Newport News-based Virginia Health Services acquired by New Jersey company

Newport News-based Virginia Health Services, a senior health care staple in southeastern Virginia for the past 62 years, was acquired in September. Virginia Health Services said the new ownership is through VHS Consulting Services, a limited...

Pennsylvania Farms Lose $44.3M per Year to Natural Hazards

High grocery prices have been a defining economic story in recent years, driven by a combination of factors including pandemic-related supply chain breakdowns and labor shortages. However, an increasingly critical driver of food price inflation...

LIHEAP program in Pennsylvania delayed | What to know

The opening of the annual Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program will be delayed in Pennsylvania until December due to the federal government shutdown, according to state officials Wednesday. According to a release, the program will be delayed...

Pa. lawmakers weigh economics, grid failure as regulations considered for data centers

HARRISBURG, Pa. – The potential boom of data centers in Pennsylvania risks further spikes to residential customers’ electric bills, and would likely trigger blackouts across the commonwealth if new power generation isn’t coupled with data center...

Jefferson Health lays off 1% of workforce amid poor financial performance

The layoff announcement comes after the health system posted close to a $200M operating loss. Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health is laying off 1% of its workforce due to struggling financial performance. The job cuts will affect an estimated 600...

Catholic college graduates leading in purpose, belonging, financial stability, report says

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 22, 2025 / 10:07 am Here’s a roundup of the latest Catholic education news in the United States: Catholic college graduates leading in purpose, belonging, financial stability, report says Graduates of Catholic...

Nearly 2M Pennsylvanians at risk of losing SNAP benefits due to government shutdown

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- On November 1, nearly two million people across Pennsylvania could lose access to their lifeline for fresh food. If the government shutdown continues, Pennsylvania will not get federal payments for SNAP benefits. The...

FirstEnergy Announces Third Quarter 2025 Financial Results

Reports GAAP earnings of $0.76 per share for the third quarter, $1.85 per share year to date Delivers Core Earnings (non-GAAP) of $0.83 per share for the third quarter and $2.02 per share year to date; improvements of 9% and 15%, respectively,...

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Propose Titty Tax

Pennsylvania lawmakers are proposing a new 10 percent tax on porn. The tax would apply to "subscriptions to and one-time purchases from online adult content platforms," according to a memo from the bipartisan pair of lawmakers behind the plan. You...

Op-ed: Democrats delay, Pennsylvanians pay the price

Published October 22. 2025 02:45PM Democrats in Pennsylvania control both the House of Representatives and the governor’s office. With that kind of authority comes the responsibility to lead. Yet here we are in October, more than 100 days past the...

Ohio community bank strikes deal to expand in Columbus

What's at stake: Farmers National Banc Corp. in Canfield, Ohio, expects to accelerate its growth in the attractive Columbus marketplace with a $299 million, all-stock acquisition of in-state rival Middlefield Banc Corp. Key insight: It's Farmers'...

Pa. launches tourism campaigns to welcome travelers, grow economy

Pennsylvania is launching tourism campaigns to welcome diverse travelers and grow the state’s tourism economy. The new marketing campaigns highlight Pennsylvania as a destination of choice for Black, Hispanic, and LGBTQ+ tourists. In 2024, the...

Central Pa. manufacturer completes $5.5M expansion needed to keep up with business growth

Just as the weather starts to get a little colder, a Lancaster County boiler manufacturer is expanding its capacity. In February 2024, the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development announced a funding proposal for the U.S....

Why Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court justice retention races are so contentious

Next month's election will give voters a choice they may not know what to do with. The ballot will ask voters whether to retain three Justices on Pennsylvania's Supreme Court: Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty, and David Wecht. 90.5 WESA’s Susan...

Noora Qureshi Announces Verbal Commitment to University of Pennsylvania

Noora Qureshi, a junior field hockey player, verbally committed to the University of Pennsylvania on August 27, 2025. Inspired by her mother's collegiate field hockey career, Qureshi transitioned from soccer to focus solely on field hockey,...

In the rut; fall driving in rural Pennsylvania

Fall in Pennsylvania — the burnt red, orange and yellow foliage transforms the hills and mountains, the smell of newly-chopped wood heralds the cold of winter and deer dodging headlights in the dark as bucks pursue does to… well, it’s the rut....

Shutdown firings could hinder economic development in Trump's tax law

By Bo Erickson and David Hood WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s mass firings of federal workers during the second-longest government shutdown in U.S. history could hamper implementation of two tax incentives made permanent in his...

With the KKK in Mechanicsburg, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission’s work is more vital now than ever | Joyce M. Davis

For the past five years, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) has partnered with PennLive and The Patriot-News to host the Peace & Justice in PA forum to keep our communities informed about the most pressing civil rights issues of...

What to know about the $250 million Trump ballroom, and the Maryland company involved

WASHINGTON — Construction started this week on the $250 million ballroom that President Donald Trump is adding to the White House as construction crews began tearing down the facade of the East Wing, where the new space is being built. The...

Pennsylvania stalls its lofty digital equity goals after federal funding loss

This story was originally published by Technical.ly, a news partner of Public Source. You can sign up for their newsletters at technical.ly/subscribe. After the federal government canceled a major grant program over the summer, Pennsylvania...