Heat waves like the one we’re in right now mean people will use more electricity for things like air conditioning. PJM, the electrical grid operator for the northeast region including Pennsylvania, is handling demand so far with the temperatures in the 90s day after day.

With just more than one week until the budget deadline, the state Senate Majority Leader is addressing concerns about negotiations around the annual spending plan.

Aerospace manufacturer Boeing is downsizing its workforce in Pennsylvania. 

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid has undergone a recent overhaul to make things easier. But its rollout has caused stumbling blocks for both high school students and colleges. Penn State trustees are hearing about the impact.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has filed paperwork to get on the ballot for the November election in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania’s highest court will decide whether the cash-paying electronic game terminals that are commonplace in convenience stores, bars and elsewhere are unlicensed gambling machines.

Hershey's Joe Snively broke a third-period tie on a power-play scramble as the defending AHL champion Hershey Bears held off the Coachella Valley Firebirds 3-2 in Game 4 of the Calder Cup Final. The series is tied at two games apiece.

Heat waves like the one we’re in right now mean people will use more electricity for things like air conditioning. PJM, the electrical grid operator for the northeast region including Pennsylvania, is handling demand so far with the temperatures in the 90s day after day.
With just more than one week until the budget deadline, the state Senate Majority Leader is addressing concerns about negotiations around the annual spending plan.
Aerospace manufacturer Boeing is downsizing its workforce in Pennsylvania. 
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid has undergone a recent overhaul to make things easier. But its rollout has caused stumbling blocks for both high school students and colleges. Penn State trustees are hearing about the impact.
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has filed paperwork to get on the ballot for the November election in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania’s highest court will decide whether the cash-paying electronic game terminals that are commonplace in convenience stores, bars and elsewhere are unlicensed gambling machines.
Hershey's Joe Snively broke a third-period tie on a power-play scramble as the defending AHL champion Hershey Bears held off the Coachella Valley Firebirds 3-2 in Game 4 of the Calder Cup Final. The series is tied at two games apiece.

Sometimes, your mornings are just too busy to catch the news beyond a headline or two. Don’t worry. The Morning Agenda has got your six. Each weekday morning, host Tim Lambert will keep you informed, amused, enlightened and up-to-date on what’s happening in central Pennsylvania and the rest of this great commonwealth.

Sometimes, your mornings are just too busy to catch the news beyond a headline or two. Don’t worry. The Morning Agenda has got your six. Each weekday morning, host Tim Lambert will keep you informed, amused, enlightened and up-to-date on what’s happening in central Pennsylvania and the rest of this great commonwealth.

The Morning Agenda

Sometimes, your mornings are just too busy to catch the news beyond a headline or two. Don’t worry. The Morning Agenda has got your six. Each weekday morning, host Tim Lambert will keep you informed, amused, enlightened and up-to-date on what’s happening in central Pennsylvania and the rest of this great commonwealth. The Morning Agenda — where our only agenda is you.

Sometimes, your mornings are just too busy to catch the news beyond a headline or two. Don’t worry. The Morning Agenda has got your six. Each weekday morning, host Tim Lambert will keep you informed, amused, enlightened and up-to-date on what’s happening in central Pennsylvania and the rest of this great commonwealth. The Morning Agenda — where our only agenda is you.

Heat wave puts strain on electrical grid; Will lawmakers get the Pa. budget done on time?

Citing security concerns, Luzerne County is not allowing ballot drop boxes for the November election. 

Counties are testing their voting machines in preparation for Election Day. The tests - combined with post-election audits - make sure the machines count votes correctly. 

Pennsylvania gas drillers slowed production earlier this year.

Philadelphia's district attorney is celebrating a legal victory over GOP state lawmakers who impeached him in 2022.

A Lancaster County Bible study leader is accused of molesting a girl dozens of times over several months.

