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The measure would rewrite the state’s corporate charter to ensure corporations do not have “any power to directly or indirectly engage in election activity or ballot question activity.” From @emilyscolnick.bsky.social
Pa. House Democrats introduce measure to bar corporations from political contributions • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
A new legislative proposal would bar corporations from contributing to political campaigns in Pennsylvania.
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Eight winters ago, Dave Costarella started his advocacy for homeless people in Lancaster city by driving around at night, finding people who sleep on the street and offering them essential items. lanc.news/4fOt49z
Lancaster community discusses relationship-based solutions to homelessness
Eight winters ago, Dave Costarella started his advocacy for homeless people in Lancaster city by driving around at night, finding people who sleep on the street and offering them essential
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L-S adds counseling services through Penn Medicine for students 12 and up lanc.news/4hmgqBj
L-S adds counseling services through Penn Medicine for students 12 and up
When: Lampeter-Strasburg School Board, Aug. 3, 7:30 p.m.
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Lancaster Public Library pitches library tax to Lancaster City Council lanc.news/4cl0Pye
Lancaster Public Library pitches library tax to Lancaster City Council
When: Lancaster City Council meeting, Aug. 3. Council Vice President John Hursh was absent.
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Data centers are planned on land next to state parks and nature preserves and near lakes, streams and rivers that are considered of “exceptional value”—a gold-star designation given by the state to only the purest waterways and wetlands. From @insideclimatenews.org
Coming to some of Pennsylvania’s most picturesque places: data centers • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
In the Poconos, people fear planned data centers could ruin beloved landscapes and pristine waterways.
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The bipartisan association of governors is in the process of updating its internal policies on federalism. It will address pressing issues such as artificial intelligence regulation and the primacy of each state to control its own National Guard. From @stateline.org
Governors and lawmakers say they're getting serious about states' rights • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
State leaders of both parties say the federal government — including the president — wields too much power, and they want to see more authority returned to the states.
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News: The DA has dropped all charges against Danny Rosenmund, the Springdale man who was arrested while criticizing the borough's ICE agreement during an April council meeting. www.publicsource.org/springdale-c...
DA drops charges against Springdale man forcefully arrested at council meeting
Rosenmund was taken to the ground and arrested during an April Springdale Borough meeting while criticizing a borough agreement with ICE.
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A federal judge lifted a stay on the termination of temporary protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians in order to comply with a SCOTUS ruling that cleared the way to open them up for deportations. Pa. has one of the largest Haitians populations in the country. From @statesnewsroom.com
TPS for up to 350,000 Haitians officially ends as judge applies Supreme Court order • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
A federal judge lifted a stay on the termination of temporary protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians.
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Nearly two months after Callie, the facility dog at Warwick’s John Bonfield Elementary, died after being left unattended in a hot car, the school board presented a new policy to a packed middle school auditorium on Tuesday night that, among… lanc.news/3RzC8Hw
Warwick School Board introduces new facility dog policy, says more revisions coming
Nearly two months after Callie, the facility dog at Warwick’s John Bonfield Elementary, died after being left unattended in a hot car, the school board presented a new policy to
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.@governor.pa.gov Josh Shapiro signed onto a multi-state lawsuit against the Trump admin to bar the Department of Homeland Security from obtaining personal data of folks enrolled in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. More from @politico.com ... www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
States sue to shield anti-poverty program data from DHS
The lawsuit, co-led by California, New York and the District of Columbia, alleges a new federal data-sharing scheme is aiding mass surveillance efforts.
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Lancaster County tallies over 100 cases of measles this year; ranks 7th in US for measles cases lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
Lancaster County tallies over 100 cases of measles this year; ranks 7th in US for measles cases
As the regional measles outbreak centered in Lancaster County enters the fourth month, the number of people sickened with the illness here has now surpassed 100, with six new cases
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Pennsylvania election officials have disclosed that a noncitizen who was erroneously registered to vote in Lancaster County cast a ballot in at least one past election, while three other noncitizens on the voter rolls never voted. lanc.news/3RMbyuM
State: One of noncitizen voters cast ballot in previous Lancaster County election
Pennsylvania election officials have disclosed that a noncitizen who was erroneously registered to vote in Lancaster County cast a ballot in at least one past election, while three other noncitizens
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Organizers behind the push to institute a countywide library tax in Lancaster County are hoping Tuesday will be the largest haul for gathering the signatures needed to get the issue on the ballot in November. lanc.news/3RMPuA0
Lancaster County library tax referendum organizers to gather signatures at National Night Out
Organizers behind the push to institute a countywide library tax in Lancaster County are hoping Tuesday will be the largest haul for gathering the signatures needed to get the issue
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Pequea Valley school board hears design options for turf field, secondary school lanc.news/4pT8Ik6
Pequea Valley school board hears design options for turf field, secondary school
When: Pequea Valley school board meeting, July 28.
