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| Today: Transplant program suspended, ballot dates, primary 2.0, body cams, tax 'choke,' and Perry on abortion. Welcome to May. |
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Penn State Health has voluntarily inactivated its liver transplant program at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center amid concerns about documentation and clinical processes, a spokesperson tells Spotlight PA.
A national oversight body will conduct a performance review and the program could remain inactive for as long as a year. Sixty-three patients are affected by the shutdown and will need to have their care transferred to other liver transplant centers.
Penn State's program was sanctioned in 2022 and recently restored to good standing. Spokesperson Barbara Schindo told Spotlight PA the health system has not received any notice of noncompliance ahead of this review.
Read Spotlight PA's full report: Penn State Health halts liver transplants as national oversight body reviews program. |
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“It recently came to light Bryan had a business relationship with several Game Commission employees and received income through that relationship. That’s not to suggest there were any ethical violations on his part, but there were questions about the appropriateness ... and ultimately he chose to resign.”
—Pa. Game Commissioner Scott Foradora on the sudden resignation of the Game Commission's executive director, Bryan Burhans |
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| A crabapple tree in bloom, via Starr B. Send us your photos by email, use #PAGems on Instagram, or tag us @spotlightpennsylvania. |
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CANNABIS CATEGORY: The Drug Enforcement Administration is moving to reclassify cannabis as a less dangerous drug, AP reports. It's a historic action that still requires several steps, including public comment.
RUST BELT HOLIDAY: Today is May Day and Belt magazine explains why it’s a particularly Rust Belt holiday "born from the experience of workers in the mills and plants of Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland."
QUOTE-UNQUOTE: @michellelprice notes "the Associated Press hired a 21-year-old to cover Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and he almost blew it because he became so mesmerized that he stopped taking notes."
TUN TAVERN 2.0: The U.S. Marine Corps started at the Tun Tavern in Philadelphia in 1775. The Inquirer (paywall) reports an effort is underway to recreate the location as a nonprofit tavern and museum.
BUG OUT: It's not just spotted lanternflies — the invasive brown marmorated stink bug also got its American start in Pennsylvania. The first collection happened in Allentown in 1998. Here's a visual of its prolific rise. |
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Unscramble and send your answer to scrambler@spotlightpa.org. We'll shout out winners here, and one each week will get some Spotlight PA swag. Answers submitted by 5:30 p.m. on issue date will be counted. C L A T Y I N L A A
Yesterday's answer: Refinement
Congrats to our daily winners: Jody A., Eric F., Theresa T., Jane R., Karen K., Mike B., Elissa Q., Stacy S., Becky C., Daniel M., Judith D., Jaime Z., Susan R., Richard A., Beth H., Marty M., John A., Jon W., Jodi R., Barbara F., Kimberly D., Cynthia B., David T., Linda G., Julie K., Connie A. O., Alan B., Joyce C., Ted W., Starr B., Vicki U., Ronnee G., Daniel S., Wendy A., Amelia M., Janet S., Christina M., Malachy M., Stanley J., Susan N.-Z., Perry H., Vanessa J., Frederick H., Lynne E., Elizabeth R., Barry W., Marie B., William Z., Kevin M., David W., Paul F., Leann T., Tish M., Jeffrey F., Tom M., Bob C., Mike H., Karen W., and Leslie B.
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