The Morning Agenda

 This is the second year Pennsylvania hunters can bag certain game on Sundays, once again with the exception of migratory game birds. The Pennsylvania Game Commission recently approved dates and regulations for the upcoming seasons. The Pennsylvania Game Commission is accepting works for its 2027 Working Together for Wildlife Art Contest.  An environmental group has issued a ‘notice of intent to s...

Researchers have been polling Pennsylvanians for 14 years on their feelings about public health issues facing the commonwealth. This year’s survey from Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion and the Muhlenberg College Public Health program documented a record number of respondents dissatisfied with the overall quality of healthcare in the state. In just a few weeks, Philadelphia will host...

Pennsylvania lawmakers are advancing legislation to end the death penalty. Advocates say the movement comes as public support for the death penalty has declined, with one poll showing it’s dropped from 42 percent to 29 percent during the past decade. The two bills’ prime sponsors offer different rationales for opposing capital punishment. A federal judge is siding with Pennsylvania over an out-of-...

Democrats are trying to find a candidate who can beat incumbent Republican Scott Perry in Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional race The primary race is between centrist Janelle Stelson and progressive Justin Douglas. Some Pennsylvania lawmakers say, as immigrant students’ rights have come under attack, they want to take steps to ensure public schools remain safe and welcoming. New state legislation w...

The Shapiro administration is proposing that Pennsylvania pass new funding to provide meals for Medicaid recipients with diabetes and other diseases. Providing nutritious meals that are tailored to a person’s specific medical needs can improve health care outcomes, research shows. But the meals aren’t typically covered by health insurance. As more Americans live with obesity and diabetes, ultra pr...

The American Lung Association is out with their 2026 State of the Air Report, and more than half of Pennsylvania's counties have some form of air pollution. 37 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties received less-than-perfect grades for either ozone or particle pollution - and that includes 9 counties in our listening area - Adams, Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Northumberland an...

The Pennsylvania Turnpike is preparing to activate a solar microgrid to provide power for a data center at its regional office and State Police barracks in New Stanton. A transit system in Northeast Pennsylvania is investing in a multi-million-dollar expansion project. It’s known as the Pocono Pony. If you have tickets for FIFA World Cup matches this summer, you might be wondering how to travel to...

Advocates for the state’s 47 rape crisis centers say the state must double its funding for their services next year, or some survivors may go without support. State officials are highlighting a grant program to recruit and retain childcare workers across the Commonwealth. The Department of Human Services announces Dauphin County's Follow Me Christian Child Care Center is the recipient of the large...

In six of the last ten years, Pennsylvania lawmakers have missed their June 30 deadline to deliver a state budget. New legislation is aimed at ensuring state funding can still get out, even when lawmakers blow their deadline. Pennsylvania’s decades-old ban on using Medicaid to cover an abortion is on the edge of unraveling. A statewide court ruled Monday that the ban is unconstitutional. Free test...

Pennsylvania is introducing new privacy protections for people with disabilities, including those with autism. Governor Josh Shapiro announced the changes last week in a series of executive orders. The Pennsylvania auditor general says the state’s so-called motor-voter system is working as intended, despite one error caught during a review. A Florida energy company is planning to build a high-volt...

Two Bhutanese refugees living in central Pennsylvania are detained and facing deportation. It’s the latest in a series of cases where the Trump administration is deporting the refugees back to a country that simply kicks them out again. Getting mail-in ballots ready for counting is a time-consuming process that has slowed results on every election night since 2020, when Pennsylvanians first got th...

With a new state law now in effect, vape vendors in Pennsylvania may only purchase products from certified manufacturers.  Geisinger and Risant Health are asking the Pennsylvania Insurance Department to lower the amount of money they have to keep in reserves. That could give the health system access to another 100 million dollars. The state’s largest healthcare workers’ union wants to know what Ge...

The Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s historic 28th Infantry Division has created a new unit to counter modern threats. The change is part of a broader initiative across the U-S Army in response to lessons learned in Ukraine, where drones and other electronic warfare made traditional tactics obsolete. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, slated for closure in May, will instead continue operations under a...

One way Pennsylvania is marking America's 250th anniversary is through a geocaching trail which includes 25 state parks. The GPS-driven scavenger hunt has sites in several state parks located in the midstate. York County Commissioner Julie Wheeler hailed the announcement as a great way to tie recreation together with local history. More news from Pennsylvania’s state park system: Pennsylvania is a...

Governor Josh Shapiro is rallying Democrats ahead of this year’s midterm elections. Shapiro spoke to a nearly packed room of almost 400 people at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center. Several high-profile Democrats also spoke at the weekend event. Conor Lamb, a former U.S. Representative who also ran against Senator John Fetterman, says Democrats have a large window of opportunity this year...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is appealing orders that have basically stalled two detention centers planned in Pennsylvania. Part of the issue is the sites’ water and sewage capacity wouldn’t support the number of people who’d be there, should the facilities come to fruition. The continued detention of an asylum-seeker arrested in Central Pennsylvania highlights many of the Trump admini...

The National Weather Service issued an elevated risk of wildfire spread Thursday. Forecasters say the combination of marginally dry and breezy conditions is creating an elevated risk of wildfire spread across most of central Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania's wildfire season runs from March through May. Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity recently donated nearly $38,000 in unclaimed property to five no...

Five weeks before Pennsylvania’s primary, a self-declared grassroots candidate is trying to upset the Democratic Party’s endorsed choice for Congress. The winner will face Republican Scott Perry in a contest projected to be competitive for a U.S. House seat. The voter registration deadline for the upcoming primary is less than a month away. Dozens of new data centers are planned across Pennsylvani...

More than 120,000 Pennsylvanians have dropped health insurance coverage through the state's marketplace this year. Premium spikes and the loss of federal subsidies are playing a role. It’s well known that smoking can lead to lung cancer. New research now finds a connection between lung cancer and air pollution.   U.S. Steel’s new owner scored near the bottom in a new climate ranking for steel comp...

Pennsylvania Democrats recently got a bill to raise the minimum wage through the state House, though it likely will face resistance in the GOP-controlled Senate. It’s the third time in four years that this chain of events is playing out on this issue. But a public relations firm is now getting involved, opposing the measure on behalf of industries that rely on low-wage workers and their allies.  T...

Pennsylvania firefighters say they’re feeling the pinch as private equity firms buy up truck manufacturers. At one time, fire departments had two dozen independent companies to choose from to acquire and service their apparatus – but options have dwindled as private equity firms consolidate factories and grow profits. A recent study finds that energy generated in Pennsylvania will be used for out-...

A rural Perry County township nestled in the crook of the Susquehanna is joining a national debate over the construction of data centers. Watts Township supervisors moved Wednesday night’s meeting outside as more than 125 people showed up and filled the room past capacity. Last year in Chester County, just east of Lancaster County, 55 people died from accidental overdoses. That's the lowest number...

Top Pennsylvania lawmakers say school districts may need to demonstrate improvements before additional state dollars are guaranteed. This year’s budget proposal includes a third installment of adequacy funds for historically underfunded schools. A bill in the state House of Representative would allow the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association to establish separate playoff systems and ch...

A former U-S Attorney in Pittsburgh will lead a new White House task force to eliminate fraud. Pennsylvania home care workers, who provide daily caregiving to seniors and others, say an additional $800 million dollars is needed to raise reimbursement rates and pay for workers. They want to see some of that money in the next state budget. A York doctor accused of sexually abusing women under his ca...

The April 15th tax filing deadline is about two weeks away, and Governor Josh Shapiro is encouraging Pennsylvanians to take advantage of a new state tax credit. The Working Pennsylvanians Tax Credit was created in the current state budget. The Pennsylvania Fast Track Permit program coordinates multi-agency permitting for large-scale economic development projects – and provides transparency as proj...