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State invests funds to support Pennsylvania’s urban farmers

WILLKINSBURG, Pa. — Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and Lt. Governor Austin Davis recently announced 21 Urban Agriculture Infrastructure Grants totaling $499,480 for projects addressing long-standing challenges urban farmers face in growing local, farm-fresh produce in cities across ...

Pa. sues AI company over medical chatbots

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania has sued an artificial intelligence chatbot maker, saying its chatbots illegally hold themselves out as doctors and are deceiving the system’s users into thinking they are getting medical advice from a licensed professional. The lawsuit, filed Friday, asks ...

More Pennsylvania voters are registering as independents

HARRISBURG — In February, Lehigh County Commissioner Ron Beitler made a decision that he described as a “political suicide” — he left the GOP and chose not to affiliate with any political party. There was no single inciting incident. Beitler has always considered himself to be ...

PA Preferred Grants invest $500,000 for farms in PA

MECHANICSBURG — Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding recently visited Oak Grove Farms, a PA Preferred® farm market in Cumberland County, to announce the new PA Preferred Marketing Grants program. Offered through the PA Department of Agriculture, the grant program totals $500,000 and will ...

Inflation squeezes household spending

By Orphe Divounguy | The Center Square contributor (The Center Square) – The Fed held rates where they were – 3.5% to 3.75% – and nobody was surprised. What actually mattered was the friction inside the room. Three FOMC members dissented, and not over some technical disagreement. They ...

Four charged in Lemoyne spa trafficking probe

From staff reports LEMOYNE — A yearlong investigation into suspected human trafficking at two Lemoyne spas has resulted in charges against four individuals, with authorities saying the operation has ties to trafficking networks in New York and California. The investigation, led by the ...