By DEE-ANN DURBIN and STEPHEN GROVES AP Business Writers
Many workers emerging from the pandemic don’t want to return to the jobs they once had. Layoffs and lockdowns combined with enhanced unemployment benefits and stimulus checks gave many Americans the time and the financial cushion to rethink their careers. Some employers and business groups are calling for an end to the $300-per-week federal unemployment supplement, saying it’s giving recipients less incentive to look for work.  But a senior economist with the Economic Policy Institute, says health concerns and child care responsibilities are the main reasons holding workers back.

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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC will air a limited series, ‘Women of the Movement,’ about Mamie Till-Mobley, whose son Emmett Till became an icon of the civil rights movement after he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955. Actor Will Smith and rapper Jay-Z are among the production team behind the new series, which will air in the middle of the next television season. ABC became the latest broadcast network to introduce a new lineup to advertisers on Tuesday. The network is also reviving ‘The Wonder Years,’ this time with a Black family from Montgomery, Alabama. Original series star Fred Savage directed the pilot episode.

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Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano

(Center Twp., Pa.) Vehicle break-ins have been reported to Center Township Police. The vehicles have  been in front of  or in close proximity to the homes. Police are asking that residents report any suspicious  activity in their neighborhood.

(Center Twp., Pa.) Center Township Board of Supervisors met Monday night  and adopted a resolution  to apply for a $250,000  grant  from PADCNR to be used for the construction  of a park pavilion.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The president of Pennsylvania’s largest teachers union is expressing support for in-person instruction in the fall. Rich Askey is president of the Pennsylvania State Education Association. He calls an in-person return to school a “top priority” now that many teachers have been vaccinated and older children have become eligible for the COVID-19 shot. Askey’s statement came days after the leaders of the nation’s two major teachers unions called for a full return to in-person learning. Most Pennsylvania schools have already resumed at least some in-person instruction, though some are sticking with virtual learning at least through the end of the current academic year.

Body found in burned vehicle on western Pennsylvania road
CLAYSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Authorities are trying to identify a body found in a burned vehicle on a western Pennsylvania road over the weekend. The Washington County coroner’s office was called to the scene Sunday in Claysville in East Finley Township. Officials said the remains of the man or woman were officially pronounced dead at 8:45 p.m. Sunday. There was no immediate word on the cause of death or the cause of the vehicle fire. State police are investigating.

Supreme Court throws abortion fight into center of midterms
By DAVID CRARY and JILL COLVIN Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a potentially ground-breaking abortion case, probably this fall, and the news is energizing activists on both sides of the contentious issue. They’re already girding to make abortion access a high-profile issue in next year’s midterm elections. The case on hand is a Mississippi law that would ban abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. If upheld by the Supreme Court, it would mark a first step toward the possible demise of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. That ruling established a nationwide right to abortion at any point before a fetus can survive outside the womb.

HARRISBURG – Rep. Aaron Bernstine (R-Beaver/Butler/Lawrence) on Monday introduced “constitutional carry” legislation, which would no longer require law-abiding citizens to obtain a government-issued license to carry a concealed firearm in Pennsylvania.

Constitutional carry, or permitless carry, allows an individual over 21 years of age who has passed a criminal background check upon purchase of a firearm to legally carry a handgun concealed without first having to obtain government permission.

Current law does not require citizens to obtain a license to openly carry a firearm in Pennsylvania.

Bernstine, a vocal pro-Second Amendment lawmaker, called the current concealed carry process a duplicative abuse of the constitutional rights of law-abiding gun owners.

“Pennsylvanians who follow the law each day should not be punished or hindered just because they prefer to carry their weapon concealed,” said Bernstine. “Constitutional carry ensures that citizens have the right to protect themselves and their families without seeking a government permission slip.”

Bernstine’s bill, House Bill 659, would make available an optional concealed carry license which would be valid in other states that have a reciprocal agreement with Pennsylvania.

The bill’s introduction comes on the heels of new executive actions on gun control announced at the federal level.

House Bill 659 has 68 Republican and Democrat co-sponsors.

“The broad bipartisan support from my colleagues shows that law-abiding Pennsylvanians are tired of the constant attacks on our firearms rights,” said Bernstine.

Currently, 20 other states have constitutional carry, including Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.

 Recently, Bernstine was interviewed by Pennsylvania House Second Amendment Caucus Chairman Matt Dowling about his proposed legislation. To view the interview, click here. https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pagopvideo/761130463.mp4