PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 20 -- Point Park University issued the following news: * * * Bob Pompeani High School Broadcast Award Competition Returns for Second Year at Point Park University Point Park University's School of Communication is partnering once again with KDKA sports director/anchor Bob Pompeani to host the Bob Pompeani High School Broadcast Award competition. The Pompeani Award recognizes the best high school broadcast show in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. Schools m  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association (PFMA) has issued a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration (FDA) opposing the proposed rule titled "Tobacco Product Standard for Yield of Cigarettes and Certain Other Combusted Tobacco Products." This proposal seeks to impose a maximum nicotine level of 0.70 milligrams per gram of tobacco in various products, which the PFMA argues would lead to a dramatic reduction   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The Pennsylvania Petroleum Association (PPA) has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expressing strong opposition to the agency's Proposed Rule concerning the nicotine yield of cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products. The PPA, which represents over 450 member companies involved in the sale and distribution of consumer packaged goods, including tobacco products across Pennsylvania,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Southern Tier Independence Center Inc. (STIC), a Binghamton, New York-based not-for-profit Center for Independent Living, has issued a public comment letter addressing proposed rule changes by the U.S. Department of Labor that would significantly alter existing regulations under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. STIC, which serves individuals with disabilities across a dozen counties in south-central New York and northeastern Pennsylvania, argues that the cha  more