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Pennsylvania 'advanced age' population balloons as number of kids shrinks

(The Center Square) - When a new Legislature gets to work in Harrisburg next year it will grapple with a state financial picture in which where the ink is mostly red - but the bigger picture is that Pennsylvania continues…

Worker terminations and VFW struggles follow Harrisburg skill games fiasco

(The Center Square) - Veterans of Foreign Wars official John Getz Jr. warned posts around Pennsylvania for years that so-called "skill games" were not a reliable long-term revenue source, and now that they are illegal he said it's possible some…

New state data center map has critics as state ranks 4th in nation in facilities

(The Center Square) - Pennsylvania government has joined the challenging game of trying to display online the scope of what is one of the nation's biggest data center booms, and some observers aren't thrilled.

New parental leave policy in Allegheny County sets up statewide battle

(The Center Square) - A battleground issue for Pennsylvania's 2027-28 legislative session was staked out in Allegheny County Thursday as County Executive Sara Innamorato signed what was billed as the nation's first county-level mandate that employers provide leave for new…

Pollster says environment 'toxic' for Republicans ahead of legislative elections

(The Center Square) - Republicans who want to keep at least one leg of Harrisburg's three-legged governance stool have a "block out the noise" attitude in an election campaign where some think Democrats could grab all three: the Senate, House,…

Lawmakers approve school cell phone ban but punt on skill games, data centers

(The Center Square) - In what effectively were the waning moments of the 2025-26 legislative session, lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to a policy they had sought for years - a ban of most student cell phones in schools…

Claim that data centers could be a 'utility like electricity' prompts pushback

(The Center Square) - The prospect of a data center company being able to take land by eminent domain stirred near-unanimous support for a House bill that would prevent that scenario - and its sponsor on Tuesday said he was…

House pushes aside objections and passes bill on license plate readers

(The Center Square) - The state House on Monday gave overwhelming bipartisan approval to a bill to establish Pennsylvania's first rules on the automated license plate readers that have stirred controversy nationwide.

Skill games become illegal and small business workers lose their jobs: 'It's awful'

(The Center Square) - The last day of legality arrived Tuesday for an estimated 70,000 so-called "skill games" that were pulling in money at clubs and small businesses across Pennsylvania - and with it came the end of a job…
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