{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://cartwright.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/mahanoy-city-receives-grant-to-purchase-police-vehicle-and-skid-loader", "Mahanoy City Receives Grant for New Police Radios", "2014-11-06", "2014", "2014-11", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Matt Cartwright", "C001090", "cartwright.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Pottsville, PA \u2013 Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright announced that Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County has received a $50,000 grant and a $56,000 low-interest loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.\u00a0 The Rural Development funds, awarded through the Community Facility Economic Impact Initiative Grant Program, will be used to purchase new digital police radios and a new dump truck.\u00a0\nThe borough is purchasing six portable and four mobile digital radios.\u00a0 Due to a federal mandate, all police departments must upgrade from analog to digital radios.\u00a0 The portable radios will be carried by the police officers, while three of the four mobile radios will be placed in the police vehicles. The fourth mobile radio will be used as a base station in the police office.\u00a0 The borough has also ordered a 2015 Ford dump truck Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp. through the state COSTARS program.\u00a0 The new truck is replacing an old one-ton truck.\n\u201cThe officers of Mahanoy City PD are working hard to keep their community safe,\u201d Rep. Cartwright said, \u201cand I am glad to support their efforts by helping bring home federal money to let them purchase new equipment.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://cartwright.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/mahanoy-city-receives-grant-to-purchase-police-vehicle-and-skid-loader"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.000668853521347, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}