Congress. I want to express my appreciation to the witnesses who have come to share testimony today. Its a rare occasion that we can get to hear from the hard working folks who make up our state and local governments. Former mayor of springfield i can tell you my experience as to how important the work all of you do is. It is from that lens that i view the issue of state and local Tax Deductions as s. A. L. T. I view it from the Vantage Point of someone whose Life Experience has been a testament to the impact and investments made and Services Provided by local governments and what those investments can mean in terms of the lives of our citizenry. Over xi be that choeinsuring maintaining roads, bridges and tunnels, so people can get to where they need to be is part of our challenge. Responding emergencies, providing services for low income family, elderly and the others rely on the safety net is our obligation. That is precisely what local government does. Mr. Thompson, thats why the wo
Berks county, you guys will still see pockets of rain throughout your morning into the afternoon. What to expect, periods of rain today, some heff think morning, amounts, half inch, maybe to up 1 inch, when the storm system finally is out of here late tonight, little breed i at times, again the morning and evening commutes will be impacted. Temperatures again holding in the 50s, to around 60 degrees this morning. With the clouds, and the showers, 55 palmyra, mid 50s mt. Holly. Visibility, overall looking okay, but youre going to encounter the road spray, so just keep that in mind when traveling, just slow it down little bit, ponding on the roads, as women. So again, good chance for symptom steadier rain this morning, may get few breaks early afternoon, late afternoon, evening, rain picks up again, temperatures holding in the 50s tonight. So, forecast high of 62, just wet day today. Periods of rain off and on, 63 at the shore, and talking 50s in the poconos. Better news tomorrow. Dry we
Scene it appears to be very much a crime of passion. Youve got nine shots fired, all of them head shots to both of the victims. Reporter investigators have talked to one of the other romantic partners and are looking for the other. At this point they have spoken with a female, they are still looking for a male and they are also looking for the publics help to help them figure out who murdered lisa smith and shakoor arli arline. Live in fairmount park, lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. We also continue to follow breaking news in the Lehigh Valley. Police near bethlehem confirming theyve made an arrest in the deadly hit and run that left a 9 year old boy dead, Darius Condash was hit friday night. Colonial Regional Police are planning to reveal new details in a News Conference coming up at 7 00 tonight. Follow us on social media and the nbc 10 news app for updates as we get them and also new details tonight on nbc 10 news at 11 00. And we have new information about this Temple Police car which ca
Place to sleep for the night. The no one there was hurt. Crews are investigating the cause of that fire. Pennsylvania lawmakers will vote on a School Funding plan. It would do away with School Property taxes and mean attack increase in other areas. Walk us through this, katy. Tracy, here it is. More than 100 pages of a new tax plan that would eliminate School Property taxes in pennsylvania. The bills author is david argle. A republican from schuylkill county. He represents parts of berks county. It calls for no more School Property taxes for millions of households and businesses beginning next july. To offsthet our goal raises the Interest Rate by 1. 5 and increases state sales tax on many items. Sales tax would be applied to Services Currently exspemt like tv service. Even work performed by lawyers and financial institutions. Also in this plan renters would pay higher taxes too. Its important to know when a similar bill was voted 0 it did fail. A man will find out how long he is going
All lanes blocked southbound now. So your best bet is to take the new jersey turnpike. Thats going to be the easiest way to get around. Watch for a vehicle fire on the northeast extension southbound between Lehigh Valley and quakertown. I wanted to leave you with good news. The vine street expressway back open. Westbound, eastbound, no problems right now. Firefighters work to put out flames in a home in north philadelphia. The fire started on the third floor of this house on west ontario street. This happened after 3 00 a. M. Were told everyone did make it out safely. Today, School Funding takes center stage. There is a new plan on the table that would change how schools across the state get their money. Along with that comes major tax changes. Katy zachry is live in the Digital Operations Center with more. A lot of changes. Im here to break it down. Talking about the elimination of School Property taxes, people like to hear that but on the other hand, the increase of sales and income