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Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published March 22, 2022 8:12 P.M.

(Beaver Falls, PA) The Beaver Falls City Council met for a meeting Tuesday night.  Council approved to advertise for a Community Development Director to replace Bethany Williams.  Two jobs for the Public Works Department were approved to be advertised as well.  A Waste Water Treatment Plant employee resignation was accepted, along with two resignations from the Zoning Hearing Board.  Additionally, council approved to appoint Jesse Pigoni and Haley Pinkston to the Business District Authority Board.  Four separate repository purchases were approved as well for properties located at 1423 3rd Avenue, 1603 4th Avenue, 1322 10th Avenue, and 1032 24th Street.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Four Republican candidates for governor in the party’s crowded primary race say they won’t join a debate before the primary election unless it is moderated by a Republican who lives in Pennsylvania and is outwardly neutral in the race. The four — Lou Barletta, Jake Corman, Bill McSwain and Dave White — issued the joint statement Monday night, eight weeks before the May 17 primary election. The Republican primary is unusually crowded, with nine candidates. Democrat Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s attorney general, has a clear path to the party’s nomination. Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, is barred from seeking a third term and endorsed Shapiro.

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DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling more than 740,000 small SUVs in the U.S. because the headlight beams can be too bright and cause glare for oncoming drivers. The recall announced Tuesday comes after U.S. safety regulators turned down a request from the Detroit automaker to avoid the recall. The company is recalling GMC Terrain SUVs from 2010 through 2017. Documents posted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration say reflections caused by the headlight housings can illuminate some areas with too much light. The agency says this can reduce visibility for other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash. GM hasn’t come up with a repair yet. The company expects to notify owners by letter starting April 23.

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DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling nearly 215,000 pickup trucks and large SUVs in the U.S. and Canada because brake fluid can leak and cause longer stopping distances. The recall covers the F-150 pickup from 2016 through 2018, as well as Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs from 2016 and 2017. All have 3.5-liter turbocharged six-cylinder engines. U.S. safety regulators say in documents released Tuesday that fluid can leak from the brake master cylinder. That can increase brake pedal travel, requiring greater effort and longer stopping distances. Dealers will replace the master cylinder and front brake booster if needed. Owners are to be notified by letter starting April 25.

(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Representative Conor Lamb (PA-17) was joined by 42 Members of the House of Representatives in calling on President Biden to continue the suspension of federal student loan repayments until at least the end of 2022.  The original coronavirus relief bill – the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 – provided relief to millions of student loan borrowers across the country by temporarily pausing payments and involuntary collections on federally held student loans through September 30, 2020.

The pause on student loan repayment has been extended several times due to the continued impact of the pandemic.  Most recently the repayment moratorium was extended by the Biden administration until May 1, 2022, following a letter Lamb led with members of the Pennsylvania delegation.  According to the U.S. Department of Education, the pause on student loan payments has saved borrowers $5 billion a month, allowing them to put more money towards other expenses such as food, child care and housing.  A recent survey found that 92% of fully-employed student loan borrowers are concerned that they will not be able to afford their payments come May 1.

“This is a cost we can eliminate for student borrowers while they deal with so many other rising prices.  Inflation won’t be here forever, but while it lasts we can easily afford to suspend student loan payments a little longer,” said Lamb.

“Unemployment remains higher than two years ago, and families are experiencing significant price increases on household goods, food, and energy.  Accordingly, we believe that the Administration should extend its pause on student loan repayment and interest accrual,” the lawmakers wrote.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Dominion Voting Systems has won an appeal in Pennsylvania’s highest court in a bid to ensure that any inspection of its voting machines as part of Republican lawmakers’ inquiry into Pennsylvania’s 2020 election be done by a laboratory that has specific credentials. The Democratic-majority state Supreme Court ruled 5-2 on Monday to overturn a January decision by a Republican judge on a lower court. That judge ruled that Dominion couldn’t intervene in a wider case involving an inspection of its equipment used in 2020’s election.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania regulatory board is supporting Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposal to subject charter schools to stronger ethics and accounting measures and to try to root out discriminatory admissions decisions. The 3-2 party-line vote Monday by the Independent Regulatory Review Commission was on a proposed regulation backed by Democratic lawmakers and public school boards, but opposed by Republican lawmakers and charter schools. The regulation also requires more detailed information from charter school applicants and aims to avoid payment disputes between charter schools and public school boards. Wolf, a Democrat, commissioned the regulation after more than a decade of deadlock in the state Legislature over updating Pennsylvania’s 25-year-old charter school law.