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All Eyes on Governor Shapiro for Essential ID/A Funding All Eyes on Governor Shapiro for Essential ID/A Funding
All Eyes on Governor Shapiro for Essential ID/A Funding As the dust settles from the 2024 election, Pennsylvania’s leaders must now prepare for the 2025 Legislative Session and the forthcoming Fiscal Year 24/25 budget debate, as families, caregivers, and individuals in the Intellectual Disabilities and Autism (ID/A) community look to Governor Josh Shapiro to champion crucial funding needs. Last year’s budget delivered a historic funding boost for ID/A services, reflecting Governor Shapiro’s deep commitment to this essential community. However, the final enacted budget fell $93 million short of the Governor’s proposed funding—a shortfall that cont…

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by Gary Blumenthal,
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Boys Orphaned After Parents Killed In Lehigh Valley Motorcycle Crash Boys Orphaned After Parents Killed In Lehigh Valley Motorcycle Crash
Boys Orphaned After Parents Killed In Lehigh Valley Motorcycle Crash The Lehigh Valley couple killed in an accident on Airport Road have left behind two sons, who their loved ones and neighbors are stepping up to support in their time of need.  Jason and Samantha Loch Izon were riding in East Allen Township on Tuesday, April 4 when they collided with a flatbed truck near the intersection with Portland Drive, Daily Voice has reported.  Samantha, 31, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio has said. Jason, 44, was taken to taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg for treatment, where he passed aw…

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by Mac Bullock
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Central PA Woman Left Her Child On Stranger's Porch, Police Say Central PA Woman Left Her Child On Stranger's Porch, Police Say
Central PA Woman Left Her Child On Stranger's Porch, Police Say A woman has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child after she left her child on a stranger's porch on Monday, according to police. Lori Kreider, 45, of Lancaster, believed her child's father lived at the home were she left her 12-year-old on Monday around noon, as she told police.  But Kreider "made no attempt to determine if the father was at the home or not," according to Manheim Township police. Police were contacted about the incident and asked Kreider to pick up the child but, according to the police, she refused. The child was turned over to another family member. …

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by Jillian Pikora