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EASTON, Pa. — Easton has been approved for a grant that allows for safer streets across the metropolitan area, Congresswoman Susan Wild announced Thursday.
A bicameral and bipartisan bloc of 20 members of Congress is urging Armed Services leaders to write a final NDAA that provides more financial help for U.S. troops who have low incomes and often suffer food insecurity.
The group of lawmakers, in a Monday letter, called for an NDAA that rewrites the eligibility rules for the so-called basic needs allowance program. The coalition wants servicemembers’ basic housing allowances to no longer count as income under the basic needs program.
On Wednesday, Representative Susan Wild announced over $2.2 billion in funding for Pennsylvania through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The funding is for the 2024 fiscal year.
According to a press release, the money will be allocated toward repairing roads and bridges throughout the state and creating an improved electric vehicle charging network.
Pennsylvania is receiving more than $2.2 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding, Rep. Susan Wild, D-Lehigh Valley, announced Wednesday.
The investments will be used to fund repairs to roads and bridges and invest in electric vehicle chargers.
- A federal grant will allow the Suicide Prevention Coalition of Lehigh County to launch a new program
- The LOSS Team is designed to provide resources and hope to families caught in the immediate aftermath of suicide
- The coalition is seeking volunteers with empathy, listening skills and experience with trauma who can help grieving families
EDITORS NOTE: This article contains potentially distressing content involving suicide.
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan congressional caucus aims to improve accessibility to quality health care and services in rural U.S. communities.
The Bipartisan Rural Health Caucus had its first meeting Sept. 20 and serves as a forum for U.S. representatives to promote legislation and policy actions regarding rural health. Members came together to discuss the issues their rural communities face.
Before Susan Wild lost her husband to suicide, issues like mental health and suicide prevention were just one item on a long list of issues she knew needed more national attention.
But a month after her partner, Kerry Acker, died in 2019, that changed. Not just because of the grief she was experiencing, but because she chose to speak publicly about her loss on the House floor, and videos of her speech circulated widely online.
Lehigh Valley airports will receive millions of dollars in federal funding for runway infrastructure improvements.
U.S. Sens. Bob Casey Jr. and John Fetterman, and U.S. Rep. Susan Wild jointly announced Thursday over $6.3 million in infrastructure funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation that will go to two regional airports.
The funding comes from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program.
- Pandemic funding for the child care sector expires on Sept. 30
- Congresswoman Wild is advocating for more federal funding
- Advocates say the sector needs more support
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Affordable child care could become further out of reach for more Lehigh Valley families if federal funding for day care centers and preschools expires at the end of the month.