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The importance of supporting Pennsylvania businesses, the potential for rising costs to dampen spending by consumers on extras and the need for migrant labor in the agriculture industry were a few of the ideas the minds of Pennsylvania farmers and entrepreneurs at the “agriculture summit” U.S. Representative Glenn "GT" Thompson held at the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology in Centre County.

Senate Republicans on Tuesday evening passed a temporary Pa. spending plan pitched as a lifeline for school districts and local governments amid the ongoing budget impasse threatening state payments.

The U.S. Steel plant has a history of maintenance issues, explosions and environmental violations.

Penn State spent $1.7 million in the past two years on lobbying efforts in Harrisburg, outspending Penn, Pitt, and Temple.

Workers were heating coal and preparing for routine maintenance when an explosion rocked a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh. That's according to a company executive who spoke to reporters on Tuesday, a day after the blast killed two workers.

Following months of closure and uncertainty, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Tuesday that there will be a phased reopening of the campgrounds at Raystown Lake starting on Friday. Susquehannock and Nancy’s Boat-to-Shore Campgrounds will open this week, followed by Seven Points Campground on Friday, September 5.

U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson, who hosted his annual agricultural summit in Centre County Monday, said the need for temporary farm workers is one of the things he's working on as chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture.

The Department of Aging pointed to a new system to monitor whether counties are conducting quality abuse and neglect investigations.

The Pa. House has passed a transit funding bill, but the Senate may favor a stopgap deal for Harrisburg’s six-week-late budget.