Photo provided courtesy of Unsplash.com By: Rachel Pressdee, Staff Writer One hundred years ago women were granted the right to vote with the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. [1] Pennsylvania was an early embracer of women’s suffrage and was the seventh state to ratify the […]
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Coronavirus and the Residential Real Estate Market
Photo provided courtesy of Unsplash.com By Elizabeth Fitch, Feature Editor When asked how he envisions the real estate market will change over the course of the next few months, Sam Chaudhry, real estate broker and managing partner at Remax, confidently stated, “real estate is still on fire.” [1] While […]
Expanding and Fine-Tuning Pennsylvania’s Clean Slate Law
Pictured provided courtesy of Pixabay By: Margaret Potter, Feature Editor In June 2019, Pennsylvania became the first state to adopt a law that utilizes technology to automatically seal certain criminal records from public view. [1] This law was created with public support to help remove barriers that having a public […]
Business Interruption Insurance in Pandemic Pennsylvania
Photo provided courtesy of Unsplash.com By Giulia Schaub, Editor-in-Chief Following mandates to cease regular business operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses across the nation have suffered significant financial loss to prevent the spread of the virus. As a result, many business owners are seeking to cover these losses through […]
Employment Law Round-Up: Summer 2020
Photo provided courtesy of Freeimages.com By: Samantha Cook, Staff Writer This summer – has there really been a summer? – has upended life as we know it, and for many Americans, their jobs are their lives. Amid a pandemic, a social justice revolution, and the highest unemployment rate since […]
Pennsylvania’s Shift Toward Marijuana Legalization: Legal Implications and Tensions with Federal Law
By John Paul Abda, Feature Editor The issue of marijuana legalization has permeated the legislative bodies of nearly every state in the country. Whether or not a particular state has enacted laws favoring legalization, it is more likely than not that their respective legislatures have had to deal with the […]
Changes to Abortion Laws in Other States to Affect PA Clinics
By: Giulia Schaub, Blog Editor Women’s reproductive health once again dominates state and national news as the endless debate concerning abortion restrictions rages on in both legislative bodies and media outlets alike. Thus far in 2019, nine states have passed legislation that place major restrictions on a woman’s right to legal […]
Police Fragmentation: A Discussion on Consolidation
By Kyle Steenland, Feature Editor It’s no secret that Pennsylvania’s police department structure is one of the most fragmented in the country. Fragmented systems – meaning a structure of police departments without any central governing agency – result from municipalities, counties, and communities creating their own departments to provide for […]
PA Animal Cruelty Statutes Updates: An Overview
By: Stephen Hodzic, Staff Writer The Pennsylvania animal abuse cruelty statutes went through a significant overhaul in 2017 with the addition of Libre’s Law.[1] The law included several provisions, including a significant increase of the penalty for aggravated animal cruelty – an individual charged with a violation of this […]
Pennsylvania Sets Its Gaze to Phase out Hazing
By Andrew Beluk, Staff Writer In many movies about college, there is a common step between rushing a fraternity or sorority and becoming an official member; hazing. The pledges in these films are generally required to drink a dangerous amount of alcohol or participate in some cult-like ‘ritual’, […]