Trump Visits CMU for Energy Summit, Sparks Campus Protests and Fence Dispute

Holly Wang/ News Editor President Donald J. Trump visited Carnegie Mellon University on July 15, 2025, for the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit, hosted by Senator Dave McCormick (R-Pa.). Billed as a showcase of Pennsylvania’s...

Talking Business with Don Cunningham: Lehigh Valley is anchor for the return of American manufacturing

In a sea of international tumult over tariffs, trade, and tension about producing more in America, the Lehigh Valley remains an anchor of manufacturing stability, quietly growing jobs, output and the variety of products produced. In just the last...

Easton moves toward solar energy use through SolSmart, though federal cuts pose challenge

The City of Easton is moving forward with a new initiative aimed at utilizing more solar energy. On Wednesday, city council officially approved a resolution to partner with SolSmart, a national program that provides local governments with no-cost...

Pennsylvania’s Congressional Vulnerability Rankings (July 2025)

Election Day 2026 is still well over a year away, but it’s never too soon to start assembling our PoliticsPA congressional vulnerability rankings for the Pennsylvania delegation in the U.S. House. For the ninth election cycle dating back to 2010,...

Are electric scooters safe? Injuries, deaths raise concerns.

SAN FRANCISCO – A 77-year-old man was killed after being hit by an electric scooter while crossing a street in downtown San Francisco in July, the type of serious scooter-pedestrian collision the city’s police department calls “uncommon.’’ Other...

Recognizing a ‘manufacturing hero’

Joe Williams with his son and Brad Keselowski. Photo courtesy BlueForge Alliance The nonprofit BlueForge Alliance, which seeks the revitalization of the defense industrial base, was looking for a “manufacturing hero.” BlueForge reached out to the...

Pennsylvania State University Secures $99M Navy Contract to Manage Electro Optics Center

Pennsylvania State University has secured a $99 million contract from the U.S. Navy to run its Manufacturing Technology, or ManTech, Electro Optics Center of Excellence, a specialized research and development center. The center’s main function is...

Pennsylvania officers face First Amendment lawsuit for trying to criminalize profanity and using patrol car to chase man who recorded police

ALLENTOWN, Pa., July 23, 2025 — In a bizarre scene, a police officer in Allentown, Pennsylvania, drove his patrol cruiser down a sidewalk at a man who was protesting police misconduct by filming outside a police station. Today the Foundation for...

Pennsylvania public media leaders vow to persist in face of rescinded federal funding

Terry O’Reilly, the president and CEO of Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation, is angry. He’s angry — and resolved. After the Republican-led House and Senate last week voted to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, ending...

Senator Dave McCormick highlights Pittsburgh industry and community visits

Senator Dave McCormick, representing Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate, shared updates on his recent activities in Pittsburgh through a series of posts on social media, highlighting visits to local industrial and community organizations.On July 25,...

Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center names new President/CEO

WILKES-BARRE — Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center (NEPIRC) is under new leadership. NEPIRC’s board of directors recently announced the promotion of Drew Mackie to the role of president/CEO, effective July 1. Mackie will lead the...

Consumer advocates call on Congress to preserve the Consumer Product Safety Commission

121 groups call on Congress to reject plan to fold CPSC into Health & Human Services Advocates warn move could delay lifesaving safety actions and weaken oversight Support grows for full funding of CPSC’s FY 2026 budget to protect American...

Pennsylvania statewide 911 outage due to faulty operating system, not cyberattack, agency says

The intermittent statewide 911 outage Pennsylvania experienced earlier this month, which lasted for hours and forced residents to call non-emergency numbers to reach dispatchers, was caused by a “defect in the operating system,” not a cyberattack,...

CentraCare-St. Cloud Hospital ranked among the best in state

Mayo Clinic-Rochester ranked among the top 20 hospitals nationwide by U.S. News and World Report. CentraCare-St. Cloud Hospital was ranked second-best in Minnesota. St. Cloud Hospital received high performance marks in several specialties,...

Senator Dave McCormick emphasizes Pennsylvania's leadership in energy and artificial intelligence

OU Student Media hires nationally acclaimed editor Mike Sherman as first Innovator-in-Residence

OU Student Media has hired Mike Sherman, a veteran sports, news and investigative editor with a distinguished track record of helping launch media careers, as its inaugural innovator-in-residence. He will join the Daily on a weekly basis in the...

Pennsylvania Perspective for Monday, July 21, 2025

Pennsylvania PA Budget Stalemate Deepens, Raising Alarm for Schools, Transit Three weeks past the deadline, Pennsylvania lawmakers remain deadlocked over the state budget, delaying critical funding decisions and raising alarms for schools, transit...

Construction Starts Grew 16% in June

Nonresidential starts surge over the month. BOSTON, MA — July 22, 2025 — Total construction starts were up 16% in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.33 trillion, according to Dodge Construction Network. Nonresidential building starts...

Pennsylvania family deceived with counterfeit money while selling equipment on Facebook Marketplace

A Pennsylvania family was scammed with fake cash when selling a floor buffer on Facebook Marketplace, leading to a police investigation.Allison and Shawn Calhoun from Dawson, Pennsylvania, were approached by a man who appeared to pay for the...

At MIT, a new initiative is ‘the opposite of an academic boycott’ against Israel

Kalaniyot, a faculty-led program that aims to strengthen US ties with Israeli researchers from diverse backgrounds while building more supportive campus communities, is “the opposite of an academic boycott,” said associate professor of physics Or...