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If Republicans Don’t Get The Economy Right, All Their Other Wins Will Be In Vain
The Federalist
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September 5, 2025
I don’t agree with James Carville on much politically. And judging from his recent track record, his skill for electoral prognostication leaves much to be desired. But when it comes to the current political environment, a few words of his from...
Penn Class of 2029 admissions report shows rise in first years from underrepresented groups
The Daily Pennsylvanian
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The Daily Pennsylvanian is a student-run nonprofit. Please support us by disabling your ad blocker on our site. The Undergraduate Admissions Visitors Center is in Claudia Cohen Hall. Credit: Chenyao Liu Penn released demographic data for the Class...
Couple buys world’s oldest drive-in
Altoona Mirror - Pennsylvania
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A couple watches the movie “Jaws” at Shankweiler’s Drive-In Theatre in Orefield on Friday. The Associated Press OREFIELD — In a romance and adventure worthy of the big screen, a Pennsylvania couple is preserving the past and forging a future as...
Pennsylvania lawmakers grapple with how to handle demand for data centers
WHYY FM - Pennsylvania
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September 4, 2025
Not only do data centers consume a significant amount of energy, they also require substantial water consumption to cool servers that are at risk of overheating. Larger data centers can consume up to 5 million gallons of drinking water per day...
Pennsylvania Townships Move Fast With Data Center Guardrails
Government Technology
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September 3, 2025
(TNS) — Local municipalities are moving quickly to put up regulatory guardrails in response to the emerging trend of data centers. In late August, the West Pennsboro Township Board of Supervisors approved a major rewrite of the local zoning...
AARP Pennsylvania Warns Consumers About Growing Cryptocurrency Scams
Gant News - Pennsylvania
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September 5, 2025
HARRISBURG. – As cryptocurrency grows in popularity, AARP Pennsylvania is urging Pennsylvanians to remain vigilant against scams that use the promise of quick profits—or the illusion of romance—to defraud consumers, often through anonymous crypto...
GOP narrows Democrats’ lead among Pennsylvania voters
Altoona Mirror - Pennsylvania
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Democrats in Pennsylvania once outnumbered Republicans by more than 1 million registered voters. According to the latest voter registration data, that advantage today is less than 175,000. And when only active voters are counted, the Democrats’...
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University of Pennsylvania Launches New Statewide Engagement Initiative
Newswise
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September 5, 2025
Newswise — PHILADELPHIA (September 4, 2025) – The Penn Commonwealth-Engaged Scholars (PCES) Program is a new initiative aimed at deepening the university's connection with communities across Pennsylvania. Funding for PCES comes from the...
Texas-based DNA lab helps identify Pennsylvania homicide victim found in Maryland in 1971
WNEP - Pennsylvania
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The woman was found lying in a field in Howard County, MD in July 1971. She's been identified as Sarah Sharkey, a.k.a. Sadie Bell Murray. WOODLAND, Texas — A Texas-based DNA lab and forensic genetic genealogy company announced Thursday it teamed...
A Great Big World headlines concert to benefit State College Food Bank
Altoona Mirror - Pennsylvania
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STATE COLLEGE — The State College Food Bank will host A Great Big Fight to End Hunger, a special benefit concert featuring Grammy Award-winning band A Great Big World. Presented by Valhalla Business Advisors, the event will be held at 7:30 p.m....
New York company recalls frozen vegetables distributed to 6 states
Food Safety News
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September 5, 2025
Endico Potatoes of Mount Vernon, NY, is recalling Endico brand peas and carrots and mixed vegetables because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall is the result of sampling done by Pennsylvania...
Regulars mourn as Woodward West announces Sept. 29 closure
Tehachapi News - California
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It's a sad time for local action sports enthusiasts, as Woodward West in Stallion Springs is set to close after more than two decades of operation. The massive action sports facility is part of Woodward, one of the largest action sports companies...
Business brief
The Lewistown Sentinel - Pennsylvania
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Funding available for arts organizations in the region LEWISTOWN — Through a partnership with Pennsylvania Creative Industries, Community Partnerships RC&D announces the opening of the Creative Sector Flex Fund application on Sept. 1. The...
THE ECONOMIST: America revives nuclear power as Silicon Valley backs booming clean energy
The West Australian
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September 5, 2025
“Make America nuclear again.” That is the aim of Rick Perry, a former governor of Texas who served as energy secretary in Donald Trump’s first term as president. On July 4, to back up the sloganeering, he launched Fermi America, a firm hoping to...
Pennsylvania Steel Fabricator Adding New Facility
Industrial Distribution - Wisconsin
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September 3, 2025
Steel fabricator Phoenix Tube Company is nearing the completion of a 75,000-square-foot expansion at its Pennsylvania headquarters, the project’s developer said last week. J.G. Petrucci Company said that the newly constructed building, located...
NEVER FORGET: North Shore communities to commemorate 9/11
TBR Newsmedia
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September 7, 2025
By Heidi Sutton Twenty-four years ago, the United States changed forever when hijacked jetliners crashed into the Twin Towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a field outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania. At Ground Zero in New...
Here’s What Boosted Talen Energy Corporation’s (TLN) Performance in Q2
Yahoo Finance
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Loomis Sayles, an investment management company, released its “Small Cap Value Fund” second-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. US equities significantly rallied in the second quarter amid tariff and trade...
Elections 2025: Mamdani Visits Bronx on Five-Borough Tour, Discusses Small Business Policy
Norwood News - New York
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September 4, 2025
By SÍLE MOLONEY DEMOCRATIC MAYORAL NOMINEE Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (A.D. 36) holds a press conference on Aug. 14, 2025 inside Nohble clothing store on Jerome Avenue in the Fordham section of The Bronx to discuss how he plans to support small...
County plan aims to improve safety, economic opportunity
The Lewistown Sentinel - Pennsylvania
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LEWISTOWN — Mifflin County is moving forward with an alternative transportation plan which would make way for a transportation project that allows residents more opportunity to safely walk and bicycle. Mifflin County Planning Commission Director...
The year’s buzziest deals are corporate breakups
Mint
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September 4, 2025
Some of the biggest deals this year involve dismantling megamergers from years past. In June, Warner Bros. Discovery bowed to growing investor discontent and said it would split in two, unwinding the $43 billion deal that brought AT&T’s...