Pa. lawmakers show up for data center tour, can’t go inside

Brian Rhone, seated to the left and a codes officer for Salem Township in Luzerne County, testifies before a Pennsylvania legislative agency about the effects of data center projects on the township on Wednesday.

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July 30, 2026

Pa. lawmakers show up for data center tour, can’t go inside

By FORD TURNER The Center Square

State lawmakers who are associated with a taxpayer-funded agency gathering information on the contro...

Eminent domain triggers stress, anxiety in hotbed of data center activity

By FORD TURNER The Center Square

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(The Center Square) — The tiny legs of smiling, blue-eyed Gwen Sharkey propel her baby walker about the kitchen floor as her mother wonders about deva...

Clock ticking on ‘skill games’ deemed illegal by state Supreme Court

By FORD TURNER The Center Square

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HARRISBURG — Lawmakers have less than three months to take some sort of action concerning the estimated 70,000 "skill games" in the state before a sta...

State leaders delay $1.3B in payments to help create balanced budget illusion

By FORD TURNER The Center Square

July 21, 2026

HARRISBURG — The "balance" in Pennsylvania's new state budget for 2026-27 is a bipartisan illusion created by moving numbers around on spreadsheets an...

Pa. lawmakers show up for data center tour, can’t go inside

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