Philadelphia council passes 10-cent paper bag fee | Mayor seeks low-income protections
WHEN THIS HAPPENED. GOOD MORNING. IT’S 430 AND TODAY IS FRIDAY. I’M MATT BARCARO I’M KATELYN SMITH VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND THE WEEKEND WEATHER WISE SEEMS LIKE IT’S SHAPING UP PRETTY DECENTLY. NOT BAD AT ALL. IT’S GOING TO BE WINDY AGAIN ON SUNDAY, I’LL TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE THAT PESKY WIND, BUT OTHERWISE IT SHOULD BE FAIRLY MILD. LET ME SHOW YOU OUR FORECAST FOR TODAY. WE’RE STARTING OUT JUST A LITTLE CLUTTER THERE ON THE RADAR. NO PRECIPITATION. IT’S NICE AND CLEAR AS FAR AS OUR TEMPERATURES GO. 38 DEGREES IN HARRISBURG, 35 IN LANCASTER, 32 FOR YORK AND 37 IN LEWISTOWN. OUR WIND SPEEDS RIGHT NOW HAVE DIED DOWN SINCE YESTERDAY. DIED DOWN SINCE THE WHOLE WEEK. IT’S BEEN A BREEZY, WINDY WEEK. WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING WINDS ON THE LIGHT SIDE TODAY, SO LOOK FOR MORNING SUNSHINE, THEN INCREASING CLOUDS AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON. MOSTLY CLOUDY BY MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING BUT NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TODAY, SO WE STILL GET INTO THE 50S. 54 IS OUR HIGH. WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT SOME 50S FOR THE WEEKEND AND THOSE RAIN CHANCES COMING UP. BREAKING OVERNIGHT, UNIONIZED FACULTY MEMBERS AT HACC COULD RESUME THEIR STRIKE IF A DEAL IS NOT REACHED WITH THAT COMMUNITY COLLEGE BY LATER THIS MORNING. BOTH SIDES SAY THEY DID MAKE MORE PROGRESS AFTER ANOTHER LONG MEETING. THEY MET FOR NINE HOURS YESTERDAY, BUT THERE IS STILL NO DEAL. A SPOKESPERSON FROM THE STATE’S EDUCATION ASSOCIATION THAT REPRESENTS THE UNION SAID NEGOTIATORS GAVE THE COLLEGE UNTIL 11 THIS MORNING TO RESPOND TO A POSSIBLE DEAL. THE UNIONIZED FACULTY MEMBERS ARE ASKING FOR A RAISE. THEY SAY THEY HAVEN’T HAD 1 IN 3 YEARS, AND THEY ALSO WENT BACK PAY FOR THOSE THREE YEARS. NOW, IF THE COLLEGE DOES NOT ACCEPT THAT DEAL, THE UNION SAYS IT WILL START STRIKING AGAIN ON MONDAY. HACC SAYS THE NEXT NEGOTIATION SESSION IS SET FOR WEDNESDAY. AND NEWS EIGHT’S GABRIELLE THOMAS WILL BE LIVE IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR AT ONE OF HACC’S CAMPUSES. TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL STRIKE. ANOTHER POTENTIAL STRIKE. STARBUCKS IS RESPONDING TO THAT RALLY THAT CLOSED STORES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING ONE RIGHT HERE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. SO IN A STATEMENT TO NEWS EIGHT, STARBUCKS SAYS IT ALREADY OFFERS MORE THAN $30 AN HOUR ON AVERAGE AND IS INVESTING TO PUT MORE WORKERS IN THE STORES AT BUSY TIMES. WILL THE UNION, THOUGH, REPRESENTING BARISTAS, SAYS IT IS DEMANDING MORE STAFF AND HIGHER PAY. THOSE RALLIES HAPPENED ON A MAJOR DAY FOR THE COMPANY. YESTERDAY WAS RED CUP DAY. THAT’S WHERE THE STORES GIVE AWAY REUSABLE CUPS WITH THE PURCHASE OF A HOLIDAY THEMED DRINK. SO IT’S EXTRA BUSY WORKERS AT THAT STARBUCKS ON LINCOLN HIGHWAY IN EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP. AS YOU SEE IN THIS VIDEO, JOINED IN THAT RALLY YESTERDAY, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES SAYS IT IS CONTINUING TO ISSUE THIS MONTH’S FULL SNAP BENEFITS TO RECIPIENTS. DHS SAYS THE WITH THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN NOW OVER, THEY EXPECT THAT ALL NOVEMBER SNAP BENEFITS SHOULD BE RECEIVED TO THOSE WHO NEED THEM BY THE WEEKEND. