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Pa.’s federal rural health funding doesn’t compare to projected Medicaid loss

Over the next five years, nearly $1 billion could be heading to Pennsylvania’s coffers earmarked for rural health investments. The federal dollars are designed to create an opportunity to invest in innovative ideas that typically don’t get dedicated funding. The…

Gov. Shapiro introduces Pa. housing plan to jumpstart construction, rehabilitation

Citing increasing housing costs and sluggish homebuilding, Gov. Josh Shapiro pitched a 10-year roadmap Thursday to make the commonwealth “a national leader in access to safe and affordable housing.” “This is a long-term plan to cut costs, to build more…

Pharmacists take on new duties to fill provider gaps in Pennsylvania

A soon-to-be mother in Greene County was eight months pregnant and told her pharmacist, Heather Eddy, that she was planning to breastfeed, using formula as a backup. But, as Eddy recalls, she worried whether she could afford it. Eddy, who…

‘Code Blue’: homeless shelters brace for massive winter storm and frigid cold 

One of the biggest winter storms in at least a decade is expected to hit Pennsylvania Saturday night. Snow is projected to fall across the state with the National Weather Service forecasting anywhere between six inches to 18 inches, depending…

ICE pushback in a key Pa. congressional district after unpaid rent allegation

A sitting county controller and U.S. House candidate maintains that a federal agency hasn’t paid its rent to Lehigh County since 2022, despite occupying office space owned by the government body. Mark Pinsley, the Lehigh County controller, announced Tuesday that…
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