The Morning AgendaThe 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 and York.
Gov. Josh Shapiro announced two Western Pennsylvania coal plants will push back their retirement date by at least four more years.
Pennsylvania received $193 million this year from the Rural Health Transformation Program. But the state’s rural health leaders worry that the money isn’t enough. They say that health systems already face financial gaps with more to come from expected changes to Medicaid.
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