Regional & State News
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Keith Srakocic
‘Space race’ level attack on future public health crises
The worst health catastrophe in a century has prompted a renewed focus on research and innovation.
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Mladen Antonov
Judge tosses suit seeking end to Delaware River drilling ban
A federal judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit by Republican state lawmakers in Pennsylvania that sought to overturn a ban on gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing in the Delaware River basin…
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Andrew Harnik
Western Pennsylvania man facing robbery, assault in Capitol riot
Federal investigators say throughout the siege on the Capitol, Robert Morss rallied, directed and made multiple attempts to organize members of the crowd to push past Capitol guards.
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Emma Lee
Loss, healing, resistance, and hope: 5 recent grads reflect on a turbulent year
From the trauma and isolation of this past year, these students found a new sense of community, new sets of skills, new coping methods, and new ways to take care of others.
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Robert F. Bukaty
National maple production off 17% in 2021, Vermont off 21%
The drop in production was due to poor sugaring weather, including a run of 70 degree days during prime sugaring season and low sugar content in tree sap.
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Katie Blackley
Does Pa.’s new unemployment system work? It depends who you ask.
Two days after Pennsylvania launched a new unemployment filing system, tens of thousands of previously enrolled people have still not filed claims.
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PSERS
Six of 15 board members of embattled Pa. pension fund officially call for removal of its top command
A growing band of board dissidents says PSERS leaders must leave immediately to fix “an irrevocable loss of trust and confidence that is a consequence of persistent underperformance.”
By Angela Couloumbis/Spotlight PA and Craig R. McCoy and Joseph N. DiStefano/The Philadelphia Inquirer -
Lisa Larson-Walker
Sold on the promise of a college education, some former Milton Hershey School students ended up with debt, hardships
Hershey profits benefit a boarding school that spends lavishly on its low-income students. But that investment comes with strings attached — leaving some students behind and others mired in debt.By Bob Fernandez/The Philadelphia Inquirer -
Ximena Conde
Philadelphia police say they’ve seized more ghost guns in 6 months than in all of last year
The 2021 tally thus far: 260 ghost guns.
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Eugene Sonn
State court decision reignites debate over Neshaminy School District’s team name
The new development could restart a tense, yearslong conflict over whether the Neshaminy School District’s symbolism is racist and harmful to Native Americans.
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Matt Rourke
Pennsylvania pension system sued over access to documents amid probe
The effort by state Sen. Katie Muth, D-Montgomery, is being opposed by executives at the $64 billion Public School Employees’ Retirement System.
