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| Today: Opioid cash approvals, derailment findings, pharmacy legislation, energy sources, federal elections, and data leak. |
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A state oversight board approved opioid settlement spending for coroner offices, syringe services, and media campaigns but rejected funding to support residents of the Kensington area and at least two programs related to probation and parole. One trust member acknowledged the influence the oversight board’s decisions could have for years to come. “We’re being looked at as we’re setting a precedent,” Kevin Boozel, a Butler County commissioner, told Spotlight PA. |
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NOTABLE / QUOTABLE "But you will leave today, or you will not be found Monday, senator." |
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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 released today 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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 FLAWED DECISION: Norfolk Southern and its contractors mishandled a decision to blow open five vinyl chloride tank cars after last year’s East Palestine, Ohio train derailment, federal regulators said at a public hearing Tuesday. The AP reports that the National Transportation Safety Board also found trackside detectors failed to alert on an overheated bearing on one of the train cars for more than 20 miles.   FUEL FRUSTRATIONS: President Joe Biden promised support for Indiana County residents to help them navigate the transition away from fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources. But residents feel forgotten as the community struggles to replace jobs lost from shuttered coal mines and plants, WaPo (gift link) reports, and some are once again looking to former President Trump — even as he courts oil and gas competitors.  VOTING BILL: U.S. Rep. Summer Lee (D., Pa.) has introduced legislation that would give Americans the power to challenge in court any policy that "unduly restricts" their ability to cast a ballot in a federal election, Capital-Star reports. The Right To Vote Act would ban state and local governments from restricting access in federal elections and create a statutory right to vote in them. The bill also has a U.S. Senate version.  INFO BREACH: Personal information may have been leaked for more than a million Geisinger patients, the Daily Item reports. Federal charging documents allege a fired employee of an outside vendor “obtained information from a protected computer, and the value of the information obtained exceeded $5,000.” The information exposed includes date of birth, address, medical record number, and more. |
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OVERSEAS THREAT: The emailed threats that canceled a drag queen story hour at a Lancaster library in March were traced back to Nigeria, LNP reports via sister site WITF. But that’s as far as the investigation will go. BEAVER AID: As flooding slammed the midwest this week, a Susquehanna University professor offered insight in Minnesota on lessons learned from a Pennsylvania beaver dam project, via Courthouse News Service. SHAM SHOW: Concertgoers turning out for an orchestra concert in Pittsburgh featuring the music of late hip-hop icons Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur found nothing there. WTAE was told it may have been a “ widespread scam carried out by an overseas entity.” |
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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.
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Yesterday's answer: Breathable
Congrats to our daily winners: Eric F., Elaine C., Jody A., Beth H., Bob C., Barbara F., Mike B., Don H., Ada M., Kimberly D., Vicki U., Jane R., Richard A., Daniel S., Jon W., Galleys-m., Stacy S., Marie B., Lynne E., Patricia E., Stanley J., Nan S., Rick S., Wendy A., Perry H., Amelia M., James D., Annette I., William Z., Elizabeth R., John A., Karen W., Timothy A., Morgan B., Tom M., Susan N., Tish M., Daniel M., Craig E., Jeffrey F., and Matthew A.
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