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- Trump-appointed FEMA panel urges states should take the lead in disaster recovery
The board called on Congress and the administration to make several major changes, including offloading the National Flood Insurance Program to the private insurance market.
- Housing advocates expect homelessness numbers to fall slightly
Preliminary 2025 estimates, though, indicate homelessness has stabilized.
- Pennsylvania is getting $193M for rural health. What comes next?
With hundreds of millions of federal dollars flowing into the commonwealth’s coffers for rural health, a coalition of stakeholders considered the potential funding opportunities Wednesday for nearly three hours in Harrisburg. “Being from the rural, rural part of Pennsylvania, (healthcare is) something I hear about virtually every day,” said Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming), who chairs
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- Citing ‘unsustainable stress’ from price volatility, grid operator PJM lays out reform options
This article was originally published by the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. The nation’s largest electricity grid operator has called on power plant operators, investors, utilities and consumers to consider reforms to ensure the region’s wholesale electricity market can supply enough power as it […]
- U.S. Supreme Court restricts Voting Right Act, but effect on Pennsylvania likely limited
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in a Louisiana voting rights case will make it harder to challenge political maps as being racially discriminatory, but the […]
- At 250, the Declaration of Independence Still Sparks Hard Questions in Class
This article first appeared at The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education, which co-published the article with The 19th, a nonprofit newsroom reporting on gender, politics, policy and power. Among longtime history teacher Karalee Wong Nakatsuka’s most prized possessions are two nearly […]
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- America’s first Mother’s Day happened right here in Philly, but its founder wasn’t a fan of the day’s commercialization
Love Philly? So do we. Let’s be friends. Sign up for the Billy Penn newsletter today. Anna Jarvis didn’t expect her celebration of mothers to blow up the way it The post America’s first Mother’s Day happened right here in Philly, but its founder wasn’t a fan of the day’s commercialization appeared first on Billy Penn at WHYY.
- Hotel tax opposition; Market East pop-ups; Boozy ice cream | Morning Roundup
#BILLYPENNGRAM OF THE DAY Meditative Furness(Photo by @karenbenson.eyeful) Tourism leaders push City Council to oppose Parker’s hotel tax “If the proposed tax increase is passed and enacted this year, we will The post Hotel tax opposition; Market East pop-ups; Boozy ice cream | Morning Roundup appeared first on Billy Penn at WHYY.
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- SEPTA gives families and groups easier fare payment options by expanding multitap
The goal is to give families and groups the ability to swipe in up to five people per fare instrument at a time.
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- Deepfakes laws not moving at the speed of AI
In 2024 and 2025, Pennsylvania joined more than 40 other states in legislating against non-consensual deepfakes, by passing laws prohibiting the use of AI to create materials that depict minors in sexually abusive acts and the dissemination of deepfakes with malicious intentions. The post Deepfakes laws not moving at the speed of AI appeared first on Pittsburgh's Public Source. PublicSource is a nonprofit news organization serving the Pittsburgh region. Visit www.publicsource.org to read more.
- Pittsburgh residents call for action on rising costs
Grappling with unstable housing, increasing utility bills and inflation at the pump and grocery store, residents call on representatives for more affordability. The post Pittsburgh residents call for action on rising costs appeared first on Pittsburgh's Public Source. PublicSource is a nonprofit news organization serving the Pittsburgh region. Visit www.publicsource.org to read more.