Attorney General Kathleen Kane says she’s preparing for a re-election campaign but doesn’t believe she’ll be eligible to run for a second term next year, so long as her law license remains suspended. The State Supreme Court ordered the temporary suspension Monday as she fights perjury and other allegations. Meanwhile, Kane has joined her counterparts from more than two dozen other states in opening a probe of Volkswagen over admissions it rigged diesel emissions technology. Kane calls the automaker’s revelations “disturbing”.

The State House has approved a short-term budget although Governor Tom Wolf has already promised he will veto the plan. Voting fell along party lines yesterday by lawmakers. Wolf wants Republicans to come up with significantly more funding for public schools and to fix a long-term deficit. Elder Vogel Jr. – the Republican senator from the 47th district – talked about the budget process from the Republican perspective on AM Beaver County with Al Goehring this morning. Vogel says if Wolf follows through with his veto of the bill, then it’s back to the drawing board for legislators in Harrisburg.

The Beaver Falls Municipal Authority held an annual tour of its intake and water treatment facility  in Eastvale Thursday evening.    Many  community leaders had the opportunity to walk through and get a quick overview of the Beaver Falls Municipal Authority operations.  Beaver falls Municipal Authority General Manager, Jim Riggio ,hosted the annual event to allow members of the communities that the authority serves to see the facility first hand,  learn about new updates, as well as provide education about the entire process of providing water to municipalities.