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Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has joined the growing chorus of opponents to the U.S. Senate Republican health-care plan warning that it will have an enormously negative impact on the battle against opioid addiction.

State Rep. Aaron Bernstine’s bill ensuring the protection of Pennsylvanians receiving mental health treatment unanimously passed the state House on Tuesday.

MARSHALL TWP. -- The Allegheny County Health Department is advising residents of a rabid raccoon found under a house in the 2000 block of Warrendale-Bayne Road.

According to Harrisburg-based Center for Daily Excellence, the number of Pennsylvania dairy farms is dropping. At the end of 2016, there were about 6,650 dairy farms in the state.

Although a broken x-ray scanner was fixed earlier this month, there are lingering issues that ultimately could cost Beaver County more money to deal with the future maintenance of the x-ray scanners that are used to secure the courthouse.

State Rep. Aaron Bernstine’s bill ensuring the protection of Pennsylvanians receiving mental health treatment unanimously passed the state House on Tuesday.

The 2016 Beaver County Comprehensive Annual Financial Report is set to be released Friday by Controller David Rossi's office.

Although a broken x-ray scanner was fixed earlier this month, there are lingering issues that ultimately could cost Beaver County more money to deal with the future maintenance of the x-ray scanners that are used to secure the courthouse.

The 2016 Beaver County Comprehensive Annual Financial Report is set to be released Friday by Controller David Rossi's office.

Opioid overdose hospitalization rates in Beaver County increased by 159 percent between 2014 and 2016, according to the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council.