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| Today: Rx regulations, DNC pressure, 'majority' rules, retaliation claims, and Yankee Candle went to town. This is PA Post. Thanks for checking in. |
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A Penn State trustee is suing the board for allegedly withholding information about how the university manages its $4.6 billion endowment.
The lawsuit was filed days before the trustees’ July meeting in Altoona and comes as Penn State plans steep budget cuts and pays some employees to leave.
It is also the latest in a series of public grievances by board members about university operations.
Read Spotlight PA's full report: Penn State trustee sues university for keeping critical financial records from him |
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"Inviting this technology into the state is just setting us up for more fossil fuel extraction, which is what it’s actually all about."
—Karen Feridun of the Better Path Coalition on a carbon capture bill that the legislature approved last week; more than 30 environmental advocacy groups have called on Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro to veto it. |
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Berks County residents are extremely frustrated with the diminished capacity of the local newspaper and they are concerned about a lack of access to trustworthy information in their community, according to a groundbreaking study by Spotlight PA.
In response to the findings, Spotlight PA is planning to launch a new regional reporting bureau in Berks County to be supported primarily by people living and working in the region. Read the full story, and then support the effort »
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ROCKY WATERS: Join us TODAY from 6-7 p.m. ET on Zoom for a live panel on Pennsylvania’s private water industry, how it is regulated, and how communities are affected when service is subpar. Register for the event here and submit your questions to events@spotlightpa.org. |
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| A lazy day on the lake in York County with Ed G. Send us your photos by email, use #PAGems on Instagram, or tag us @spotlightpennsylvania. |
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 MORE TRANSPARENCY: Pennsylvania's two U.S. senators are accusing Norfolk Southern of not sharing critical safety information with Blair County officials after a train derailed in December, WTAJ reports. In a new letter, Democratic U.S. Sens. Bob Casey and John Fetterman asked the company how it decides whether to notify local officials about derailments and about any plans to improve communication.   RX REFORM: Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro has signed legislation into law that regulates third-party pharmacy benefit managers — the industry middlemen blamed for a run of independent pharmacy closures in Pennsylvania. The bill "creates a host of new regulations" but " also allows for significant exemptions," Capital-Star reports.  HOUSE RULES: Two resignations this week have put Democrats back in a numerical minority in the state House (which is currently out of session), but the party maintains control thanks to a year-old rule it adopted. Via WITF: Special elections are scheduled for Sept. 17 to fill the Philly vacancies. The House returns one week later.  'EXTENSIVE ABUSE': Former employees of a Lewisburg memory care center claim they were retaliated against for speaking out against elder abuse, the Daily Item reports. One complaint claims a manager said "she needs to go" after learning an employee was cooperating with state investigators. The suit says the employee was fired the next day. |
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FALLING GLASS: Residents at two apartment buildings along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia say they've been complaining to management about falling windows for three years, The Inquirer (paywall) reports.
YANKEE CANDLE: What's that smell? MassLive (paywall) reports Yankee Candle is relocating some operations from a Massachusetts distribution center to one in Newville Borough in Cumberland County.
OLD MONEY: Gov. Shapiro went to the abandoned Bethlehem Steel campus this week to celebrate "the $500 million allocated in the state's budget for remediation work at former industrial sites," via Lehigh Valley News.
BRIDGE BLITZ: U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was in Harrisburg Wednesday to announce a $500 million grant for repairs to the I-83 South Bridge that spans the Susquehanna River, per Capital-Star.
SPEAK NOW: City Paper writes: By 1890, Pittsburgh was home to 700 speakeasies, the first ones to emerge in America. More than a century later, speakeasy bars remain alive and well in the city.
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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. Please include your first name and last initial. A R R Y S E E Y E T
Yesterday's answer: Upholstered
Congrats to our daily winners: Eric F., Vicki U., Jon W., Don H., Timothy A., Barbara F., Susan N.-Z., Kimberly D., Richard A., Stacy S., Bob C., Elaine C., Perry H., Wendy A., Stanley J., Jane R., Annette I., Tom M., Jeffrey F., William Z., and Craig E.
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