PA Headlines | June 3 | House lawmakers pass bill to ban cellphones in school.

About this episode

The episode discusses the passage of a bill to ban cellphones in schools and various issues affecting Pennsylvania, including broadband access and state funding for remediation.

A measure to keep cellphones out of schools throughout the day has passed the state House. The bill had supporters AND foes in both parties. Stacy Garrity – the Republican candidate for governor – reiterated her call for a pause on data center development in Northeastern Pennsylvania Monday. Almost every part of modern life requires reliable internet, but access remains uneven in many rural areas across Pennsylvania. An expert appeared on a recent edition of The Spark to explain how funding will soon help many communities catch up on broadband access. Click here to hear the full conversation on broadband from WITF’s The Spark Monday marked the 5th annual Pennsylvania Native Species Day, designed to highlight the thousands of plants and insects indigenous to the state, and the threat posed by invasive species like the spotted lanternfly. A former industrial site in Carlisle is receiving state funding for remediation. The former Frog, Switch and Manufacturing Company along High Street once supplied railway components and manganese steel casting for mining. Higher electricity rates took effect across Pennsylvania on Monday. In Harrisburg, state lawmakers took a closer look at the…

Topics covered

• cellphone ban in schools
• broadband access
• Pennsylvania Native Species Day
• state funding
• electricity rates
• legislation

Keywords

• cellphone ban
• broadband funding
• Pennsylvania
• legislation
• electricity rates
• invasive species
• Stacy Garrity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WITF

Products: spotted lanternfly

Places: Pennsylvania, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Carlisle

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