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Tech giants get a blue-collar ally in battle for data centers

HARRISBURG — Building trades unions — long fashioned as the voice of the American worker — are now intertwined with the richest companies in the world as they create America’s artificial intelligence economy. Unionized workers are employed on a huge number of massive data center ...

Fans hunt for Liberty Bell replica in each state

RALEIGH, N.C. — Want to see the Liberty Bell this semi-quincentennial but don’t have the time or cheese for a pilgrimage to Philadelphia? Have no fear: Chances are, there’s one at a state Capitol, museum or even a fire station near you. It won’t be the original, but it’ll be a dead ...

‘Point of beginning’: Seven Ranges survey changed the country 

Editor’s note: In the years following the Revolutionary War, the United States stood as an unfinished nation. Victory had secured independence, formalized by the Treaty of Paris, but it had not secured stability. The young republic was burdened by war debt, constrained under the Articles of ...

Bill to increase fines for illegal trucking schools advances

Senate Republicans are advancing legislation to crack down on so-called CDL mills by increasing the penalty for operating an unlicensed school tenfold. Legislation approved by the Senate Education Committee would boost the fine for illegally operating a trucking school from $2,500 to ...

Expert tips for managing extensive medical debt

NEW YORK — In 2020, Jennifer Vall’s son was diagnosed with leukemia. A year later, she found out she had thyroid cancer. While Vall was debt-free and had a great credit score, medical bills kept adding up, leaving her with thousands of dollars in debt. “I was able to utilize my credit to ...

Mow-tivated

Hollidaysburg Borough Public Works Department employee Ben Royer unloads equipment before mowing the grass at Legion Memorial Park on Friday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski