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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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Pennsylvania taxpayers paid $410,000 for state flights last year, the most since 2011. Shapiro took most of those flights.
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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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Cities are responsible for the vast majority of planet warming gas emissions. Many governments now track their emissions using annual estimates, but some scientists are pitching a new method.
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Spring brings lots to look at in the Adirondack Mountains and the concentration required for trail running means runners can't help but appreciate Spring's beauty.
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There's trouble in the town of Bad Göodsburg! A wishing well has stopped working! NPR's Tamara Keith talks with Jess Hannigan about her new children's book, "Spider in the Well."
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The families of the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas during the October 7th attack held a rally Saturday night. A number of Western ambassadors attended.
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A London court could decide the fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday: Will he be freed, or will he be sent to the U.S. to face 18 charges under the Espionage Act?
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"Moon Trees" are starting to grow on Earth. They got that name because as seeds they spent some time in space.
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Former President Trump addressed the NRA's annual meeting in Dallas on Saturday. The meeting comes as the gun lobby group continues to reel from years of legal, financial, and internal turmoil.
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NPR's Tamara Keith speaks with Rohit Chopra, the director of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, about a Supreme Court decision that validated how the bureau is funded.
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For eight decades, a chocolate factory filled a Chicago neighborhood with a delicious aroma, and jobs. Now it's leaving town.
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President Biden makes an address today during commencement ceremonies at Morehouse College in Atlanta at a time when protests over his handling of the war in Gaza are rocking U.S. college campuses.
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The contest between Joe Biden and Donald Trump looks tight and each candidate hopes upcoming debates will shift the campaign in their favor.
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NPR's Tamara Keith speaks with Palestinian-Ukrainian refugee Zoya El-Miari, who grew up in a Lebanese refugee camp only to move to Ukraine right before the Russian invasion and flee to Switzerland.
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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