NewsRegional & State News
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Mark J. Terrill
Penn State and rest of the Big Ten votes to add USC, UCLA as members starting in 2024
The Big Ten is building on previous expansion into the nation’s largest media markets, and the move allows the conference to keep pace with the SEC.
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Min Xian
Penn State plans to sell the Nittany Lion Inn and Penn Stater, while keeping the land
The Board of Trustees voted Wednesday to approve a purchasing agreement and lease with the Scholar Hotel Group.
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Jeff Roberson
York County sees rise in infant deaths
In every case this year, parents were not following guidelines.
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Pennsylvania court blocks Governor Tom Wolf’s bridge tolling plan
A panel of Commonwealth Court judges granted the municipalities’ request to effectively declare the plan dead because PennDOT had not followed the law.
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Jacquelyn Martin
Justices to hear GOP appeal that could limit state courts in Pennsylvania and other states
The issue has arisen repeatedly in cases from North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
Politics & Policy
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Pennsylvania to begin fiscal year without a budget
Efforts to settle final details in the sprawling budget package came with 11th-hour wrangling over a number of issues.
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Jelani Splawn
Bills limiting LGBTQ instruction, trans athletes in Pennsylvania pass GOP-controlled Senate
Governor Tom Wolf’s office said he would veto “any legislation that discriminates against LGBTQIA+ Pennsylvanians.”
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Matt Rourke
GOP-controlled Pennsylvania House sets up committee to consider Philly DA’s impeachment
State Rep. Josh Kail of Beaver County announced plans two weeks ago to seek the impeachment of Krasner, a staunch progressive who was easily reelected last year.
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Emily Previti
A bill loosening rules for Pennsylvania poll watchers heads to Gov. Wolf’s desk
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Tom Gralish
How Pennsylvania keeps its voter rolls clean and updated
Doug Mastriano’s pledge to “reset” voter registrations ignores the safeguards that already remove hundreds of thousands of ineligible voters.
By Denise Clay-Murray/Votebeat
Health
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Katie Blackley
Pa. House Republicans want to block state funding for the University of Pittsburgh over fetal tissue research
The proposed ban complicates budget negotiations as GOP lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf try to complete the process before the June 30 deadline.
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Brett Sholtis
Pregnant and on heroin when a nurse changed her life, she worries others won’t get help
With a budget in question, a program pairing pregnant women with nurses could lose funding.
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Here’s what could happen now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade
22 states have laws that could likely ban or severely limit abortion
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Tom Gralish
Pennsylvania politicians respond to SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v. Wade
Democrats sounded alarm bells about what the ruling could mean, Republicans handled the ruling more gingerly.
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Nearly 100 years later, a family remembers an illegal abortion that ended in tragedy
A hundred years ago — like today — access to abortion was stratified by race, class, and location.
By Deena Prichep/NPR
National & World News
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Brynn Anderson
The Christian Right is winning cultural battles while public opinion disagrees
“This is the most disproportionate power that the Christian Right has had in my lifetime.”By Ashley Lopez/NPR -
David Carson
Election deniers have taken their fraud theories on tour — to nearly every state
An NPR investigation found that since Jan. 6, 2021, the election denial movement has moved from Donald Trump’s tweets to hundreds of community events led by a core group of election conspiracy influencers.
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J. Scott Applewhite
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Pat Cipollone, Trump’s former White House counsel
Testimony in the hearings so far has shown Cipollone present at key points in the leadup to Jan. 6 and on the day of the attack.
By NPR
Energy & Environment
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Reid Frazier
Supreme Court pushes U.S. closer to ‘climate cliff,’ say Pennsylvania environmental leaders
In 2020, the total emissions of Pennsylvania’s top 10 power plants are equivalent to eight million cars on the road for a year, according to a recent report by PennEnvironment.
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J. Scott Applewhite
Record low numbers prompt limits on Chesapeake Bay crabbing
Tighter harvest limits are being issued by both Maryland and Virginia as officials and industry leaders try to protect the iconic species.
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Kimberly Paynter
Offshore wind farms could reduce Atlantic City’s surfclam fishery revenue up to 25%, Rutgers study suggests
The Atlantic surfclam industry generates about $30 million in yearly revenue. But a new study shows offshore wind development planned for the Jersey coast could cut that income up to 25%.
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SCOTUS EPA ruling a set-back for climate regulations, but Pennsylvania retains power to set limits, lawyers say
Pennsylvania has its own law governing air pollution that gives the state Department of Environmental Protection authority.
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Josh Edelson
Prescribed fires are backed by science. But shifts in climate patterns could make them more challenging
One tool meant to prevent the onset of wildfires in dying forests is a prescribed burn.
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988 crisis hotline scheduled to be widespread soon — faces challenges
Almost all Americans should be able to able to dial 9-8-8 on their phones in the future if they are someone close to them is in a crisis.
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Battle of Hanover Commemoration events and trails
The Battle of Hanover will be commemorated starting Thursday morning. Events also include the launch of the Heart of Hanover Trails.
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How to prevent fireworks accidents
fireworks that have been purchased and set off at home or at Fourth of July celebrations can be dangerous and a nuisance as well
By Scott LaMar
