HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania state senator made money from the $30 million sale of property last year to a developer building a massive, controversial data center project in Cumberland County. A career real estate agent and chair of the state’s Republican Party, Greg Rothman said he was ...
On Friday, a group of retired judges stepped off a tour bus in a ritzy Michigan suburb after three days of barnstorming through corn fields, cities and coal towns in Ohio and Pennsylvania. They carried with them a message. In courthouses and public squares, they marked the nation’s 250th ...
During Thursday’s viewing of the Union Pacific Big Boy steam locomotive in Norfolk Southern’s Rose Yard, Gov. Josh Shapiro spoke of how railroads have connected communities across generations. He also mentioned the connection with the Pennsylvania Railroad, NS predecessor and at one ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County’s latest audit is showing the county’s cash reserve at the end of 2025 was $20.3 million, probably the highest it’s been since 2013 when it jumped to $20.6 million after the county sold Valley View Home. “That’s very healthy,” Derek Schroeder, auditor and senior manager of Zelenkofske Axelrod LLC, said of the $20.3 million reserve — $460,365 higher than reported in 2024. “That’s about five months of operating expenses.” While commissioners Dave Kessling, Amy Webster and Laura Burke welcomed the positive report, they pointed out that ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Florida-based company is expected to take over inmate medical care at the Blair County Prison as of Aug. 1, after the county’s longtime contract with PrimeCare Medical, a Harrisburg-based company, expires as of July 31. Commissioners voted Thursday to award a three-year ...
Controversial work requirements added to the Medicaid program were intended to ensure that able-bodied adults are earning paychecks and enrolled in employer-provided healthcare coverage whenever possible. Critics say the way the new requirement is being implemented, though, creates barriers that could boot people from Medicaid even if they are working. The Big Beautiful Bill signed into law last summer by President Donald Trump mandates that most adults enrolled in Medicaid must work or do other qualifying activities at least 80 hours a month. However, a final rule issued by the ...
