State News
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Inside York’s growing half-mile homeless encampment along the Codorus
The homeless have been living there for years, along the hiking trails in the woods between the park and the creek. The encampment stretches for nearly a half-mile along the Codorus Creek.
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Pennsylvania court grants public access to voting data in dispute from 2020 election’s aftermath
The Democratic-majority Supreme Court said its unanimous decision was a way to “satisfy the voting public that our elections are safe, secure and accurate” while preserving the state constitution’s requirement that votes remain secret.
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Bill to block whites-only communities clears Pennsylvania House
The bill that squeaked through the Pennsylvania House of Representatives seeks to close legal loopholes that enabled an extremist group to carve out roughly 160 acres in Arkansas for a whites-only community. The leaders of this group, called Return to the Land, have expressed interest in replicating their model around the nation.
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11 animal sanctuaries in Pennsylvania (+ the critters you’ll meet at each one)
From farm animals to wolves, animal sanctuaries in Pennsylvania offer safe, permanent homes for rescued animals.
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Cute animal alert: Two litters of kittens rescued from a Chester County Lowe’s
The kittens were discovered living in boxes on a high shelf in the store’s garden center.
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Gas prices in Pennsylvania are down again this week
While gas prices in Pennsylvania have declined for a second straight week, they still remain almost a dollar higher on average than before the US and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28.
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Pennsylvania’s motor-voter system effectively screens non-citizens from voter registration
Auditor General Tim DeFoor examined PennDOT’s procedures and found only one instance, due to human error in 210,000 records
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Upper Bucks supervisors OK new data center regulations amid outcry
Approximately six months after West Rockhill Township planners sat through a presentation on a potential Cathill Road data center, local supervisors unanimously approved a zoning ordinance to regulate the industry within the township.
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East Manchester sets strict zoning limits for data centers
Although the township hadn’t received any formal plans, there was word that data center developers were eyeing the Royal Manchester Golf Links and the 300-acre York Baker Farm, in the eastern part of the township, as possible sites for one of the massive facilities.
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Police review of Quakertown protest clash is misleading, attorneys say
The report released last week largely maintained that Quakertown police responded appropriately during the incident.
