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WEST WHITELAND TWP, PA — A plan to replace the 53.55-acre former Weston Solutions office campus with 55 housing units advanced through West Whiteland Township’s conditional-use process Wednesday, setting the …
Weston Campus Housing Plan Advances With 55 Units Read More
EAST WHITELAND TWP, PA — East Whiteland Township ordered an immediate halt Wednesday to work under a building permit for the Sentinel/Green Fig data center development after determining the developer …
East Whiteland Halts Data Center Work Over Water Approval Read More
HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania state Reps. Jared Solomon and Chris Rabb introduced legislation this past week to increase penalties for campaign finance violations and restrict offenders from holding political positions …
Bill Targets Campaign Finance Penalties After Presler Complaint Read More
WEST CHESTER, PA — The Chester County Prison Board appointed Brian Sheller as warden at its Aug. 19 meeting, elevating the facility’s acting leader as the county pursues operational improvements …
Veteran Law Enforcement Leader Takes Charge of County Prison Read More
HARRISBURG, PA — Democrat Brandon Dukes narrowly won Tuesday’s special election in Butler County’s 12th District, flipping a longtime Republican seat and positioning his party to expand its Pennsylvania House …
Dukes Win Expands Democrats’ Pennsylvania House Majority Read More
HARRISBURG, PA — Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday imposed new permitting, energy-cost and local-approval requirements on Pennsylvania data centers, using executive authority to make developers bear infrastructure costs and meet …
Shapiro Tightens Data Center Rules on Power Costs, Permits Read More
WEST CHESTER, PA — Chester County’s deployment of bilingual, AI-powered self-service kiosks across its court system has received national recognition after the technology was introduced to help visitors find court …
Chester County Expands Court Access With AI Kiosks Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation Friday that would authorize $250 million over five years to extend a federal cybersecurity program for rural electric cooperatives …
Bipartisan Bill Seeks $250 Million to Bolster Utility Cybersecurity Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sens. Dave McCormick, R-PA, and Chris Coons, D-DE, introduced bipartisan legislation this past week that would establish mentorship standards across National Institutes of Health training and …
Bipartisan Bill Targets NIH Researcher Pipeline Attrition Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sens. Dave McCormick, R-PA, Tim Kaine, D-VA, Pete Ricketts, R-NE, and Maggie Hassan, D-NH, introduced legislation this week that would expand federal support for student-led mental …
Bipartisan Bill Would Expand Campus Mental Health Outreach Read More