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Pennsylvania lawmakers are entering budget negotiations with a roughly $14 billion surplus. So far, they have different priorities for using it.
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The governor’s $48.3 billion budget proposal includes $5.6 million to incentivize participation in a federal dairy risk management program.
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Fireflies can bring magic to summer nights. Now a study by a team that includes researchers from Penn State found that while fireflies' overall populations did not decline, climate change and loss of habitat do have an impact on the winged beetles.
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AT&T, Verizon, Cricket and T-Mobile will pay more than $10 million to several states, including Pennsylvania, as part of a misleading advertising settlement.
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Punxsutawney Phil’s offspring have names that just might help the famed weather-forecasting groundhog to predict when spring will begin.
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Lawmakers accepted trips bankrolled by campaign groups, organizations pushing alternatives to public education, and more. Public officials in Pennsylvania are allowed to accept essentially any gift.
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month. WPSU talks to the Penn State Community, asking the student's about their mental health concerns and getting answers from local experts.
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As of Monday, Allen Street in downtown State College is closed to vehicle traffic between College Avenue to Calder Way. The borough says South Allen St. is tentatively scheduled to reopen by the third or fourth week of June.
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A memoir coming out Tuesday details the life experiences of a 100-year-old World War II veteran living in State College. John Homan flew 34 combat missions with the U.S. Army Eighth Air Force out of England in 1944.
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Last year’s budget process got bogged down by the inclusion of a school voucher program that many Pennsylvania Democrats said would take money away from public schools.
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Two weeks after an arrest warrant for Rep. Kevin Boyle, D-Philadelphia, was withdrawn, House Republicans are calling for Attorney General Michelle Henry to investigate Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner.
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Voters in the State College area rejected a proposal to consolidate three of its local governments in 1995. Is there renewed interest nearly three decades later?
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On the campaign trail, former President Donald Trump has made many promises about what he'd do on his first day in office, should he win again. Some are more realistic than others.
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President Biden to meet leaders of Black sororities and fraternities. Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama finish union vote. Boeing's shareholder meeting comes at a turbulent time for the company.
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We asked for your favorite prom night memories. Here's what you shared.
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In the early 1950s, the mother of Irene Montoya and Linda Garcia was hospitalized for TB. For years the girls lived in neglectful foster homes. Finally, they landed in the home of an older couple.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pardoned Daniel Perry, a former Army sergeant who was convicted of killing a Black Lives Matter protester in Austin in 2020. He had been sentenced to 25 years in prison.
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It's rattlesnake season in Arizona, where the number of bites has surged. And it turns out most of what you thought you knew about the reptiles isn't true.
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President Biden met with plaintiffs from the Brown v. Board of Education case Thursday. On Friday, he's meeting with members of historically Black sororities and fraternities.
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Roger Fortson, a 23-year-old senior airman, was shot and killed at his apartment by a deputy this month. Lawyers for the family dispute the sheriff's office claim of self-defense.
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What looks like "a ghost emerging from a pool of vomit"? Are meme stocks back? And what's up with the Trump-Biden debates? Plus: orcas with a thirst for violence and more Miss USA drama.
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Louisiana could be the first state to regulate mifepristone and misoprostol in the same way as some narcotics and stimulants. Opponents predict harmful delays in miscarriage and other lawful uses.
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Across the city, power lines and trees are downed, traffic lights are out and glass is scattered across downtown. About 900,000 customers were left without power early Friday.
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U.S. officials have largely attributed the decline to more enforcement in Mexico, including in yards where migrants are known to board freight trains.
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.
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. Listen to the next episode, "Incarcerated with Mental Illness," Thursday, May 23 at 3:00 p.m. on WPSU-FM.
Friday, June 13 at 11:00 a.m. & Monday, June 17 at 8:00 p.m. on WPSU-FM
Join us to celebrate the 10th anniversary of In Performance at Penn State in June, with the student musicians of the Penn State Philharmonic playing Rachmaninoff's "Symphonic Dances" and a performance from the Penns Woods Music Festival.
Join us to celebrate the 10th anniversary of In Performance at Penn State in June, with the student musicians of the Penn State Philharmonic playing Rachmaninoff's "Symphonic Dances" and a performance from the Penns Woods Music Festival.
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