Northampton County’s Gracedale administrator Michelle Morton resigns
Michelle Morton is leaving her job as administrator of Northampton County's Gracedale Nursing Home, effective Thursday, Nov. 12, the county announced Monday.
By Jai SmithLaws & Regulations.
New laws, rules and regulations affecting the Lehigh Valley — what’s changing and what it means for residents and businesses.
By Jai Smith
Shapiro signs law to phase out PFAS firefighting foam in Pa.
Gov. Josh Shapiro on Thursday signed a law that ends the sale of a type of firefighting foam made with PFAS, the so-called forever chemicals, starting July 1, 2027, and bars fire departments from using it starting Jan. 1, 2028.
By Jai Smith
Bethlehem passes data center limits 6-1, but two proposals get in under old rules
Laura Collins, the city's director of community and economic development, told council that the city reviews any land development submission filed before the ordinance passed under current zoning. Besides the Industrial Drive project, which she called publicized, she told council that "another proposal" in the city's industrial zone had come in and has just begun internal review.
By Jai Smith
Pennsylvania will let stores sell only 159 vape products starting Oct. 19
At Jack's Vape & Tobacco on Linden Street in Bethlehem on Saturday, glass cases were stocked with Geek Bar, Oxbar and other disposable brands not on that list.
By Jai Smith
Pa. Supreme Court denies lawmakers’ request to extend skill games deadline
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Friday denied three lawmakers' request to extend its skill games deadline. Machines can be seized starting Wednesday, and the Legislature does not meet again until Oct. 19.
By Jai Smith
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Bethlehem data center rules pass first vote 7-0 as residents call them only a start
The rules would add a public hearing, required studies and a 1,000-foot buffer from homes and schools, but they won't cover the one data center already proposed in the city.
By Jai Smith
Pennsylvania House amends kratom bill, adding 12% tax and 180-day wait on synthetic ban
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania House voted 200-3 Wednesday to rewrite a bill that would keep natural-leaf kratom legal for adults 21 and older, adding...
By Jai Smith
About 70,000 skill games in Pa. bars, clubs and fire halls face seizure Oct. 14, state police say
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania State Police say they can start seizing skill-game machines on Oct. 14 and charge the businesses that keep them. From then on, the machines are illegal everywhere except licensed casinos and truck stops.
Many Bald Birds workers went five weeks unpaid, Pa. says; brewer pays $582,782 back
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Bald Birds Brewing Company has paid $582,782 in back wages to 124 workers after state investigators found it paid staff late for several months and most recently left many without a paycheck for five weeks, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry said.
Gracedale grand jury report released after Zrinski, administrator, sought to keep it sealed
EASTON, Pa. — Northampton County Executive Tara Zrinski asked a judge to quash or seal the grand jury report on Gracedale Nursing Home. The home's administrator argued through her lawyers that it should not be made public. Both positions are in responses filed with the report and released Thursday.
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