ABC27 • 6th January 2026

Pennsylvania awaits direction as HHS says it will verify child care centers nationwide

(WHTM) — Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services said on Monday it has not received any guidance or requests from the Trump administration less than a week after it said it would freeze child care funding in all states until they provide more verification in response to fraud allegations in Minnesota.


DHS said despite not receiving guidance, the state continues to receive federal funding, as much as $65 million so far for fiscal year 2026. It typically receives $400 million in federal fun...

ABC27 • 22nd December 2025

Garrity campaign turns to streaming in race against Shapiro

(WHTM) — The latest ad from Stacy Garrity’s campaign for governor felt more like a trailer for the next big streaming series than a political spot, and her campaign said that’s the point.


In the nearly minute and a half video, a shadowy heroine traverses Pennsylvania’s underworld. As she does, she sifts through documents and downloads files while a background of dramatic music plays.


“I expose terrible lies,” the woman narrator said. “I unmask the corrupt, and I make it available for all t...

ABC27 • 23rd November 2025

Pennsylvania budget deal ‘not at all’ to do with election, Republican leader says | This Week in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Two months into Pennsylvania’s budget stalemate, Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman (R) said his caucus would be open to a $49 billion plan to end the gridlock.


But a final deal — which landed on a not very different $50.09 billion — wouldn’t come for another two months, leaving municipalities and counties scraping for funding during a parallel federal shutdown. Some wondered if the date of the deal, just a week after Election Day, had anything to do with it.


“Not...

ABC27 • 19th October 2025

Dan Miller ran as a Republican once before. Data shows he has a difficult path to victory

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — In 2013, then-City Controller Dan Miller lost the Democratic primary for Harrisburg’s mayor to political newcomer Eric Papenfuse by just under 400 votes. Despite his loss, Miller still appeared on the November ballot.


That’s because Miller encouraged Republicans to write his name on their ballots. With no declared candidates, he won the GOP nomination with fewer than 200 votes.


“This is a Democracy,” Miller told abc27 News in 2013 to explain why, as a longtime Demo...

ABC27 • 15th October 2025

Police investigating takeover of Harrisburg International Airport PA system, ‘Free Palestine’ message

MIDDLETOWN Pa. (WHTM) — Harrisburg International Airport shut off its public address system after an unauthorized user gained access and played a “Free Palestine” message Tuesday evening, an airport spokesperson said.


In a recording that captured the incident, a computer generated voice reads off a list of hackers claiming responsibility for the takeover of the system before stating, “[Expletive] Netanyahu and Trump.”


The message did not contain any threats to the airport nor its tenants,...

ABC27 • 9th September 2025

Gov. Shapiro says Pennsylvania ‘prepared’ should Trump send National Guard

(WHTM) — As President Donald Trump escalates his use of the National Guard in major American cities, some wonder whether he will focus his eyes on Pennsylvania.


The president has used troops and federal agents in recent months as part of what he said is a mission to fight crime and ramp up deportations. After Los Angeles, D.C. and Chicago, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said he’s “prepared” should Philadelphia, or any city in the state, be next.


“I think what the president’s doing is wrong...

The Hill • 23rd July 2025

Hershey plans to raise chocolate prices: ‘Reflects the reality of rising ingredient costs’

HERSHEY, Pa. (WHTM) — Some products on the candy aisle are about to get a bit more expensive.


The Hershey Company has confirmed it plans to raise prices across its portfolio, blaming the increase on the rising costs of ingredients — particularly cocoa.

“We’re committed to delivering the treats consumers love while continuing to invest in making our products and experiences even better,” a Hershey spokesperson said in a statement obtained by Nexstar. “To support our approach, we’re making a p...

ABC27 • 4th July 2025

House Agriculture chair says Shapiro ‘absolutely wrong’ on Pennsylvania SNAP cuts

(WHTM) — A leading Pennsylvania congressman said Governor Josh Shapiro has it wrong on cuts to SNAP benefits.


The governor on Wednesday said 6,825 people in Rep. Glenn Thompson’s (R-PA) district would lose nutritional benefits because of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” which the House approved Thursday.


“I don’t see it as a cut,” said Thompson, who chairs the House Agriculture Committee. “I see it as Pennsylvania being irresponsible with how they’re managing the SNAP program.”


For days,...

KentWired • 8th November 2024

A majority of Kent State students say in survey they plan to vote for Harris

Kent State students who participated in an election survey from The Kent Stater/Department of Sociology and Criminology overwhelmingly supported Kamala Harris.
In the survey of 253 students, Harris led Donald Trump 65.1% to 29.3%. The survey also included questions on the Ohio senatorial election and issues of importance going into Election Day.
The survey ran from Oct. 7 to Oct. 25, and students could participate in it by scanning a QR code on flyers around campus, in The Kent Stater print edit...

The Chautauquan Daily • 13th August 2023

When imagination is targeted: Henry Reese delivers long-awaited talk on City of Asylum

On Aug. 12, 2022, Henry Reese, co-founder of City of Asylum in Pittsburgh, and prolific author Salman Rushdie were set to close Week Seven’s theme, “More than Shelter: Redefining the American Home,” with a discussion on persecuted writers – the lecture never happened after an attacker stormed the Amphitheater stage, injuring both men.

On the one-year anniversary of the attack, Reese sat down with Chautauqua Institution President Michael E. Hill to ensure Chautauquans were not robbed of that dis