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Gas pipeline to run through State College

April 2, 2013 - 9:49am — voicesweb

by Smita Bharti

Photo courtesy of Natural Gas Watch
This is the scene of a natural gas pipeline explosion in West Virgina December 2012. No one was killed, but the highway was closed.

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Commissioners decide fate of Centre Crest

April 2, 2013 - 9:36am — voicesweb

By fall of this year, the Centre County commissioners will have decided whether Centre Crest, the county-owned nursing home located in Bellefonte, will remain county-owned, or will be transferred to a non-profit organization formed for the purpose of running Centre Crest. The possible transfer has generated controversy in the region.

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SEIU Healthcare PA Files Lawsuit Against Corbett Administration to Halt Department of Health Closings and Furloughs

April 1, 2013 - 4:50pm — voicesweb

On Monday, April 1st, 2013, SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania along with State Senators Tim Solobay (D-46) and John Wozniak (D-35) and State Representatives Michael Hanna (D-76), Ted Herhai (D-58) and Pam Snyder (D-50) filed a lawsuit against the Corbett Administration on the grounds that its plan to close 26 public state health centers and eliminate 73 Department of Health positions including 26 community health nurses is violates both Pennsylvania law as well as its Constitution. Read more »

Centre County to Host Statewide Farmland Preservation Conference April 4

April 1, 2013 - 11:55am — voicesweb

 

Representatives from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and American Farmland Trust will kick off a discussion of the economic and environmental challenges and opportunities related to protecting the Commonwealth’s farms during the Pennsylvania Farmland Preservation Association’s (PFPA) spring conference on April 4.
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Glacial Waterfalls

April 1, 2013 - 1:18am — voicesweb

Glacial waterfalls

Concert to benefit local displaced people

March 31, 2013 - 10:04am — voicesweb

by Eunice Askov

The lack of affordable housing in Centre County is well known to Voices readers. Finding affordable housing that does not exceed 30 percent of a person’s income is very difficult in Centre County.

While the Affordable Housing Coalition seeks to find long-term solutions, one person is trying to raise funds to assist those who must leave their homes now because their trailer parks are being sold. Read more »

FARCE-A Family Humor Magazine's 'MOXIE Politick' on Judge Orie Melvin resigning from the PA Supreme Court after corruption case.

March 28, 2013 - 1:43pm — Farce Magazine

Judge Joan Orie Melvin was facing a growing call for impeachment from her seat on the PA Supreme Court due to a conviction on corruption charges when she resigned. Two of her sisters are already serving sentences from corruption convictions from an unrelated incident.

The Big Fix - the government corruption that covered up the real cost of the gulf oil spill

March 27, 2013 - 7:00am — voicesweb


THE BIG FIX is “a damning indictment” (Time Out New York) of a system of government and corporate collusion that puts the pursuit of profit over all other human and environmental needs. Through “smart, covert reporting that shames our news media” (The Village Voice) The Big Fix is “a mandatory-viewing critique of widespread government corruption” (LA Weekly). Read more »

Wealth Inequality in America - the infamous video

March 26, 2013 - 8:02pm — voicesweb


Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers. The reality is often not what we think it is. Read more »

Too much gay pride? Emphasizing differences doesn’t achieve equality

March 26, 2013 - 6:11pm — voicesweb

By Cody Beaver, junior environmental systems engineering

I’m sure some people have already dismissed me based solely on the title.

Don’t misunderstand — I’m gay, out and proud, and I’ve never been happier in my life. I have tremendous respect for the LGBT community and everyone who has the courage to come out, and especially those who haven’t.

There is nothing more important than to accept yourself for whom you are, and as someone who struggled for most of high school and college with his sexuality, I can surely empathize with that. Read more »

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