How the fight over US datacenters is scrambling this state’s politics: ‘We don’t want it’ Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s governor, squares off with state lawmakers over the facilities powering an AI boom The Guardian - US · Jun 16
Building trades unions emerge as a key ally of tech giants in push for AI data centers Building trades unions have long been considered a voice of the American worker The Independent UK · May 2
States and Congress wrestle with cybersecurity at water utilities amid renewed federal warnings The hacking of a municipal water authority in a small Pennsylvania town is prompting new warnings from U.S. security officials as states and the federal government are wrestling with how to harden water utilities against hackers The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2024
Pa. lawmakers subpoena Norfolk Southern in its Ohio derailment probe HARRISBURG, Pa. — A state Senate committee voted Wednesday to subpoena Norfolk Southern’s chief executive to appear before the panel, after a bipartisan outpouring of frustration over a lack of information and testing data following last month’s catastrophic train derailment across the border in East Palestine, Ohio. Tribune News Service · Mar 1, 2023
Pa. Senate committee subpoenaes Norfolk Southern in its East Palestine derailment probe HARRISBURG, Pa. — A state Senate committee voted Wednesday to subpoena Norfolk Southern’s chief executive to appear before the panel, after a bipartisan outpouring of frustration over a lack of information and testing data following last month’s catastrophic train derailment across the Pennsylvania border in East Palestine, Ohio. Tribune News Service · Mar 1, 2023
‘The whole sky was black’: Pa. residents describe the horror of the East Palestine derailment Residents who live near the Pennsylvania-Ohio border close to this month’s catastrophic train derailment told lawmakers horror stories Thursday of skin rashes, headaches, sick animals and an overwhelming sense of helplessness. Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2023
Will inflation push Pa. legislature to give cost-of-living raises to state and school retirees? With inflation topping 8% this year for the first time since 1981, Pennsylvania officials are mulling what to do about state and public school retirees' demands for the first pension cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) since 2004. The Philadelphia Inquirer · Sep 20, 2022
PSERS' legal bills jump as FBI and SEC continue probes of Pa.'s largest pension fund Investigations into PSERS have cost the teachers’ pension plan $4.5 million in legal and adviser bills since March 2021, state records show. The Philadelphia Inquirer · Apr 8, 2022