Todd Lassa

1 week ago | lancasteronline.com | Todd Lassa

When: Conestoga Valley School board meeting, April 14. Board members Mark Gensel and Philip Hurst were absent. What happened: The district’s preliminary 2025-26 budget faces a deficit of $3.53 million without a property tax increase, Adele Huntzinger, chief finance and operations officer, told the board. She is preparing budget scenarios with a range of tax increases for the next board meeting, she said. Background: The board is scheduled to adopt the proposed budget May 12.

1 week ago | lancasteronline.com | Todd Lassa

When: Manheim Township school board meeting, April 10. Board member Kim Romano was absent. What happened: The district administration is recommending a 2.95% property tax increase for the 2025-26 school year if the state Legislature does not approve certain provisions of the governor’s proposed budget, Chief Operating Officer Donna Robbins told the board during its work session.

2 weeks ago | lancasteronline.com | Todd Lassa

When: Manheim Township school board meeting, April 10. Board member Kim Romano was absent. What happened: The district business office would need to recommend a 2.95% property tax increase for the 2025-26 school year if the state Legislature does not approve certain provisions of the governor’s proposed budget, Chief Operating Officer Donna Robbins told the board during its work session.

2 weeks ago | autoweek.com | Todd Lassa

Tesla sales fell almost 9% in the first quarter compared with Q1 2024, even as overall electric vehicle sales rose a healthy 10.6% to 294,250 cars and trucks. Even so, Tesla’s Model Y remained the best-selling single EV model in the US last quarter. The likelihood that new vehicle prices will go up significantly over the Trump administration’s 25% tariff on all imported autos helped drive overall vehicle sales to its highest since March and April 2021.

2 weeks ago | lancasteronline.com | Todd Lassa

When: Lancaster City Council meeting, April 8. Council member Janet Diaz was absent. What happened: Residents continued to call for establishment of a civilian review board and other reforms after a city internal investigation ruled that police officers did not use excessive force March 2 when they arrested two juvenile cyclists for traffic violations.