A new state law paves the way for development of two bases in central Pennsylvania where drones can be tested and deployed. Gov. Josh Shapiro signed Senate Bill 468 into law last week after it cleared both the House and Senate by unanimous votes. The law designates sites in Cambria and ...
Advertisers will be required to disclose if artificial intelligence is used in commercials under legislation heading to Gov. Josh Shapiro. The state House approved Senate Bill 806 by a 163-40 vote on Wednesday, two days after it cleared the House Communications and Technology Committee. The Senate approved the bill in June in a 48-2 vote. The House approved the measure without changes, so the bill will become law if Shapiro signs it. Pennsylvania would become the third state with a law requiring advertisers to disclose when AI-crafted material is used in commercials. New York’s AI ...
After months without a commercial carrier, the Westmoreland County Airport Authority on Tuesday announced Breeze Airways will begin providing two nonstop flights next year from the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity Township, near Latrobe. Breeze will start flying out of the airport’s newly expanded terminal to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in February and to Orlando, Florida, in May, airport officials said. Both locations were previously served by Spirit Airlines, which went bankrupt and abruptly shut down in May. The Myrtle Beach route will begin Feb. 9, with nonstop flights ...
Reopening closed power plants to create new electric generating capacity is pushed in a report sponsored by state utility regulators. The report identifies 21 former power plants across Pennsylvania that could be reactivated to help meet projected energy capacity shortfalls in the regional PJM electric grid network. The sites comprise old coal, coal waste and natural gas plants that total 4.8 Gigawatts of retired capacity. That amount could meet peak power needs for a large metro area. The plants include the coal-fired Armstrong Generating Station in Armstrong County, JSC fuel oil ...
TYRONE — A new elective at Tyrone Area High School aims to bring history to life through films and creative projects, such as making an Underground Railroad quilt with Connie’s Collectibles, a quilt shop along Foot of Ten Road near Duncansville. On Monday, students in history teacher ...
At a public hearing Thursday in Taylor Township on a proposal to amend the township’s subdivision and land development ordinance (SALDO) to mitigate possible harms from the potential of a data center, several residents cited a statement from Gov. Josh Shapiro in his debate with gubernatorial ...
