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AI is spurring a big expansion of high-voltage power lines. Landowners and locals are fighting back
Although advances in artificial intelligence are seen by President Donald Trump as critical to the nation’s economic and national security, their energy needs are threatening to overwhelm the power grid—and Pennsylvania landowners like John Zola are caught in the middle.
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What’s the cost of Trump’s war in Iran? US House Dem from Pa. asks budget agency to add it up
Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Brendan Boyle asked the CBO to detail how much the war would cost “under several scenarios.
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Quakertown residents continue to demand ouster of police chief
The Feb. 20 off-campus protest of at least 35 teens was originally to take place on school property before school officials withdrew support at the last minute over threats of violence. Several teens, now known collectively as the “Quakertown 5,” are charged with felony aggravated assault and other misdemeanor charges after a fight broke out between the…
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Ex-Bucks County man guilty of double voting for Trump in 2020 election
The jury found Matthew Laiss, 32, of Bethlehem, guilty of felony charges of voter fraud and voting more than once in a federal election on March 4 following a two day trial in the U.S. District Court of Eastern Pennsylvania.
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Pa. has scooped up 800 former federal workers amid Trump agency cuts
In response to the federal cuts, Gov. Josh Shapiro in March 2025 signed an executive order directing state agencies to recruit some of the displaced workers. The order also instructed state officials to treat federal and state experience as equivalent, smoothing the hiring process for the employees who’d lost their jobs.
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Pennsylvanians feel the pinch after Trump dismisses affordability
Pennsylvanians are still feeling the sticker shock of rising prices even though President Donald Trump ignored affordability concerns during his State of the Union address.
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War with Iran prompts sharp spike in Pennsylvania gas prices
As of Thursday in Pennsylvania, the average price of gas is $3.35 a gallon, up just over 7% from $3.12 a week ago, according to AAA.
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Pa. pharmacists call on the state to take a bigger role in how they’re paid for Medicaid patients
Their plan would sideline middlemen in the pharmaceutical supply chain known as pharmacy benefit managers — or PBMs.
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More Pa. hospitals are creating private police forces to curb violence
So as medical professionals across the nation report a worrying uptick in violence on the job, a growing number of the commonwealth’s hospitals are branching into law enforcement.
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Families turn to states for civil rights support as Trump dismantles the Education Department
One of the Education Department’s biggest jobs is to police discrimination in America’s schools. But amid mass firings and shifting priorities, that role has waned. In its place, there’s an emerging push for states to step up.
