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BERWYN, PA — Tredyffrin Township supervisors unanimously adopted a new student-rental ordinance Sept. 21 that places greater responsibility on landlords to control tenant conduct, respond to violations and risk losing …
Tredyffrin Shifts Student-Rental Enforcement to Landlords Read More
HARRISBURG, PA — A Pennsylvania House committee advanced legislation Thursday that would clarify the state’s restrictions on law enforcement officers within 100 feet of polling places, moving the election-law proposal …
Pennsylvania Bill Would Clarify Police Limits Near Polls Read More
WEST CHESTER, PA — Chester County will receive $1.35 million in state gaming-revenue grants for four projects spanning 911 infrastructure, security at the Downingtown Trestle Bridge, flood preparedness and heritage …
$1.35 Million Is Headed to Chester County for Four Key Projects Read More
CHADDS FORD, PA — Pennsbury Township supervisors unanimously authorized a $6.75 million purchase of roughly 98 acres Wednesday, advancing a major open-space acquisition that will use nearly $5 million in …
Pennsbury Commits $6.75 Million to Preserve 98 Acres Read More
WEST CHESTER, PA — Chester County Hospital/Penn Medicine is seeking zoning relief to keep a temporary mobile MRI facility at its West Goshen Township campus through Dec. 1, 2028, extending …
Chester County Hospital Seeks Two More Years for Mobile MRI Read More
WEST CHESTER, PA — East Bradford Township supervisors will reconsider a package of code changes Oct. 1 that would tighten solicitation licensing, expand curb-maintenance obligations, revise stormwater standards, prohibit overnight …
East Bradford Resets Vote on Broad Township Code Changes Read More
KENNETT SQUARE, PA — Kennett Square Borough Council has restarted the rezoning process for the former National Vulcanized Fiber property, voting 4-2 on Sept. 9 to advertise a zoning amendment …
Kennett Square Restarts Rezoning for Contaminated NVF Site Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A group of House Democrats introduced legislation Tuesday that would require congressional approval before a president could deploy troops or armed federal agents to polling places, adding …
House Bill Would Require Approval for Armed Forces at Polls Read More
EXTON, PA — Uwchlan Township supervisors have roughly 60 days to decide whether one of the township’s largest remaining undeveloped properties can become a 492-home community, a zoning decision tied …
Uwchlan Weighs 492 Homes as 60-Day Clock Starts Read More
HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania Sens. Art Haywood and Lisa Baker are preparing bipartisan legislation that would add hazing to the state’s mandatory reporting requirements after a grand jury found that …
Pennsylvania Bill Would Make Hazing a Mandated Report Read More