• Commissioners silence budget director at meeting: Commissioners Josh Parsons and Ray D’Agostino directed Paul Landes not to answer former commissioner John Trescot’s questions at an Investment Board meeting on the use of capital improvement funds in the 2025 budget. (Source: LNP)
• Hershey Theatre to close for renovations: It will close after a run of “Pretty Woman” in January, and is scheduled to reopen in December 2025. (Source: CBS 21)
• Pennie costs would rise if federal subsidies end: Premiums would rise sharply after 2025 if an expansion providing an additional $500 million a year, enacted in 2021, were not renewed. (Source: Fox 43)
• Kunzler union settles grievance with Clemens Food Group: The union had filed an unfair labor practices charge in the fall. Neither the union nor the company would disclose the details of their agreement. (Source: LNP)
• Hersheypark opens Christmas attraction: Christmas Candylane will be open daily through Jan. 1. (Source: ABC 27)
• Nation/world: Macron names Bayrou as France’s prime minister. (Source: BBC News) Israel orders troops to stay in Syrian buffer zone through winter. (Source: NBC News) Amazon follows Meta’s lead, donates $1 million to Trump inaugural. (Source: UPI) Syrians celebrate Assad’s fall. (Source: AP) Mystery drones in N.J. puzzle officials. (Source: NPR)
