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Hundreds of millions of riders use Pennsylvania’s public transit system each year, but the American Rescue Plan funds that help keep them running will exhaust this year.
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The secrecy leaves taxpayers in the dark about who underwrites the outings and what interests they may have in state government policy.
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A staffing company that performed COVID-19 contact tracing for Pennsylvania and exposed the private medical information of about 72,000 residents will pay $2.7 million in a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department and a whistleblower.
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A new mental health facility will open in St. Marys next year. Providers say mental health referrals are on the rise in Northwestern Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania’s Department of Education will accept grant applications for up to $10 million in school environmental facility repairs.
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David McCormick and other politicians are using the camp for their messaging. Students say they feel unsafe after an attack with an unknown substance and other incidents.
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Counties are waiting to hear if an oversight board will publicly approve their strategies.
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Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives is advancing legislation long sought by counties seeking help to manage huge influxes of mail-in ballots during elections in the presidential battleground state.
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The ongoing consolidation between DuBois and Sandy Township is only the second one in Pennsylvania after lawmakers standardized the process. It has shown the limits of state law.
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Neo-Ottomanism, a Turkish political and cultural ideology, has emerged as a powerful political force in modern Turkey. Experts say it often comes with problems.
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The Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority says it took in nearly 48,000 pounds of household hazardous waste at its collection event over the weekend.
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The State College Borough is once again allowing residents to take part in No Mow May this year.
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Federal regulators are trying to prevent bad actors from switching unknowing consumers' Obamacare coverage. Their fixes risk making enrollment so cumbersome that people won't want to sign up.
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A list of over 125,000 Asian Americans incarcerated in Japanese internment camps during WWII is now searchable online.
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Polling revealed immigration has been listed as the top "U.S. problem" for three straight months. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Gallup research analyst Megan Brenan about this polarizing issue.
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Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia says this week she will force a vote to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson. The move is unpopular with many of her GOP colleagues.
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NPR's Michel Martin is joined by New York Times fashion director Vanessa Friedman to talk about Monday night's Met Gala.
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A new tribal community in Oregon is demonstrating that affordable homes can be energy efficient and withstand the impacts of climate change.
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President Biden speaks at an event put on by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum about fighting antisemitism, an issue that pushed him to run in 2019 and which is taking on new significance.
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Philadelphia is taking a tougher line on illegal drug use on city streets. The new mayor and city council are launching an aggressive strategy in the city's infamous Kensington neighborhood.
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NPR's Rachel Martin takes us behind the scenes of her new podcast, and guides Steve Inskeep through the card game at the heart of the show. Wild Card is part interview, part existential game show.
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Israeli forces take control of the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing with Egypt. Russian President Putin is being inaugurated for a fifth term. The House could vote soon to oust Speaker Johnson.
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Ryan Riccucci, a 17-year agency veteran, says he feels the agency is misunderstood by the U.S. public.
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An Israeli tank brigade seized control Tuesday of the Gaza Strip side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, authorities said, as cease-fire negotiations with Hamas remain on a knife's edge.
It's Mental Health Awareness Month. WPSU asked Penn State students their questions about mental health. Then we got experts to answer them for our Mental Health Q&A series this month.
For Mental Health Awareness month in May, WPSU will broadcast a series of five hour-long specials, hosted by Kimberly Adams of Marketplace. Hear "The Homeless Crisis and Mental Health" Thursday, May 9th at 3:00 p.m. on WPSU-FM.
You did it! WPSU-FM's listeners contributed more than $100,000 during our Spring Pledge Drive, to end the drive 4 hours EARLY, at 2 p.m. Friday afternoon. If you didn't get a chance to contribute, you can still do that at wpsu.org/donate. Thank you for supporting public radio!
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Your host for Poetry Moment is Marjorie Maddox of Williamsport, professor of English and creative writing at the Lock Haven campus of Commonwealth University. Every Monday, she'll introduce and read a poem from a contemporary Pennsylvania poet. Listen Monday mornings at 7:45 and Monday afternoons at 4:44.
The sounds and stories of birds are part of every morning on WPSU-FM, seven days a week, on BirdNote, a sound-rich 2 minute program exploring the unique lives, habitats and challenges of birds. You can hear BirdNote Monday through Friday at 5:19 a.m. and 6:42 a.m.; and on Saturday and Sunday at 6:04 a.m. and 9:04 a.m.
Friday evenings at 8:00 p.m., April 5 through May 10
News Over Noise explores the challenge of separating spin and click-bait from good journalism and why it matters. This special 6-week series is a co-production of WPSU and Penn State’s Bellisario College of Communications. The show is hosted by Leah Dajches and Matt Jordan.
News Over Noise explores the challenge of separating spin and click-bait from good journalism and why it matters. This special 6-week series is a co-production of WPSU and Penn State’s Bellisario College of Communications. The show is hosted by Leah Dajches and Matt Jordan.
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The Local Groove features music written and recorded by musicians with roots in central and northern Pennsylvania. The show features many genres: rock, blues, jazz and more. If you're from the area and you’d like WPSU to consider your recordings for the show, submit your music online today at wpsu.org/localgroove.