Isabela Weiss
Reporter at WVIA-TV (Pittston, PA)
NEPA and Central PA journalist, @Report4America Corps Member, and cat mom to Boo and Lorelai 💐 https://t.co/cidlhTFfve
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1 week ago |
wvia.org | Isabela Weiss
Wine, liquor and marijuana? A bill making its way through the Pennsylvania State House would stock marijuana in state-run stores. House Democrats passed an adult recreational marijuana bill out of the Health Committee by a narrow 14-12 margin on Monday. The vote was along party lines. But while Gov. Josh Shapiro has been urging lawmakers to create an adult use program by July to start sales in January, House Bill 1200 is .
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1 week ago |
wvia.org | Isabela Weiss
For Robert “Bobby” Hughes, coal runs deep in Northeast Pennsylvania’s blood — both in the region’s identity and in its environmental impact. But he says many people stopped telling its story. He's the executive director of the Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (EPCAMR). It’s a coalition of watershed organizations and conservationists dedicated to mitigating the impacts of abandoned mines. "We fill a gap that nobody else [does] ...
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2 weeks ago |
wvia.org | Isabela Weiss
Hester Greene remembers the serenity of driving across the Skinners Falls Bridge over the Delaware River to get from her home in Damascus Township, Pa. to Cochecton, New York. “It [would] make a whole different sound under your wheels,” Greene said, reminiscing. “You're impelled to go slow because it's one lane. You're driving on wooden planks, held up by iron steel trusses.
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2 weeks ago |
wvia.org | Isabela Weiss
Energy leaders and state and federal representatives say they will unleash Northeast Pennsylvania’s natural gas reserves for the future of data centers and artificial intelligence. They said their goal is to cut the process for permits and possibly to create tax exemptions for AI development zones. U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan said the federal government needs to get “out of the way” of progress.
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2 weeks ago |
wvia.org | Isabela Weiss
Over one in eight Pennsylvanians face food insecurity, according to 2022 Feeding America data. Pennsylvania was set to receive $13 million over three years to purchase fresh produce for communities in need. That funding was blocked by the Trump Administration last month. But some farmers say the Local Food Purchasing Assistance (LFPA) program was deeply flawed and didn’t meet local needs. Lenny Burger runs Burger’s Farm Market in Drums, Luzerne County.
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