Alanna Gillis  Staff Writer If you’ve visited Lake Erie anytime during late summer or early fall, you may have noticed the water seems greener than usual. This is typically caused by algae that grows within the lake, called cyanobacteria. The specific genus of this cyanobacteria changes depending on what season it is, as certain types…

Amy Love B/S Editor aml7458@psu.edu On September 28th, Pennsylvania State Nurse Association is planning to gather in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to lobby for a new legislation called Patient Safety Act. The purpose of this new act is to secure more nurses and to ensure top-care for patients. With this new measure, there will be a limit…

Amy Love B/S Editor aml7458@psu.edu Lyft and Uber have both stated that they are offering to cover 100% of the legal fees that can occur with the new law that has recently passed in Texas. The new law in Texas is a restrictive abortion ban, making abortions after six weeks illegal, as well as allowing…

Spencer Finley Staff Writer sjf5814@psu.edu Over Labor Day weekend, emergency unemployment assistance, including expanded unemployment eligibility and duration and increased unemployment benefits, enacted in 2020 expired.   According to NPR, over 12 million Americans benefited from expanded unemployment, with many people receiving unemployment when they otherwise would not have, or otherwise receiving increased payments. Over…

Madison Kwiecinski  News Editor Mvk5945@psu.edu On Wednesday September 8th 2021, Democratic State Representatives Pat Harkins and Bob Merski announced that Erie would be receiving $299,733 from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, PCCD.  This funding will be used to continue an Erie pilot program aimed at educating students on the dangers of opioids. The…