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The company that proposed a data center in Columbia also explored a West Hempfield Township site earlier this year, but new rules under consideration by township supervisors could limit any data centers’ size and location. lanc.news/4w8ckjI
Proposed West Hempfield rules would limit any data center on old QVC property
The company that proposed a data center in Columbia also explored a West Hempfield Township site earlier this year, but new rules under consideration by township supervisors could limit any
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Current and former Lancaster County employees who worked as 911 dispatchers in the last three years are eligible to join a lawsuit against the county alleging unpaid overtime, a federal district judge ordered Monday. lanc.news/4yU912p
Judge allows more Lancaster County 911 dispatchers to join lawsuit
Current and former Lancaster County employees who worked as 911 dispatchers in the last three years are eligible to join a lawsuit against the county alleging unpaid overtime, a federal
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Warwick’s school board is introducing a facility dog policy at its meeting Tuesday. lanc.news/4w30jfr
Watch: Warwick school board introduces facility dog policy following dog's death in hot car
Warwick’s school board is introducing a facility dog policy at its meeting Tuesday.
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Lancaster city resident Tony Dastra will appear on the ballot for Pennsylvania governor this fall. lanc.news/3SehsVF
Green Party puts Lancaster's Tony Dastra on the fall ballot for Pennsylvania governor
Lancaster city resident Tony Dastra will appear on the ballot for Pennsylvania governor this fall.
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied a request for another 120 day stay of a landmark ruling that found mandatory life sentences for second degree murder unconstitutional. From @iankarbal.bsky.social
Pa. Supreme Court rejects extension of stay in life without parole for second degree murder ruling • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Roughly 1,100 people are currently serving life without parole for second degree murder. Now that the stay on the Supreme Court’s decision is lifted, they have an open door to challenge their sentence...
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Lancaster County Partnership for Public Health to take a more active role in public health education lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
Lancaster County Partnership for Public Health to take a more active role in public health education
As Lancaster County faces its largest measles outbreak in recent history and other public health challenges, a nonpartisan, volunteer group of health experts and community leaders plans to take a
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Christiana Borough puts municipal trash collection service out for bid lanc.news/4g52ASv
Christiana Borough puts municipal trash collection service out for bid
When: Christiana Borough Council meeting, July 29.
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The public can comment through Aug. 31 on a project that would remove trees and a retaining wall at crash-prone intersections on Lititz Pike (Route 501) in Manheim Township to improve driver visibility. lanc.news/45xBwoV
Weigh in now on PennDOT’s plans to remove Lititz Pike trees for driver safety
The public can comment through Aug. 31 on a project that would remove trees and a retaining wall at crash-prone intersections on Lititz Pike (Route 501) in Manheim Township to
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Coatesville Area school board OKs bond issue of up to $100M for new phase of construction lanc.news/3Saw749
Coatesville Area school board OKs bond issue of up to $100M for new phase of construction
When: Coatesville Area school board meeting, July 26. Board member Liz Muirhead absent.
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Each of Lancaster County’s 17 public school districts saves hundreds of thousands of dollars each year through the federal E-Rate Program, which offers internet service at discounted rates, but that program, currently under review by the Federal Communications Commission, could… lanc.news/4vYC2qY
Federal E-Rate program offering school districts internet service discounts could face cuts
Each of Lancaster County’s 17 public school districts saves hundreds of thousands of dollars each year through the federal E-Rate Program, which offers internet service at discounted rates, but that
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Should Pennsylvania “push the pause button” on data centers or promote their economic and competitive advantages?
Rural Pennsylvania Data Center Hearing Draws Diverse Perspectives
Should Pennsylvania “push the pause button” on data centers or promote their economic and competitive advantages?
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The bill would boost the budgets of rural communities that host tax-exempt property, such as state forests and parks, and that have few other options for raising money to fund services. However, the source of the money could leave the bill open to legal challenges on constitutional grounds.
PA bill would give local governments a cut of state land revenue
The legislation would especially benefit rural Pennsylvania, which often has more state-owned land and fewer residents.
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State Treasurer Stacy Garrity took her gubernatorial campaign to a key swing county on Monday evening to promote six proposals aimed at helping veterans and their families. www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania...
Garrity lays out plan to benefit veterans
(The Center Square) – State Treasurer Stacy Garrity took her gubernatorial campaign to a key swing county on Monday evening to promote six proposals aimed at helping veterans and their
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Pennsylvania to Trump administration: Show us your math www.votebeat.org/pennsylvania...
Pennsylvania to Trump administration: Show us your math
The Trump administration identified 14,576 potential noncitizen voters in Pennsylvania, but it’s unclear how it arrived at that number.
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Carter Walker@bycarterwalker.bsky.social · 6d agoBREAKING: In a response to the Department of Homeland Security’s allegation that there are thousands of noncitizens on Pennsylvania’s voter rolls, Al Schmidt says DHS has NOT said how it identified those noncitizens. He also pointed out flaws in a DHS program used to identify