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT WITH THE RECENTLY PASSED STATE BUDGET, INCLUDING $11 MILLION TO SUPPORT FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING 2 MILLION FOR A NEW STATE, FOOD BUCKS PROGRAM TO SUPPLEMENT SNAP BENEFITS. WELL, THE FALLOUT FROM THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN CAN STILL BE FELT BY THOSE WHO DO NEED HELP BUYING FOOD. SO THE HERSHEY FOOD BANK HELD AN EXTRA FOOD DISTRIBUTION YESTERDAY. TAKE A LOOK. IT SAYS THAT VOLUNTEERS WERE HELPING PEOPLE AS THE LINE STRETCHED BEHIND THE MAIN BUILDING, WITH SOME PEOPLE EVEN LINING UP FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR BEFORE THAT DISTRIBUTION STARTED. THE FOOD WAS MEANT TO HELP THOSE WHO DID NOT GET THEIR SNAP BENEFITS. IT’S HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS THE FEELING THAT YOU GET WHEN YOU ARE HERE AND WHEN YOU LEAVE TO GO AND REALIZE THAT HOW MANY PEOPLE REALLY TODAY ARE IN NEED. WELL, I’M JUST HAPPY THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS OPENING. I KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE A WHILE BEFORE THEY GET THEIR FULL SERVICES AGAIN. THE HERSHEY FOOD BANK SAYS IT SERVES MORE THAN 300 FAMILIES AND WILL BE GIVING OUT THANKSGIVING MEALS NEXT WEEK. AND WITH PENNSYLVANIA’S LONG OVERDUE BUDGET NOW IN PLACE, HARRISBURG FIRE BUREAU NOW HAS MORE MONEY TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. THE BUREAU WILL SEE ABOUT A 40% INCREASE IN PAYMENTS FROM THE STATE WITH THIS NEW BUDGET. HARRISBURG FIRE CHIEF BRIAN ENTERLINE SAYS THE $7 MILLION PAYMENT FROM THE STATE MAKES UP MORE THAN HALF OF THE BUREAU’S BUDGET AND WILL GO TOWARD REPLACING FIRE VEHICLES AND PAYING FIREFIGHTERS GOING INTO NEXT YEAR. BEING ABLE TO. FUND OUR FIREFIGHTER SALARY AT A RATE THAT THAT WE’RE NOT GOING TO LOSE THEM TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT MAY BE ABLE TO PAY MORE. GOVERNOR SHAPIRO SAYS THAT FUNDING BOOST FOR HARRISBURG FIREFIGHTERS WAS PERSONALLY IMPORTANT TO HIM. AFTER THE ARSON ATTACK AT THE GOVERNOR’S RESIDENCE THIS YEAR. TALKS OVER AI DATA CENTERS IN EAST MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY, WILL CONTINUE NEXT MONTH. AT A MEETING THIS WEEK, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICIALLY REMOVED THE ROYAL MANCHESTER GOLF COURSE FROM THE AI REZONING ORDINANCE. THE SPECIAL MEETING ON THE DATA CENTER ORDINANCE WILL BE HELD ON DECEMBER 16TH. A DOCTOR IN YORK COUNTY FACING A NEW LAWSUIT AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH RAPE. WE FIRST REPORTED THE CHARGES AGAINST CHRISTOPHER DAVIS IN APRIL. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE WITHHELD TREATMENT FROM DRUG ADDICTED FEMALE PATIENTS WHO REFUSED HIS SEXUAL ADVANCES. 15 PATIENTS FILED THE LAWSUIT AGAINST DAVIS. THE PYRAMID HEALTH CARE YORK METHADONE TREATMENT CENTER IN SPRINGETTSBURY TOWNSHIP, AND CVS PHARMACY. THEY DID THAT ON OCTOBER 31ST, THE SUIT SAYS. THE WOMEN CLAIM THAT DAVIS HAD A HISTORY OF MISCONDUCT, AND THE TREATMENT CENTER FAILED TO DO A BACKGROUND CHECK OR IGNORE THE HISTORY. THE SUIT ALSO CLAIMED THAT CVS CONTINUED TO FILL PRESCRIPTIONS DESPITE RED FLAGS ABOUT THE DOSAGES AND THE COMBINATION OF DRUGS. THE STATE BOARD OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE SUSPENDED DAVIS’S LICENSE AND ADDED AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS OF PROBATION. A WOMAN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE 2023 DEATH OF HER TWO YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN CARLISLE, IS NOW IN PRISON. 27 YEAR OLD ANGELE NUNEZ TURNED HERSELF IN LAST NIGHT, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, I SHOULD SAY. SHE’S NOW IN THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY PRISON WITHOUT BAIL. SHE’S CHARGED WITH THIRD DEGREE MURDER, INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD. THE CHARGES STEM FROM THE DEATH OF HER ALMOST THREE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. POLICE SAY THE DAUGHTER DIED FROM A FENTANYL OVERDOSE, AND AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT HER DAUGHTER WAS REPEATEDLY EXPOSED TO FENTANYL FOR MONTHS BEFORE HER DEATH. THIS MORNING, A MISSING BABY IN YORK HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE. YORK CITY POLICE SAY PEDRO VEGA RIVERA IS ACCUSED OF TAKING THE SIX MONTH OLD GIRL DURING A FIGHT WITH HER MOTHER ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, AND MADE