Skip to main content
Support

Journalism that gets results for Pennsylvania

Main content

Central Pa. borough may repeal LGBTQ protections

Plus, Pa.'s largest pension fund asks board to sign NDAs.

SUPPORT SPOTLIGHT PA

A daily newsletter by Spotlight PA

Your Postmaster: Spotlight PA Staff
January 24, 2022
Help us help you. If you rely on PA Post for a daily, balanced roundup of the most important stories in the state, help keep it going. Contribute now and you've done your part! Thanks! —Colin, PA Post editor
Board NDAs, Bitcoin pollution, tracing down, LGBTQ protections, shooting investigation, 2020 lie ties, and a sad end for escaped monkeys. It's Monday.
Want to see your message here? Contact us about sponsoring PA Post.
SECRECY OATH
NOTABLE / QUOTABLE

"You’re taking pollution that was going to be impacting the land and water and turning it into air pollution."

—Rob Altenburg, senior director for energy and climate at PennFuture, on how coal waste in Pennsylvania is powering Bitcoin
💉 COVID-19 NEWS
» UP AND DOWN: Pennsylvania's contact tracers examined 10% of cases between Dec. 10 and Jan. 9, a decrease that reflects a spike in infections. 

» WHAT'S NEXT: If the omicron spike flames out quickly, many experts think there could be a "quiet period" this spring and summer. 

» RAPID RESULTS: NPR explains why rapid COVID-19 tests aren't more accurate and how scientists hope to improve them

To find a COVID-19 vaccine, use the federal government's online tool, call 1-800-232-0233, or text your zip code to 438829 (GETVAX).
 
📅 UPCOMING EVENTS
» BACK IN SESSION: On Thursday, Jan. 27 at 5 p.m. EST, join Spotlight PA and our panel of experts via Zoom as we look back on the 2021 legislative session and discuss what themes are likely to emerge — or persist — in 2022. RSVP for free here. Submit questions to events@spotlightpa.org.
📷 POST IT
A soggy day at the Lancaster Amtrak station, courtesy of your PA Post writer. Send us your gems, use #PAGems on Instagram, or tag us @spotlightpennsylvania.
DAILY RUNDOWN
REPEAL PLAN: Chambersburg Borough Council plans to vote today on repealing the LGBTQ protections it put in place only a few months ago, PennLive reports. The political makeup of the council changed last November, ushering in a 7-3 Republican majority.

'MODERN-DAY LYNCHING': The family of a Jamaican immigrant who was fatally shot at a cabin in rural Venango County last month wants a deeper investigation into his death, The Inquirer reports. Pennsylvania State Police has urged the public to “remain patient.”

DAIRY DEMAND: Dairy farmers in Pennsylvania are cheering a recent trade decision that found Canada was giving its own processors preferential treatment. Farmers here are hoping the decision will increase demand, the Post-Gazette reports. 

DEEP ROOTS: WITF examines the ties between a review of Fulton County’s voting machines ordered by Senate Republicans and 2020 election lies. Among them: The lawyers representing the county are backed by the Amistad Project, which Rudy Giuliani once described as a “partner” in the Trump campaign’s efforts to overturn the presidential results.

BIG BETS: Gamblers handed over more than $4.7 billion to 16 casinos as well as fantasy sports operators and truck stops in 2021, according to the AP, a record. Online gaming helped drive the increase.
IN OTHER NEWS
TRAILER OF MONKEYS: Three macaques who escaped in Montour County after a trailer carrying 100 monkeys crashed have been found and euthanized, the Daily Item reports. The truck was on its way to a lab

MYSTERY MUTT: In other animal news, a woman in Fairfield Township thought she was doing a good deed when she rescued what she thought could be her neighbor’s loose dog. But because of its appearance and behavior, a local wildlife group isn't so sure what kind of canine the creature actually is.  

SUPER COUPLE: Two strangers who recreated a famous kissing photo at the Eagles’ Super Bowl parade are now engaged. Shamus Clancy would have preferred to pop the question at another victory celebration, but alas.

HELPING HANDS: A group of Black and Latino firefighters and players on Temple University’s football team spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day installing smoke alarms in West Philadelphia. The day of service was even more crucial this year after 12 adults and children died in a Fairmount fire. 

GREAT RESIGNATION: The Morning Call spoke to several Pennsylvanians who quit their jobs as part of the "great resignation." One came from corporate America and was simply looking for a change. Others say they were tired of coronavirus concerns or mistreatment.
THE SCRAMBLER
Unscramble and send your answer to scrambler@spotlightpa.org. We'll shout out winners here, and one each week will get some Spotlight PA swag.
 
R R O H O R P I C T C A 

Friday's answer: Mammatocumulus

Congrats to our weekly winner: Craig W.

Congrats to our daily winners: William S., Lynne E., John A., Jill K., Susan D., Don H., James B., and Ann and John. 
Like PA Post? Share it with a friend.

Love PA Post? Chip in to support local journalism.

Forwarded this newsletter? Subscribe here.
SUPPORT SPOTLIGHT PA
Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and WITF Public Media.

Copyright © Spotlight PA / The Philadelphia Inquirer, All rights reserved.

Spotlight PA
225 Market St., Suite 502A
Harrisburg, PA 17101
newsletters@spotlightpa.org

You're receiving this email because you subscribed to PA Post, a daily newsletter by Spotlight PA.


You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.