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ICYMI: State Treasury flagged $1.4B in improper payments; lawmakers say greater oversight needed • Pennsylvania Capital-...
09/19/2026

ICYMI: State Treasury flagged $1.4B in improper payments; lawmakers say greater oversight needed • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

A pair of state lawmakers want to expand efforts to track improper payments by state agencies by requiring them to review and assess programs that fall outside of federal oversight of wasteful spending.
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UPMC agrees to end gender-affirming care in settlement with Justice Department • Pennsylvania Capital-Star UPMC is one o...
09/18/2026

UPMC agrees to end gender-affirming care in settlement with Justice Department • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

UPMC is one of more than 20 hospitals that received subpoenas last year for the patient records of children receiving gender-affirming care.
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Advocates call on Clearfield County commissioners to vote 'no' on ICE contract extension • Pennsylvania Capital-Star Imm...
09/18/2026

Advocates call on Clearfield County commissioners to vote 'no' on ICE contract extension • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Immigration rights advocates sound alarm that the federal government may buy the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Clearfield County.
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Study warns of electricity shortages unless supply keeps pace with data center growth • Pennsylvania Capital-Star Even i...
09/18/2026

Study warns of electricity shortages unless supply keeps pace with data center growth • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Even if new power plants are built over the next 15 years, as data center projects come online, the regional electricity grid would fall short of demands six times per decade, on average, according to the report.
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What happened at Geisinger? Arrests near Danville hospital show difficulty tracking ICE activity. • Pennsylvania Capital...
09/17/2026

What happened at Geisinger? Arrests near Danville hospital show difficulty tracking ICE activity. • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Altogether, the incident paints a picture of how difficult it can be to get timely and accurate information on ICE activity at this phase of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, which has gained steam since it began last year.
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Earlier this month, immigrants’ rights advocacy groups, the Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition and the Centre County Rap...
09/17/2026

Earlier this month, immigrants’ rights advocacy groups, the Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition and the Centre County Rapid Response Network, brought attention to what they were calling the “largest ICE workplace raid in Pennsylvania to date.”

The incident paints a picture of how difficult it can be to get timely and accurate information on ICE activity at this phase of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, which has gained steam since it began last year.

Read Ian Karbal's story. The link is in the comments.

State Treasury flagged $1.4B in improper payments; lawmakers say greater oversight needed • Pennsylvania Capital-Star A ...
09/17/2026

State Treasury flagged $1.4B in improper payments; lawmakers say greater oversight needed • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

A pair of state lawmakers want to expand efforts to track improper payments by state agencies by requiring them to review and assess programs that fall outside of federal oversight of wasteful spending.
Read more in the comments.

Allegheny County officials tell Pa. lawmakers that building alone won’t fix housing shortage • Pennsylvania Capital-Star...
09/17/2026

Allegheny County officials tell Pa. lawmakers that building alone won’t fix housing shortage • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Addressing Pennsylvania's housing shortage must be focused on affordability and preserving existing homes in addition to building new.
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Rolling blackouts would happen more than 13 days a year in a “worst case future” scenario, where data center growth is u...
09/16/2026

Rolling blackouts would happen more than 13 days a year in a “worst case future” scenario, where data center growth is unrestrained and electricity supplies remain tight, according to a report commissioned by Pennsylvania utility regulators.

Even if new power plants are built over the next 15 years, as data center projects come online, the regional electricity grid would fall short of demands six times per decade, on average, according to the report.

“That means we’re running the grid at the red line,” Abe Silverman, a researcher at the Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute at Johns Hopkins University, said.

Read Peter Hall's story. The link is in the comments.

Two more Pennsylvanians have died after becoming infected with measles, health officials said, bringing the number of de...
09/15/2026

Two more Pennsylvanians have died after becoming infected with measles, health officials said, bringing the number of deaths in the commonwealth attributed to the virus to four.

State Department of Health officials said Tuesday the dead are an 18-year-old from Mifflin County, according to the county coroner, and a 40-year-old Jefferson County woman, who died Saturday. Both were unvaccinated, the department said.

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