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Some retired public servants set for first pension raise since 2002

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(The Center Square) – During a speech to AFSCME Chapter 13 retirees in Harrisburg on Monday, Gov. Josh Shapiro touted the first cost-of-living adjustment, known as COLA for short, in over 20 years for various public servants. “You represent really the best of the best, the people that make our world go round and round,” Shapiro said. “The people that make a difference in our communities: the bus drivers and the building engineers, the municipal workers in our boroughs, our townships, our communities, our cities-and the amazing employees that I get to work with every day, who ...

Violence can follow the 'failure' of African rainmakers

International News

NAMISINDWA, Uganda (AP) — The farmers who paid David Nabutsilili money to summon rain were angry when they received so much of it that their vegetable gardens were left flooded. They chased him up and down the hills, stopping when he fell upon a rock and broke a femur. That was his punishment. Sixteen years later, the rainmaker still feels pain in his leg. Many of those who pursued him regularly seek his spiritual help when they need rain, especially during the planting season, but also when they seek to block it. If he fails to meet their expectations, he must temporarily flee his ...

Artist captures how summer's heat waves hit Paris

International News

PARIS (AP) — As Paris emerges from months of oppressive heat, cooler autumn temperatures are welcomed back like a long-lost friend. But images of France's hottest summer remain etched in memories — and in the artwork of illustrator Marina Antonova. Paris is admired worldwide for ...

Playhouse plans Jukebox Cabaret to help ‘Raise the Roof’

Local News

HUNTINGDON — The Playhouse at McConnellstown is turning to music to help fund major repairs to its more than century-old home. The Huntingdon County theater will host a Jukebox Cabaret from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, at Juniata Brewing Company, 1102 Susquehanna Ave., Huntingdon. Proceeds will benefit the Playhouse’s multi-year “Raise the Roof” campaign. The campaign aims to raise approximately $30,000 over the next several years for major building maintenance, including a full roof replacement, new gutters and downspouts and other facility work by licensed ...

Centre County projects receive more than $1.3M in state funding

Local News

HARRISBURG — Nine projects across Centre County will receive more than $1.3 million in state funding for water infrastructure, road maintenance, public safety, recycling and community facilities, state Rep. Paul Takac, D-Centre, announced Tuesday. The funding was awarded through the Commonwealth Financing Authority’s Statewide Local Share Account program, which uses gaming revenue to support projects serving the public interest across Pennsylvania. Centre County PAWS received the largest award, $300,000, for an expansion and renovation project designed to improve animal care, ...

Ranchers First Initiatives to rebuild the Great American Beef Herd

Agriculture

Ranchers First Initiatives to rebuild the Great American Beef Herd WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced the Ranchers First Initiative, a sweeping package of actions to continue rebuilding the Great American Beef Herd and put America’s ranchers back at the center of our nation’s food supply. Building on USDA’s October 2025 Plan to Fortify the American Beef Industry, the Trump Administration is delivering again. American ranchers embody the independent spirit that drove the founding of America, 250 years ago. For more than two centuries, their ...