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House okays bill to let municipalities call a 6-month data center pause

(The Center Square) – Municipalities would be able to bring about a six-month "pause" in considering data center proposals under a bill that passed the state House with nearly unanimous support on Wednesday.

State lawmakers called 'sellouts' as residents seek data center moratorium

(The Center Square) - A large throng of residents from across the state who are fed up with the data center frenzy filled the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday with cheers and speeches of support for a proposed three-year moratorium on…

Big money, enforced silence play roles in Pennsylvania's data center push

(The Center Square) - Two powerful forces, money and silence, have been stirring hearts and minds as well as controversy in a 240-year-old township near a scenic bend of the Susquehanna River in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Senator says state losing out because of Shapiro-backed price cap

(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward thinks the state is getting the short end of the energy stick because of a "cap" put on a portion of the electricity market, and she assigns some blame…

Court ruling sets up debate on taxing 'skill games'

(The Center Square) – A new Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that essentially found the estimated 70,000 unregulated and untaxed "skill games" in the state to be slot machines – taxable by law at 52% – had the attention of many…

Observers hope election will turn up heat on budget process

(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania counties last year lost millions of dollars and domestic violence programs in the state laid off workers, some of whom never returned to those jobs, as a result of state leaders missing the budget deadline…

Township facing data center proposal shaken by transparency, conflict questions

(The Center Square) - A fight has broken out in northeastern Pennsylvania over the future of lovely, forested Clinton Township - a future that could include 20 data center buildings and two power plants - but some residents are dismayed…

Shapiro, Republican lawmakers pitch separate ideas on data centers

(The Center Square) - Gov. Josh Shapiro and a pair of Republican lawmakers on Wednesday made separate announcements tied to the continuing wave of data center proposals that have stirred controversy and opposition in many parts of the state.

Shapiro seeks $20M more for 'main street' upgrades in Pennsylvania

(The Center Square) - With his annual stretch of intense state budget negotiations with the Legislature just ahead, Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday focused one sliver of his proposed spending plan that delivers grants to let "main street" small businesses…

Environmental advocate loses House seat as focus shifts to November

(The Center Square) - A state House committee chairman with a long record of speaking out on environmental issues, Delaware County Rep. Greg Vitali, was among a handful of incumbent representatives who lost to primary election challengers on Tuesday.

AI bringing 'most consequential moment of change' in history, senator says

(The Center Square) – Artificial intelligence is bringing about "the most consequential moment of change in human history" and Pennsylvania is well positioned to benefit from it, U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick told a lunchtime gathering Monday.
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