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Plus: Your ideas for changing Pa.’s property tax system Share with a friend In Pennsylvania, there are roughly 80 data center projects in various stages, ranging from preliminary to five that are under construction, according to the crowdsourced website Trackdatacenters.com. So, as part of our continuing coverage of data centers across the state, today we’re…

Plus: This 90-year-old is about to skydive Share with a friend Having spent 12 years working at the Bucks County Courier Times, I’m quite familiar with the divisions and disparities that exist throughout the county, from the densely populated working class Philadelphia suburbs of Lower Bucks, to the rural stretches of Upper Bucks that border…

Plus: Erie native sets WNBA 3-point record Share with a friend Since I began writing this newsletter three-and-a-half years ago, I’ve heard from Pennsylvanians about a wide range of issues, like the high gas tax motorists pay, the security of our elections, marijuana legalization, the commonwealth’s $7.25-an-hour minimum wage, and, more recently, data center expansion.…

Plus: Let’s plan your weekend Share with a friend We’re going to talk about my two favorite food groups today: ice cream and pizza. Let’s start with ice cream. We live in a great state for it, as Pennsylvania ranks third in the country for ice cream production. In fact, the commonwealth is such an…

Plus: Where would you take LeBron in Philly? Share with a friend Our content partners at Pittsburgh’s Public Source are doing great work documenting what’s happening in the once-sleepy Pittsburgh suburb of Springdale Borough. Over the last 12 months, the town has become a local flashpoint for two of the nation’s most contentious issues: data…

Plus: A Guinness record in the Laurel Highlands Share with a friend I’d like to open today’s newsletter with a look at Pennsylvania’s housing shortage, and how it dovetails with challenges surrounding affordability and cost of living. The state’s median home sale price is up to $340,000, representing a 6.2% increase from a year ago,…

Plus: Challenges as measles cases continue to rise in Pa. Share with a friend Ever find yourself wide awake in the middle of the night, wondering how long you’re going to live? Well, the answer depends on where you live in the commonwealth. According to new analysis from the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, the average…

Plus: The strain of skyrocketing utility costs Share with a friend I wanted to open today’s newsletter by highlighting some more work from my colleague Ashley Adams’ current series chronicling how the affordability crisis is impacting Pennsylvanians. Ashley has been speaking with residents about the strain that higher housing, grocery, and health insurance costs have…

Plus: Are Pa. elections fair and secure? Share with a friend We’ve been covering how Pennsylvania’s data center expansion is playing out statewide, from town councils to Harrisburg, to the backyards of homeowners fighting back against data centers encroaching on their properties. While a new Quinnipiac University poll shows an overwhelming majority of Pennsylvanians oppose data…

Plus: 9 picture-perfect Philly picnic spots Share with a friend Our Ashley Adams has been doing fantastic work chronicling the affordability crisis in Pennsylvania, which is impacting residents in every pocket of the commonwealth—from rural Cameron County, to the big cities like Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and all the suburbs, exurbs, and small towns in between.…