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News: Wednesday, Sept. 8

The Chesapeake Bay watershed covers 64,000 square miles in six states. (Source: U.S. Natural Rescources Conservation Service)

The Chesapeake Bay watershed covers 64,000 square miles in six states. (Source: U.S. Natural Rescources Conservation Service)

Headlines:

Tensions flare over school mask mandates:  Schools varied in how they handled enforcement. Some were lenient, while others sent noncompliant students home. (Source: LNP)

Gov. Wolf joins call for $737 million Chesapeake Bay 'resilient farms initiative': The programs would fund efforts by farmers in Pennsylvania and five other states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed to combat climate change. (Source: ABC 27)

Pa. among states that owe interest on unemployment borrowing: Ten states that borrowed from the federal government to cover unemployment benefits owe more than $52 billion in interest, according to the U.S. Treasury. (Source: Capital-Star)

Zoning change needed for planned prison: Lancaster County commissioners are expected to authorize a formal request to Lancaster Township to change the zoning of the proposed site near the county's Central Park from agricultural to industrial. (Source: LNP)

National/world roundup: France begins trial of suspects in 2015 Islamic State attacks that killed 130. (Source: BBC News) Louisiana revokes licenses of nursing homes that botched Ida evacuation. (Source: USA Today) Statue of Robert E. Lee taken down in Virginia (Source: AP) Poll: 46% say 9/11 changed America for the worse. (Source: ABC News)