The Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) will air its livestream recording of the 2025 PSATS Educational Conference General Session today at 12:45 p.m. and other times over the next week. Go to PCN for other times on the schedule.
Funding Available for Low-Carbon Transportation Materials
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is accepting applications for the Low-Carbon Transportation Materials Program focusing on accelerating the use of materials and products that have lower levels of embodied greenhouse gas emissions. About $800 million is available for non-state DOTs…
PSP Releases Bad News Holiday Crash Report
The Pennsylvania State Police released its annual Thanksgiving Holiday Crash and Enforcement report for November 22-26. PSP investigated 979 vehicle crashes resulting in four fatalities, an increase compared to 2022. Alcohol was a factor in 73 crashes, up from 48…
It’s Municipal Election Day! Vote today and look for statewide office results this evening.
Statewide office results this evening here.
Major CDC COVID-19 Changes
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has substantially revised its COVID-19 guidance. Social distancing guidance of six feet is no more. Quarantining is no longer recommended if you were exposed to COVID-19. Instead, the CDC recommends that you wear…
COVID-19 Eligible Reimbursements Continue After July 2
Townships that have eligible costs after July 1 may continue to submit for reimbursement of federal COVID-19 disaster costs for expenses such as PPE that is used within a specified time period. However, the federal cost share was reduced effective…
Reminder to Continue Tracking COVID-19 Costs, Submit for Reimbursement
On March 30, 2020, the president declared a major disaster for Pennsylvania as a result of COVID-19, which began on January 20, 2020, and is still in effect. FEMA has numbered the disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as…
DUNS Numbers Are No More as of Monday, April 4
Beginning Monday, April 4, 2022, the federal government will transition to the Universal Entity Identifier (UEI) number for all entities doing business with it and will no longer use the DUNS number issued by DUN and Bradstreet to uniquely identify…
CDC Revises Mask Guidance 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revised its mask recommendations for the prevention of COVID-19. Mask recommendations are now based on community-level spread, which is determined by hospital beds used, hospital admissions, and the number of new COVID-19…
COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Slow Again- PSATS Final Weekly Summary
New case rates of COVID-19 dropped for the fifth week in a row to 19,343 or a 22% drop compared to the prior week. Pennsylvania’s statewide percent-positivity rate also dropped for the fifth week in a row from 12.7% to…
