CRESSON — By a 6-2 vote, the Penn Cambria School Board adopted the final 2026-27 general fund budget, including a tax increase to the Act I Index. Board members Anthony Dziabo and Matthew Kearney were the sole dissenting votes. Jeffrey Stohon was not present during the meeting. With a 5% ...
The market for electric vehicle sales in Pennsylvania expands under legislation approved Monday by a House committee. The Commerce Committee voted 14-12 along party lines for House Bill 2013 sponsored by Rep. Gregg Scott, D-Montgomery. HB2013 enables other EV manufacturers besides Tesla to sell vehicles directly to customers. Democrats supported the bill while Republicans opposed it. HB2013 removes a restriction in a 2014 state law requiring a manufacturer to have been in business the previous 12 months to sell directly. Tesla is the only EV manufacturer to fit that description. The ...
MACUNGIE — President Donald Trump visited a Mack Trucks facility in battleground Pennsylvania on Tuesday, attempting to shift attention to the U.S. economy in his first major public event outside the nation’s capital since he signed an interim agreement to end the Iran war. The trip to ...
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation creating a pathway for inmates to seek release from prison in the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling that found the state’s use of life sentences without possibility of parole for second-degree murder convictions was unconstitutional. Under Senate Bill 1400, inmates convicted of second-degree murder would be eligible for release after serving at least 35 years in prison. Those over age 70 who have served at least 20 years behind bars would be eligible for parole, as well. Individuals convicted of second-degree murder are typically ...
A large throng of residents from across the state who are fed up with the data center frenzy filled the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday with cheers and speeches of support for a proposed three-year moratorium on data center development. None of the speakers had kind words for Democratic Gov. Josh ...
A House committee has set a vote next week for legislation requiring safety protocols for artificial intelligence companionship chatbots. Companionship apps create virtual environments where human users interact with virtual avatars that respond in a human manner. Rep. Melissa Shusterman, D-Montgomery, said that some companionship apps boast of having 20 million users a month, a reflection of the loneliness epidemic impacting as many as half of American adults. “Some users of the AI companion have described close friendships that have led to romantic interactions with their AI ...
