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‘Now I have nothing’: Pennsylvanians expect hardship without SNAP | WITF Lebanon County resident Caitlyn Stuber received her latest check from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Oct. 9.Stuber, a 30-year-ol […]

‘Now I have nothing’: Pennsylvanians expect hardship without SNAP

Gov. Josh Shapiro joins Democrats’ lawsuit for emergency SNAP funds amid government shutdown www.witf.org/2025/10/28/n...

Lancaster County social services providers see fast growing need as SNAP benefits go on pause Social services providers in Lancaster County, including the United Way of Lancaster County and the Lancaster County Food Hub, are seeing a surge in demand as federal and state budgets

1 in 10 people in Lancaster County are enrolled in SNAP. Makes you wonder if the powers that be realize the sheer loss of spending power and economic activity that's about happen across the country.

Budget impasse pushes Lancaster County into financial crisis, won't pay social services next month Editor's note: This story was updated on Tuesday, Oct. 21 at 6:41 p.m. to reflect additional information from the governor's office about the status of funding for senior services.

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School social workers tell me that most homeless children are living doubled up with another family. The number of students experiencing homelessness has grown every single school year for the past 5 years. Social workers say the rising cost of housing is primarily to blame

It was a pleasure to meet Rodney and Luke. They were so level headed for everything they have gone through, and I appreciated how willing they were to share their story with me. Rodney said he wanted to make it easier for someone else to get help, just like he did

More than 2,000 students in Lancaster County are homeless. Here’s what that means Luke Feltenberger stays locked in when he’s on the football field.

Rodney Feltenberger is a single father who lived in a motel for 1.5 years with his two teenage sons. Luke, his oldest, learned how to easily fall asleep on the floor.

Luke and his younger brother were just two of 2,500 homeless students in Lancaster County
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SNAP benefits for 2 million people in Pa. on hold during government shutdown | WITF Nearly 2 million Pennsylvanians who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will not receive their November payments due to Congress […]

Nearly 2 million Pennsylvanians who rely on SNAP will not receive their November payments due to Congress’ failure to enact a federal budget. www.witf.org/2025/10/16/s...

Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them. Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.

#ICYMI: After paying for hotel rooms to shelter homeless people, Seattle deliberately left them vacant.

By the end of 2024, taxpayers were spending $4,200 a month per empty room at a time when thousands of residents were without a roof over their heads.

By @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social, w/ @kuow.org

Voters Guide 2025: Everything you need to know before Election Day Democratic and Republican voters in Lancaster County are preparing to select candidates for school board directors, mayor and down-ballot positions, including municipal tax collectors and auditors.

Take a look at today's @lancasteronline.bsky.social for our guide to the 2025 municipal election:
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Smucker claims LNP opinion piece defamatory, seeks retraction U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker is claiming defamation after an Oct. 8 editorial published by LNP | LancasterOnline said the lawmaker is “lying to his constituents” by saying in a newsletter

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker is claiming defamation after an Oct. 8 editorial published by LNP said the lawmaker is “lying to his constituents” by saying in a newsletter that Democrats are pushing for “taxpayer-funded free healthcare for illegal immigrants.”
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‘Those Rules Are Gone’: How ICE Is Rethinking its Raids ICE used to arrest the “worst first.” Under the new Trump administration, the agency is following a different playbook, says a former ICE chief.

Former ICE director John Sandweg says the ways in which Holman is conducting operations is totally unprecedented for the agency and clearly appears calculated to be needlessly violent and provocative. It's as if they want a show of mayhem, he offers. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Top executive at WITF, LNP | LancasterOnline resigns Ron Hetrick, president and CEO of the company that owns WITF and LNP | LancasterOnline, announced his resignation Monday, effective immediately.

Ron Hetrick, president and CEO of the company that owns WITF and LNP | LancasterOnline, announced his resignation Monday, effective immediately. lancasteronline.com/news/local/t...

Democratic Party's momentum builds in Ephrata with first full slate of candidates since 2001 Kids exploded with laughter as another piece of candy went flying across Lake Street in downtown Ephrata.

Ephrata will be a place to watch this November.

For the first time in decades, Democrats have fielded a full slate of candidates for school board, borough council and mayor. They're optimistic about their chances in the small, bright red borough

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Tensions boil over in Capitol, as Pennsylvania lawmakers hit 100 days without a budget | WITF The parties controlling the two sides of Pennsylvania’s Legislature spent the 100th day of the budget impasse venting frustrations about each ot […]

Lawmakers spent the 100th day of the budget impasse venting frustrations about each other, claiming the other side is not negotiating in good faith. www.witf.org/2025/10/08/t...

DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.

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WPSU was deeply impacted by federal budget cuts to public radio. The station received between $1 mil-$2 mil of federal funding. Penn State says it can't fund the station without that money anymore.

The station is expected to close in 2026

Pretty much every day, professors would tell me they heard me that morning on WPSU. It was exciting, and a really cool example of how important local news is. This stuff matters. People listened, even when it sometimes felt like I was talking in a vacuum. I LOVED my time at WPSU

I spent about a year at WPSU when I was in college. The news department is tiny but killer team of badass women journalists. I learned so much from them. They asked tough questions of me and pushed me to ask tough questions of others

Penn State plans to 'wind down' WPSU after board committee rejects plan to transfer it to WHYY WPSU, which recently celebrated its 60th anniversary of bringing public media to Pennsylvania, is slated to close soon, after a Penn State board of trustees committee voted Thursday against a proposal...

If you have not heard the news, Penn State has decided to shut down the local radio station, WPSU. This is devastating for the Central PA area in which a majority of WPSU's region covered rural areas with few other news sources
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Lancaster homeless community hopes to make impact with new mural at downtown McDonald's There’s a new set of golden arches at the McDonald’s on West King Street in Lancaster.

This week, a local nonprofit brought a handful of unhoused people together to paint a mural on an old gazebo outside of McDonald's in Lancaster city.

The makeover of this gazebo has been really cool to see in real time
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I got to go on the truck !

SACA’s bilingual ‘Radio Centro’ loses one-third of its budget from federal broadcasting cuts The only English- and Spanish-bilingual public radio station in Lancaster and York counties is expected to cut programming next year in the wake of Congress’ vote last month to rescind

The only English- and Spanish-bilingual public radio station in Lancaster and York counties is expected to cut programming next year in the wake of Congress’ vote last month to rescind public broadcasting funds via @jaxonwhite.bsky.social
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“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out” We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a…

Officers who shatter car windows aren’t being disciplined — they’re being promoted.

One ICE official who smashed a window in front of a local TV reporter now has a senior ICE position overseeing operations on the East Coast.

The tragic consequences of PA's failed mental health system One family's story reveals the human cost of hospital closures, funding cuts, and the resulting failures in Pennsylvania's mental health care system.

This is Sue’s story. But it could be the story of any of the roughly half a dozen families I spoke to for this investigation.

And it’s the story of what failure over three decades means for real people, a mother and son.

White House Bans Wall Street Journal From Press Pool on Trump’s Scotland Trip The president sued the publication last week, accusing it of defamation for an article about his ties to the disgraced former financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The White House said on Monday that it had barred Wall Street Journal reporters from the traveling press pool for President Trump’s trip to Scotland, attacking the publication again for its reporting on ties between the president and Jeffrey Epstein.

Rep. Smucker, it should be noted, declined to speak with Jaxon about the meetings between his office staff and the activists, leaving Jaxon to rely on quotes from a spokesman. The story was about an attempt at actual dialogue ...

Lancaster County will not renew contract with HazMat 2, cites concerns over possible 'fund misuse' [update] Lancaster County commissioners on Monday confirmed there will be no new contract with the hazardous materials response team that has provided coverage throughout the county for decades.

This week, the county said it had concerns that its longtime hazmat provider, HazMat 2, had misused public funds. HazMat 2 is an independent, volunteer organization

Here's more on what the county had to say:
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Regional hazmat teams will offer 'short-term' solution for Lancaster County hazmat needs, officials say Lancaster County officials say regional hazmat teams will be a “short-term” solution to its hazardous materials response after ending its decadeslong relationship with a local volunteer team this week...

For those who have been following the Lanco's hazmat issue, here's the latest.

The county is relying on regional mutual aid service moving forward, but officials say it's a "short-term" solution.
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Bethlehem man with pending asylum case showed up to a routine ICE check-in. He has been in detention for a month. Edwin Sanchez, native of Colombia living in Bethlehem as he awaits a decision on his petition for asylum, showed up one month ago to a routine immigration check-in in Philadelphia. He hasn’t …

“Sanchez came to the United States in 2022 from Colombia and applied for asylum; he was granted temporary permission to remain in the country while his claim was processed.
His pending asylum status required him to report for routine check-ins with federal authorities, which is what he did”

Update on Lancaster County hazmat contract that expires next week — the county says nothing is official but doesn’t seem likely to keep working with HazMat 2.

HazMat 2 said it’s already been told to leave its building