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Big business: ICE and the private prison industry
Straight Arrow News
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July 29, 2025
It was Super Bowl Sunday in 1984 when a roadside motel in Houston closed its doors to 87 immigrants who lacked documentation. Three businessmen chose to transform The Olympic Motel into a makeshift detention center and cashed their first check...
It’s not too soon to start thinking about holiday events. Really.
The Citizens' Voice - Pennsylvania
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August 3, 2025
At Roba Family Farms, reservations are open for campfire sites. The Ballet Theatre of Scranton is designing new “Nutcracker” scenery. Like it or not, the holidays — and related events — are coming. Some events happen earlier than you might expect...
Nebraska U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith proposes bigger tax breaks for mining rare earth elements
Nebraska Examiner
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July 29, 2025
LINCOLN – Nebraska Republican U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith is proposing additional tax relief aimed at increasing American production of minerals used in electronics, including microchips. The legislation aims to increase the “depletion allowance” for...
Can small modular reactors finally spark a new phase of nuclear construction?
Construction Briefing
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July 29, 2025
Long anticipated, very few projects have made it past grade statements of ambition or vague agreements. While nuclear developers have promoted SMRs’ potential to cut emissions, reduce costs, and enhance energy security, the reality has been a...
AP Strange SummaryBrief at 5:55 p.m. EDT
The Porterville Recorder - California
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New Zealand woman arrested after 2-year-old girl found alive in suitcase stowed in bus luggage WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand woman faces a child neglect charge after a bus driver found a 2-year-old girl in a suitcase. Authorities...
America’s First Fair: A historic tradition meets tomorrow’s Army careers at Pennsylvania’s York State Fair
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 29, 2025
York, Pa — For over 260 years, America’s first fair has been a cornerstone of heritage, community, and tradition. Since its founding in 1765, eleven years before the Declaration of Independence, the York State Fair has grown from a two-day...
‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ cast shade over Pennsylvania’s solar boom
WESA - Pennsylvania
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July 29, 2025
The solar industry in the U.S. and in Pennsylvania was shining bright, with rapid growth and new domestic manufacturing to meet the industry’s needs. That abruptly changed in early July, when the Republican-controlled Congress passed President...
Where could drivers find the cheapest gas in cities within Bucks County in week ending July 26?
Lower Bucks Today - Pennsylvania
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August 3, 2025
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.gov There was a single gas station in cities across Bucks County selling...
Do You Believe in the Growth Prospects of Armstrong World Industries (AWI)?
Yahoo Finance
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The London Company, an investment management company, released “The London Company SMID Cap Strategy” second quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Following a downturn in Q1, U.S. stocks experienced a...
Yaw earns perfect pro-business score from Pennsylvania Chamber
Lycoming News - Pennsylvania
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July 28, 2025
Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) has received a perfect legislative voting score of 100% from the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry for the 2024-25 session, recognizing his consistent support for policies aimed at job creation and economic growth....
Pa. wine producers hope unique session with legislators will put the ag back in the industry
Penn Live - Pennsylvania
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July 29, 2025
There are more than 570 owners of Pennsylvania limited winery licenses. At last count, around 85 of them are located outside the state, with some in far-flung locations such as Italy, Australia, Peru, France and Argentina. Because they don’t make...
As AI data center increase, so do consumer energy costs
St. Cloud Times - Minnesota
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Increased power demands from data centers are significantly impacting electricity costs for consumers. Data centers' rapid growth and high energy consumption are unprecedented, raising concerns about the traditional shared cost model for...
WellSpan celebrates construction milestone for three new Pennsylvania hospitals
York County News - Pennsylvania
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July 29, 2025
The construction of three WellSpan hospitals in central Pennsylvania has reached a significant milestone. The final beams are being installed as the projects enter their final stages. Officials from WellSpan, contractors, and first responder teams...
Step Inside Pennsylvania’s Most Famous Interactive Museum for a Family-Friendly Adventure on a Hot Day
Only In Your State
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Summer can be scorching, and you never know when the next heat wave might be coming—it could even intrude on your next trip to Philadelphia! The City of Brotherly Love is an amazing place, one of my favorite cities to visit, thanks to its rich...
Vance touts Trump’s budget bill at manufacturing plant in Ohio
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 29, 2025
CANTON, Ohio -- Vice President JD Vance promoted Republicans' new sweeping tax and spending law at a steel plant in his home state Monday, telling factory workers that the new law would allow them to keep more of their paycheck in their pockets....
York County coroner called out following ‘significant’ Sunday morning fire
Penn Live - Pennsylvania
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August 3, 2025
The York County coroner was called to the hospital on Sunday morning after a two-alarm fire ripped through a private residence in Stewartstown Borough. Crews were dispatched to a fire around 6 a.m. Sunday in the first block of North Main Street....
'Slap in the face': Moore blames PJM for soaring energy costs, threatens legal action
WJLA 7 - Washington D.C.
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HYDES, Md. (WBFF) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore slammed the region's electric grid operator, accusing the organization of blocking new power plants and driving up electricity bills, and threatened legal action over a process he said hurts Maryland...
Lawmakers propose guardrails for health care industry AI use
Altoona Mirror - Pennsylvania
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A bipartisan group of House lawmakers say they will introduce legislation to set guardrails for the use of artificial intelligence in health care. The lawmakers say the bill will provide new regulations for the way AI is used by insurance...
EPA’s Zeldin: 2009 Climate ‘Endangerment’ Warnings Didn’t Pan Out
KBOI - Idaho
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August 3, 2025
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, defending the Trump administration’s proposal to revoke the “endangerment finding” that underpins regulations on greenhouse gas emissions, said Sunday that many of the warnings from the...
Pennsylvania son decapitated dad and posted twisted video on YouTube
The Mirror US
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July 26, 2025
A Pennsylvania man, who gruesomely beheaded his father and posted the chilling video on YouTube, has been convicted of murder and sentenced to life without parole. 33 year old Justin D. Mohn was found guilty of first-degree murder among other...