Regional & State News
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Commonwealth Media Services
To be more transparent, Pennsylvania’s top election official holds daily briefings ahead of primary
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Penn State
Penn State Extension leaving 20% of positions unfilled as part of efforts to balance budget
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In politically riven Pennsylvania, primary voters will pick candidates in presidential contest year
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Oldest living conjoined twins, Lori and George Schappell, die at 62
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This Pennsylvania county picks presidents. Here’s what it can tell us about 2024
By Don Gonyea/NPR
The Morning Agenda – a podcast from WITF
Each weekday morning, host Tim Lambert will keep you informed, amused, enlightened and up-to-date on what’s happening in central Pennsylvania and the rest of this great commonwealth.
Health
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Katie Blackley
As Pennsylvania’s Medicaid ‘unwinding’ hits a year, thousands have lost coverage but many haven’t
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Nate Smallwood
Penn Highlands Elk maternal care cuts highlight Pa.’s widening rural services gap
The end of Penn Highlands’ birth services marks another huge maternal care loss for Pennsylvania’s shrinking rural counties.By Marley Parish of Spotlight PA State College -
Nam Y. Huh
Cancer patients do better when mental health care is part of treatment, Pitt study finds
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Daniel Fishel/For Spotlight PA
Oversight board will secretly review how Pa. counties spent millions of dollars to fight opioid crisis
Counties must report how they spent tens of millions of dollars they received in the first rounds of opioid settlement payments. -
Medical deportation is now unlawful in Philadelphia, but what could implementation look like?
In March, Philadelphia hospitals must begin to follow new guidance. Medical repatriation, or deportations, are not allowed. Here’s what that means.By Vicky Diaz-Camacho/WHYY
Climate & Energy
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Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
$1 million fine levied for major gas leak in western Pa.
The Rager Mountain storage field owned by Equitrans spewed methane gas for nearly two weeks.
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Photos: StateImpact Pennsylvania visits Centralia, Wash.
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Coal transition: Raising fish and a workforce with an economic development grant
Grants totaling $65,000 were used to upgrade a high school’s fish hatchery program.
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Centralia, Wash.’s coal plant has to close next year. Can Pa. communities learn from Centralia’s transition?
The western Washington town has been cited as a model for how to successfully transition away from coal. StateImpact Pennsylvania spent several days there to explore how time and money has affected preparations for what lies ahead.
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Coal transition: Betting on hydrogen with an energy technology grant
Community leaders are hoping hydrogen can help replace some of the jobs lost from the coal industry.
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Politics & Policy
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Commonwealth Media Services
To be more transparent, Pennsylvania’s top election official holds daily briefings ahead of primary
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In politically riven Pennsylvania, primary voters will pick candidates in presidential contest year
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This Pennsylvania county picks presidents. Here’s what it can tell us about 2024
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Matt Smith
Elections 101: How Pa. secures mail ballots, prevents fraud, and more
Learn how Pennsylvania verifies the identities of people who want to vote by mail, ensures that ballots are secure, and more.By Carter Walker of Votebeat -
Ben Wasserstein
Big hike in minimum wage sought by state Democrats
National & World News
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Anna Moneymaker
Real-life ‘Rosie the Riveters’ reunite in D.C. to win the nation’s top civilian honor
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Spencer Platt
Here’s the new plan to boost background checks for guns bought at shows or online
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Rogelio V. Solis
EPA puts limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
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A total solar eclipse begins its race across North America. Clouds may spoil the view for some
It was the continent’s biggest eclipse audience ever, with a couple hundred million people living in or near the shadow’s path, plus scores of out-of-towners flocking in.
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Carlos Tischler/ Eyepix Group
Fake solar eclipse glasses reported; here’s how to gauge the real thing
By Kevin Stairiker/LNP | LancasterOnline
