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(The Center Square) — Pennsylvania relies on nuclear power more than any other state except Illinois — and there’s talk of growth. One way would be to revive Three Mile Island, and it has some political support as electricity demand keeps building. “We have a grid reliability problem and it’s coming quickly,” Rep. Tom Mehaffie, […]

(The Center Square) — After months of discussion and the adoption of similar programs by some of its neighbors, Loudoun County leadership voted down a guaranteed income pilot program.  In a surprising turn of events, Loudoun County’s Board of Supervisors abandoned the pursuit of a new economic mobility pilot in a 3-5-1 vote. Months earlier, in May, […]

(The Center Square) – Jacob Fried told a state House study committee on Wednesday that he wasn’t prepared for the sticker shock he experienced when opening his car wash three and a half years ago. The rates from Piedmont Water, a private water company in Eatonton, forced him into bankruptcy. “The first sticker shock was […]

(The Center Square) – Spokane’s utility rates expire at the end of 2024, and with new fares coming in their place, the difference might cost residents another $180 annually by 2026.  Utility rates cover water service, the resulting consumption/usage, garbage, wastewater, stormwater and capital. Residents pay for the services under rates that could increase by more than […]

(The Center Square) – The Washington state highway system is in “early stages of failure” due to a lack of maintenance and preservation for not only the highway infrastructure itself, but also regarding the equipment and facilities that need to be replaced or upgraded, according to a recent presentation by the Washington State Department of Transportation. The warning comes […]

Legal fights over election integrity are well underway with less than two months to go to the election. This Washington Examiner series, Legal Games, will look at Democratic attempts to make sure they don’t have a repeat of 2016. Republican lawyers, meanwhile, are still spooked by what happened in the aftermath of 2020. Part 4 will look at […]

Before President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid, his loyalists held on to one last hope: that he could keep the race close enough that his more traditional ground game could outperform former President Donald Trump’s unconventional one in the Rust Belt, eking out an Electoral College majority and a second term. Most senior Democrats […]