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House passes kids’ chatbot safety bill but gets pushback on invasiveness (opens the original)
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The state House on Monday passed a bill intended to put up safeguards for the huge number of children interacting with artificial intelligence "companions" but a ranking Republican criticized the bill's invasiveness. The vote came on the first day of voting sessions by the House and Senate in two and one-half months. Outside the Capitol, Republican Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman of Indiana County told a luncheon gathering it was unclear if there would be any deal to legalize so-called "skill
Tragedy, heroism of Flight 93 remembered in southwestern Pennsylvania (opens the original)
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Teenaged students from Greater Johnstown School District were clambering about the rope course set in the rural beauty of Camp Harmony that morning, and teacher Lugene Shaver felt good about it. They were kids with extra challenges in life who benefited from bonding and thrills at the faith-centered camp, set in the breathtaking topography of southwestern Pennsylvania. On high ground away from the woods, you could see forested rolling humps that stretched into the distance, sometimes appearing g
‘Out of the conversation’: Nearly half of Pennsylvania’s ‘fast track’ data center municipalities signed NDAs (opens the original)
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In nearly half of municipalities hosting the state's most prominent data center projects, local public officials or staff signed non-disclosure agreements with companies, a dynamic that is fueling concerns that the public's access to information is being compromised. Public records requests submitted by The Center Square to municipalities hosting nine data center proposals that were in Gov. Josh Shapiro's "fast track" state permitting program in early June revealed that four had signed "NDA's."
Noisy data center debate goes on while lawmakers are on summer break (opens the original)
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Doing nature study or creative writing can prompt Anna Clement to hold class for her four kids in the backyard – the outdoors "brings them joy," she says – but now she worries about a potential threat to the peace and quiet. The same worry is being felt just beyond the trees at the edge of the backyard, where there is a public school attended by thousands of children. It's Parkland, the fifth-largest high school in the state. Superintendent Mark Madson wrote about the same concern that Clement f
Reassessments are a political hot potato in this state: ‘Nobody wants to touch it’ (opens the original)
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(Editor's Note: This story is the first of a two-day series examining property taxes in Pennsylvania. Tomorrow, The Center Square looks at the impact of delays in reassessments.) (The Center Square) -- It was 1961, the year John F. Kennedy became president, "Hit the Road Jack" by Ray Charles reached number one, and Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his season record-breaking 61st home run. It was also the last time Franklin County did a property reassessment. State Rep. Rob Kauffman, a Rep
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