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Faith United Church of Christ in State College is reacting to having its Pride flag burned during recent Pride celebrations downtown. Rev. Jes Kast, the current and first openly queer minister of Faith UCC, said in her six-and-a-half years at the Church, this is the first time they’ve experienced vandalism.

Protesters in Central Pennsylvania and nationwide are taking to the streets in solidarity with Los Angeles protests and getting ready for a nationwide “No Kings” protest on Saturday.

Several leaders in the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries stressed the importance of federal incentives to their businesses.

Opponents of President Donald Trump’s administration are set to rally in nearly 2,000 cities and towns this weekend. The No Kings Day of Defiance protests will happen during the military parade in Washington on Saturday for the Army’s 250th anniversary — which coincides with Trump’s birthday.

In the face of budget cuts from Penn State that take effect with the new fiscal year starting July 1, WPSU is laying off several staff members.

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration plans to save money by cutting poor patients’ access to expensive weight-loss drugs like Ozempic. Not everyone is on board.

The proposal is designed to appeal to Republican senators, and comes after Pa. Democrats unsuccessfully tried for years to pass a statewide $15 minimum wage

Like their classmates at Commonwealth University’s Bloomsburg campus, Novalea Verno and Caleb Brown spent this academic year juggling classes and extracurricular activities.

Centre County commissioners and Penn State Human Resources are gathering more information about new facility fees at certain Geisinger locations, including Geisinger Healthplex State College in Gray’s Woods.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the Tatman Run Beach at Raystown Lake is closed because of a high level of E. coli bacteria found in a recent water sample taken from the swimming area.