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Berks officials await answers on ICE warehouse

UPPER BERN TOWNSHIP — A week after news broke that the Trump administration plans to get rid of two warehouses in Pennsylvania, local and state officials say they are in the dark about what will happen next. The Department of Homeland Security and ICE have not disputed reporting by the New York Times that federal officials intend to sell or give away seven of the 11 warehouses purchased over the past year as part of a sweeping, $38.3 billion plan to expand detention capacity. Efforts to “reengineer” empty warehouses as detention centers and processing facilities were paused ...

Heat, humidity to blast eastern US

A long and dangerous heat wave will blast a large swath of the central and eastern United States this week, the National Weather Service said, with temperatures rising ahead of the July Fourth holiday and feeling even hotter because of the high humidity that’s arriving with it. Already, ...

Lawmakers scramble to address skill games ruling

Taxing skill games could generate more than $1 billion a year in tax revenue, according to estimates by the administration of Gov. Josh Shapiro. And a Supreme Court ruling is forcing lawmakers to decide whether to legalize and tax the machines creates the tantalizing opportunity to use skill games revenue to plug what could otherwise be a daunting funding shortfall. The state Independent Fiscal Office this week updated its revenue forecast for the 2026-27 fiscal year, now projecting that the state will bring in $49.75 billion — about $3.55 billion less than Shapiro’s proposed ...