Uniontown water systems in Fayette County today. Customers are as  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 1 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Education issued the following news on Jan. 31, 2025: * * * Pennsylvania Teacher Named Finalist for 2025 National Teacher of the Year Harrisburg, PA -- Interim Acting Secretary of Education Angela Fitterer today announced that Pennsylvania's 2025 Teacher of the Year, Ashlie Crosson, has been named as one of four finalists for National Teacher of the Year by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). "We take pride in  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 30 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Q&A: DeepSeek AI assistant and the future of AI UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- News that artificial intelligence (AI) assistant DeepSeek can compete with models like ChatGPT and Gemini for a fraction of the cost and computing power made headlines on Monday (Jan. 27). The reporting caused technology and energy stocks to sink as much as 21% and raised questions about AI strategies. These large la  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 30 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * School of Music presents 2025 Jazz Festival featuring bassist Matthew Garrison UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State School of Music will present the 2025 Penn State Jazz Festival, a two-day celebration of jazz featuring workshops, performances and adjudications by esteemed faculty members and world-class guest artist Matthew Garrison. This dynamic festival, to be held April 4-5, will tak  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 1 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued the following news on Jan. 31, 2025: * * * Shapiro Administration Hosts Maternal Healthcare Roundtable with Pennsylvanians Affected by Substance Use Disorder to Inform Strategic Plan to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes Since day one, Governor Shapiro has been focused on addressing maternal health disparities in access to high-quality healthcare -- he worked across the aisle to secure a $2.6 million increase in th  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 1 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development issued the following news on Jan. 31, 2025: * * * Strengthening Our Communities: Shapiro Administration Invests More than $1 Million; Celebrates Ribbon Cutting at Greater Hazleton YMCA Early Education Center Getting stuff done: support for the project is possible thanks to Governor Josh Shapiro's 2024-25 bipartisan budget, which doubled the Neighborhood Assistance Program's funding to $72 mil  more