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PBS39/PBS39 will broadcast a special, hourlong community forum tonight on "housing gridlock," in which record-high prices, a 9,000-unit deficit and high interest rates have frozen the market for the workforce and first-time buyers. -
Yuki Iwamura/APThe episode examines how a partial funding standoff in Washington is contributing to delays at airport security checkpoints, with TSA staffing strained as the Department of Homeland Security remains caught in a broader political fight.
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PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center on Tuesday released its new report, “Solar Schools for Pennsylvania: Repowering Education with Clean Energy." -
State Rep. Josh Siegel, D-Lehigh, and Republican Roger MacLean, Allentown's former police chief and city councilman, traded barbs and insults during the taping of the "Business Matters" Lehigh County executive debate.
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Charles Bierbauer earned degrees in journalism and Russian from Penn State University and worked two decades at CNN, starting just a year after the network's inception. He grew up in Allentown.
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Penn State Extension this summer published "The Bees of Pennsylvania: A Guide to the Genera,” outlining the commonwealth’s more than 440 species of bees, organized by genus.
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Allentown City Council last month gave Mayor Matt Tuerk 30 days to acquire a property for safe camping or temporary shelter for residents of an encampment due to close Sept. 29. Tuerk says he won't meet that deadline.
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Senate Bill 980, introduced Wednesday, would phase out the manufacture, sale and use of firefighting foams containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, beginning in 2026.
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For more than three decades, Hunters Sharing the Harvest has facilitated a venison donation program throughout Pennsylvania, creating a network of deer processors and hunger relief agencies. Find out how much was donated and where last season.
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The National Weather Service said Friday that much of the Lehigh Valley and surrounding area has experienced its coldest August in about 10 years.
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The 2025 autumn migration count has begun at Hawk Mountain. It's the longest running raptor migration count in the world.
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Watershed Coalition of the Lehigh Valley wins regional award for protecting water, natural resourcesThe Watershed Coalition of the Lehigh Valley was one of the half-dozen winners of this year’s Environmental Partnership Awards.
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Improvements have been made, but the rate still lags behind other developed nations.
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More than 5,000 Pennsylvanians died from overdoses last year.
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The Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program is funded by coronavirus relief money.
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Hospitals in Scranton and York will receive more acute-care capacity and EMS support.
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The move is in response to a request by the Wolf administration for federal assistance.
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Opponents say a new Lehigh Valley Senate seat splinters rapidly-growing Latino communities.
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The program is back for the start of 2022 after being canceled last year due to the pandemic.
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Leigh Chapman will be the Department of State's fifth leader in seven years.
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The third-largest school district in Pa. is launching its first esports team.
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Commonwealth Court is expected to rule soon on a case that could lead to an election probe.
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The American Civil Liberties Union was among the chief opponents of approval.
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After all but vanishing by the 1960s, the species is now self-sustaining in Pennsylvania.
