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Taxes in Ancient Oaks, a suburban Lower Macungie Township neighborhood, generally rose after Lehigh County’s last property tax reassessment, in 2013. (Michael Kubel/The Morning Call)

(The Center Square) — Doing nature study or creative writing can prompt Anna Clement to hold class for her four kids in the backyard — the

(The Center Square) - Gov. Josh Shapiro, facing a tidal wave of public negativity about data centers, on Tuesday reversed course on an industry he once embraced by chastising many

(The Center Square) - It is roughly 700 acres of beautiful, forested land in the Pocono Mountains, and in Rep. Doyle Heffley's mind it is the last place people would want to see the construction of a data center.

(The Center Square) - Fifty-eight years in her house, three kids raised, and at age 83 hating the idea of nearby woods being replaced by a noisy monstrosity, she had an anti-data center sign in her front yard.

Fifty-eight years in her house, three kids raised, and at age 83 hating the idea of nearby woods being replaced by a noisy monstrosity, she had an anti-data center sign in her front yard.

(The Center Square) - Republicans at the county and state levels on Wednesday pressed for more details after an announcement from the Democratic administration of Gov. Josh Shapiro of two "measles-associated" deaths of Lancaster County residents.

HARRISBURG — Republicans at the county and state levels on Wednesday pressed for more details after an announcement from the Democratic administration of Gov. Josh Shapiro of two "measles-associated" deaths of Lancaster County residents. Meanwhile, Republicans also blasted newly proposed state regulations from the administration pertaining to disease handling, which they said seemed to ignore what one called "dangerous government overreach." On Tuesday, Shapiro and Health Secretary Debra Bogen appeared...

(The Center Square) - A legal battle over public access and transparency has erupted in a community with major data center projects that once were on Gov. Josh Shapiro's "fast track" list, and a group of citizens acting without a lawyer scored a victory.

(The Center Square) - Less than three days after a judge , the Planning Commission in a township with multiple data center proposals voted on a data center zoning measure - even though the written order from the judge precluded such action.