Data-center developer's $10,000-per-household offer in Luzerne County called a 'bribe'

An unsolicited developer letter offering every Hazle Township household $10,000 if the 15-building 'Project Hazelnut' data center is built — the marquee project in Gov. Shapiro's 'Fast Track' permitting program — drew 'bribe' accusations from neighbors.

Sen. Rosemary Brown floats 'Residents First' data-center siting limits

State Sen. Rosemary Brown is proposing 'Residents First' legislation that would confine large-scale data-center campuses to industrial-zoned areas and require developers to disclose more project detail before municipalities can act, as such proposals flood Northeast Pennsylvania.

Federal judge dismisses DOJ suit for Pennsylvania's voter roll

U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon (W.D. Pa.) on Saturday dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit seeking Pennsylvania's voter roll with personal identifying information, calling it a 'fishing expedition' aimed at building a national voter database.

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Pennsylvania's PUC scheduled two June 30 hearings on proposed PPL Electric transmission lines in Hazle Township, Luzerne County serving the 'Project Hazelnut' AI data centers, with PJM's real-time RTO price near $27.87/MWh against a 100.5-GW load Monday morning.

A July 10 PUC hearing will take up PPL Electric's bid to condemn 30 properties for the Sugarloaf 500/230-kV transmission line in Luzerne County, built to serve the region's surging data-center load.

Pennsylvania's DEP invited public comment on a Chapter 105 permit for QTS Salem LLC's planned AI data-center campus in Salem Township, Luzerne County — the latest in a wave of Northeast Pennsylvania data-center development drawing regulatory scrutiny.

Supreme Court's final-week opinion dump lands at 10 a.m.

The Supreme Court releases more opinions Monday with marquee cases pending — birthright citizenship and the president's power to fire independent-agency officials like the FTC's Rebecca Slaughter and Fed Governor Lisa Cook, a removal question that echoes for agencies such as FERC.

Speaker Mike Johnson faces a second week of paralysis as Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) threatens to sink any rule unless the SAVE Act advances; the Rules Committee meets at 4 p.m. Monday on the FY2027 NDAA, which drew 1,363 amendments.

Bipartisan housing-deregulation bill heads to Trump's desk

Congress is sending President Trump a bipartisan housing-deregulation bill Monday, but he hasn't said whether he'll sign it amid his demand that Republicans first pass the SAVE Act; absent his signature it becomes law around July 10.

Conservative groups press FCC to revoke Disney's ABC licenses, including Philly's WPVI

Conservative groups face a Monday deadline to petition FCC Chair Brendan Carr to deny license renewals for Disney's ABC stations — including Philadelphia's WPVI (6abc) — broadening Carr's scrutiny of outlets he views as biased against Trump.

Ryan O'Hearn homered twice and drove in four as the Pirates hit four home runs to beat Cincinnati 9-4 on Sunday; Mitch Keller earned the win, pushing Pittsburgh to 42-42 before opening a series at Philadelphia.