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Workers in Penn State Health operating rooms raised alarms

Penn State Health struggled to maintain a usable supply of sterile instruments for the thousands of surgeries it performed at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center throughout 2025 and into this year, a Spotlight PA investigation found. Unsterile instruments increase a patient’s risk of infection and death. Internal documents obtained by the newsroom found Penn State Health’s sterilization issues led to harrowing situations. Persistent, mysterious black specks dotting trays of surgical instruments. A lengthy, sometimes dayslong backlog for cleaning and sterilizing medical ...

Lawmakers left in the dark about alleged threats

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania State Police will adopt a new process for alerting lawmakers “directly of any threats of violence against them,” after at least twenty legislative Democrats were allegedly threatened on social media, Gov. Josh Shapiro said in a statement Wednesday evening. Shapiro shared no details about that process. He and law enforcement agencies contacted Wednesday did not explain an apparent breakdown of communications with the legislators allegedly targeted. It is clear that “a better process is necessary to notify elected officials directly when these threats ...

How to spot and report voter intimidation in PA

HARRISBURG — On May 19, voters across Pennsylvania will head to the polls to cast their ballots in the primary election. Every voter in every election is entitled to vote without intimidation, interference, or discrimination. Voter intimidation is illegal under federal and state law — and according to the Pennsylvania Department of State, it’s also rare. However, several incidents of suspected intimidation in recent years have brought more attention to the issue and prompted action by the state. During the 2020 election, Pennsylvania officials raised concerns several times that ...

PennDOT truck speed display board placed in Rush Township

CLEARFIELD — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation placed a radar-controlled speed display board this week on Route 322 in Rush Township, Centre County. It is intended to remind drivers of commercial vehicles to obey the posted truck speed limit on a section of roadway with a significant downward grade. The board faces eastbound traffic on Route 322 at the top of Port Matilda Mountain, between Hanah Furnace Road and Sandy Ridge Trail, in an area zoned 30 miles per hour for commercial vehicles. The board utilizes radar to determine the speeds of oncoming traffic and posts them ...

Pa Court ruling on cast vote records creates uncertainty

In a rare unanimous decision last month, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that the public should have access to super-granular election results data, making it easier for researchers to analyze electoral patterns and for those concerned about voter fraud to inspect the results. But it’s unclear how many counties will be able to release the data due to unanswered technological questions and concern about keeping ballots secret in some jurisdictions. The data, known as a cast vote record or CVR, is essentially a log of each ballot cast in an election and what candidates it voted ...

More than 200 children rescued, 350 child sex offenders arrested in one month

By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor (The Center Square) – More than 200 children were rescued and more than 350 child sex offenders arrested in one month in the latest Department of Justice targeted enforcement operation to find child sex abuse victims and arrest child sex predators. The operations are nationwide and involve staff from all 56 FBI field offices and U.S. Attorney’s offices. In Operation Iron Pursuit, which occurred during the month of April, key enforcement actions were led by the Buffalo FBI Field Office and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the ...