THREATENING STATEMENTS ABOUT KILLING OR HURTING THE BABY IF POLICE GOT INVOLVED. CHARGING DOCUMENTS SAY VEGA RIVERA CHOKED THE MOTHER, WHO WAS 11 WEEKS PREGNANT, UNTIL SHE PASSED OUT AND THREATENED TO KILL HER. SHE WAS SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR INJURIES. VEGA RIVERA IS FACING SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING STRANGULATION AND ASSAULT. IT’S 437, AND POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING IN YORK. THEY SAY THIS HAPPENED ON WEST PRINCESS STREET JUST BEFORE EIGHT LAST NIGHT. POLICE SAY A 35 YEAR OLD MAN WAS SHOT AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. POLICE SAY HE WILL RECOVER. STATE POLICE IN YORK COUNTY INVESTIGATING A CRASH ON I-83 THAT SENT SIX PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL. 911 DISPATCHERS SAY 12 VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED IN THIS CRASH, INCLUDING TWO TRACTOR TRAILERS. THEY SAY THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 630 LAST NIGHT ON THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF I-83 IN FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP. A WORKER AT A NEARBY HOTEL SAYS THEY HEARD A LOUD SOUND AROUND THE TIME OF THE CRASH. ANOTHER PERSON STAYING AT THE HOTEL SAYS HIS WIFE HEARD THE SAME THING. SHE CALLED ME AND SAID, DO NOT COME HOME. 83 SOUTH NORTH BECAUSE THERE WAS A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE. AND THAT’S WHY I SAID, WELL, WE’RE NOT. WHEN WE LEFT HIS HOUSE, HE HAD TO COME BACK. IT TOOK US 20 MINUTES TO TAKE A FOUR MINUTE RIDE. I-83 WAS SHUT DOWN WHILE CREWS WERE ON THE SCENE, AND THERE WERE ALSO DELAYS ON THE SURROUNDING ROADS AS WELL. I-83, THOUGH, IS BACK OPEN THIS MORNING. HARRISBURG CITY LEADERS SAY WORK IS BEING DONE TO FIX DOZENS OF STREET LIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE CITY’S COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, MICHELLE MOYER, SAYS THERE ARE 74 LIGHTS THAT DON’T WORK, MOSTLY ON WALNUT STREET, SECOND AND MARKET STREETS. MOYER SAYS THE ISSUE IS WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, NOT WITH THE LIGHTS THEMSELVES, BUT PPL SAYS IT’S BEEN WORKING FOR MONTHS TO RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES WITH THE STREET LIGHTS. IT SAYS THE CITY OWNS THE LIGHTS. PPL SAYS THE ISSUES ARE NOT BECAUSE OF ITS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. A HEADS UP FOR YOU. TOMORROW NIGHT, PENNDOT WILL BE KNOCKING DOWN THE 19TH STREET BRIDGE IN HARRISBURG. LANE RESTRICTIONS WILL BE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS OF 83 AND ON WESTBOUND ROUTE 322, STARTING AT 7:00 TOMORROW. THE FULL CLOSURE STARTS AT 11:00 TOMORROW NIGHT. 19TH STREET IS EXPECTED T
Philadelphia council passes 10-cent paper bag fee | Mayor seeks low-income protections
Updated: 3:09 PM EST Nov 14, 2025
Shoppers in Philadelphia may soon need to pay 10 cents for paper bags under a new bill passed by the City Council, aimed at reducing the usage of single-use and plastic bags. The city’s mayor has said she will not sign the bill unless it includes protections for low-income residents. The bill is expected to go into effect in January.Under the measure, retailers will keep the proceeds from the sale of the paper bags. Philadelphia had issued a plastic bag ban back in 2021, leading to an increase in the use of paper bags.
PHILADELPHIA —
Shoppers in Philadelphia may soon need to pay 10 cents for paper bags under a new bill passed by the City Council, aimed at reducing the usage of single-use and plastic bags.
The city’s mayor has said she will not sign the bill unless it includes protections for low-income residents.
The bill is expected to go into effect in January.
Under the measure, retailers will keep the proceeds from the sale of the paper bags.
Philadelphia had issued a plastic bag ban back in 2021, leading to an increase in the use of paper bags.
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