During budget negotiations, Shapiro and state lawmakers agreed to earmark $10 million for farmers affected by the freeze.

Gov. Josh Shapiro's new requirements for data centers don't hit the mark for those critical of industry development.

With advancements in artificial intelligence, data centers have grown into a new breed: Hyperscale data centers house thousands of computers requiring as much electricity as a small city, cooling systems that can consume hundreds of thousands of gallons of water daily and back up generators sometimes numbering in the hundreds to ensure that they can remain constantly online.

  The vast majority of state budgets have been late during the past two decades in Pennsylvania – but in non-election years, negotiations drag on three times as long, according to an analysis by the Capital-Star.  This year, for example, with an election coming up for half the state Senate, the entire state House and […]

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has abandoned its fight to connect to local water and sewage systems serving two warehouses in Pennsylvania – another step back from the agency’s controversial plans to convert them to detention and processing facilities.   Already, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and ICE’s backtracking on conversions planned for 11 sites across […]

Pennsylvania’s new budget includes $16.2 million to train new state troopers and grow the ranks of the state police.