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Nearly half of Pennsylvania’s ‘fast track’ data center municipalities signed NDA’s

(The Center Square) - In nearly half of municipalities hosting the state's most prominent data center projects, local public officials or staff signed non-disclosure agreements with companies, a dynamic that is fueling concerns that the public's access to information is being compromised. Public records requests submitted by The Center Square to municipalities hosting nine data center proposals that were in Gov. Josh Shapiro's "fast track" state permitting program in early June revealed that four had signed "NDA's." Officials in a fifth fast-track municipality - Kline Township in ...

University of Michigan political scientist’s model built to detect voter fraud

In April 2025, the Election Truth Alliance was a three-month-old Nevada nonprofit with a growing audience in anti-Trump online spaces and a claim that something about the 2024 presidential election did not add up. The group had released an analysis of the results in Pennsylvania and sent letters to officials there and in Wisconsin asking them to hand-check the results of multiple elections. Now, it wanted to work with Walter Mebane Jr., a tenured University of Michigan political scientist and one of the few academics who had spent decades trying to detect the statistical fingerprints of ...

9/11 victims urged to sign up for compensation fund

(The Center Square) — A federal official in charge of a fund for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks urges first responders and others who may have suffered illnesses from New York City's Ground Zero to sign up for compensation. In remarks in New York City, Special Master Allison Turkel said on Wednesday that people who were sickened or died in the aftermath of the terror attacks and their relatives continue to come forward to claim compensation, but said her office is ramping up public outreach to make others aware of the fund. More than 6,000 people have now died from ...

Details still sparse about second measles-associated death in Pa.

(The Center Square) – Details remain sparse about the second measles-associated death reported in Lancaster County, including whether it’s the same case identified by the Department of Health on Aug. 25. In multiple media reports, Lancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamantoni said the investigation into the death remains ongoing. The Center Square has been unable to reach Diamantoni to independently confirm the information. Josh Parsons, a Lancaster County commissioner, told The Center Square he’s still waiting for more transparency from the state about the cases. “And the ...

Pennsylvania police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania police officer was charged Tuesday with voluntary manslaughter for last week's fatal shooting of a college student who was looking for his friends late at night and went to the wrong house. Police body camera video reviewed by investigators shows the officer yelled "Drop to the ground," then "Stop or I'll... ." Before he finished the sentence, he fired two shots at the man who was unarmed and had his hands in the air. He hit 22-year-old Glenwood Earl Pysher IV twice in the chest, killing him. The officer, Upper Pottsgrove Police Cpl. Sean ...

An issue where Shapiro and Garrity agree: Ban Flock cameras

(The Center Square) – At least one issue unites both candidates for governor: regulating Flock cameras and other automated license plate reading systems, or ALPRs. “Flock cameras are an intrusive invasion of privacy and they should be banned,” said State Treasurer Stacy Garrity in a statement on Tuesday. The GOP gubernatorial candidate’s announcement, first reported by the Washington Examiner on Monday, comes a few days after Gov. Josh Shapiro made his position on the technology clear. “I would welcome bipartisan legislation to ban these across the state,” Shapiro said ...