A man who assaulted a West York Councilman at a York rally for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has been taken into custody. But, police say they don't believe the attack was politically motivated

Citing security concerns, Luzerne County is not allowing ballot drop boxes for the November election. 
Counties are testing their voting machines in preparation for Election Day. The tests - combined with post-election audits - make sure the machines count votes correctly. 
Pennsylvania gas drillers slowed production earlier this year.
Philadelphia's district attorney is celebrating a legal victory over GOP state lawmakers who impeached him in 2022.
A Lancaster County Bible study leader is accused of molesting a girl dozens of times over several months.
A man who assaulted a West York Councilman at a York rally for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has been taken into custody. But, police say they don't believe the attack was politically motivated

Pa. county won't allow ballot drop boxes; How do counties test voting machines?

Voting rights advocates are asking Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court to stop counties from throwing out what could be thousands of mail-in ballots in November’s election in the presidential battleground state. 

Some energy experts are hailing the planned restart of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant as good for the climate. Nuclear facilities don’t emit the planet-warming pollution that fossil fuel plants do. 

In a change of course, the  Cumberland Valley School District will participate in a state-funded program to give student teachers thousands of extra dollars. Scores of other schools still have not sent in their participation agreements.

A federal judge has approved a $600 million settlement between Norfolk Southern and people who live near East Palestine, Ohio, where a train derailed last year, contaminating the community. 

 An arbitration board is allowing U.S. Steel to proceed with its proposed acquisition by Nippon Steel.  

Investigators in Philadelphia are exhuming eight bodies buried in a potter's field this week in the hope that advances in DNA-based testing can help them identify the long-ago victims.

A Montgomery County bakery’s cookie “poll” that started during the 2008 presidential campaign as a joke between the owners and their customers has grown into much more. 

Voting rights advocates are asking Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court to stop counties from throwing out what could be thousands of mail-in ballots in November’s election in the presidential battleground state. 
Some energy experts are hailing the planned restart of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant as good for the climate. Nuclear facilities don’t emit the planet-warming pollution that fossil fuel plants do. 
In a change of course, the  Cumberland Valley School District will participate in a state-funded program to give student teachers thousands of extra dollars. Scores of other schools still have not sent in their participation agreements.
A federal judge has approved a $600 million settlement between Norfolk Southern and people who live near East Palestine, Ohio, where a train derailed last year, contaminating the community. 
 An arbitration board is allowing U.S. Steel to proceed with its proposed acquisition by Nippon Steel.  
Investigators in Philadelphia are exhuming eight bodies buried in a potter's field this week in the hope that advances in DNA-based testing can help them identify the long-ago victims.
A Montgomery County bakery’s cookie “poll” that started during the 2008 presidential campaign as a joke between the owners and their customers has grown into much more.

Call for Pa. Supreme Court to address issues over dating mail-in ballots;  Mixed reactions to plans to reopen Three Mile Island

A panel of judges is requiring a Western Pennsylvania county to give voters a chance to fix problems with mail-in ballots and allow them to vote by provisional ballot if needed. 

With a little more than a month before the election, Kamala Harris' presidential campaign is working to get Republicans to vote for Democrats in Pennsylvania.

Pittsburgh has effectively banned rodeos for more than 30 years. But a provision inserted in this year's state budget requires municipalities to allow those events. 

A Berks County woman faces a life sentence for hanging her two children in the basement of their home in 2019. 

Lebanon County voters should get their mail-in ballots early next month.

Police are investigating a former Lancaster Country Day student for creating AI-generated nude images of female classmates.

A panel of judges is requiring a Western Pennsylvania county to give voters a chance to fix problems with mail-in ballots and allow them to vote by provisional ballot if needed. 
With a little more than a month before the election, Kamala Harris' presidential campaign is working to get Republicans to vote for Democrats in Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh has effectively banned rodeos for more than 30 years. But a provision inserted in this year's state budget requires municipalities to allow those events. 
A Berks County woman faces a life sentence for hanging her two children in the basement of their home in 2019. 
Lebanon County voters should get their mail-in ballots early next month.
Police are investigating a former Lancaster Country Day student for creating AI-generated nude images of female classmates.

Heat wave puts strain on electrical grid; Will lawmakers get the Pa. budget done on time?

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