• Penn State set to close 7 campuses: Thursday, Penn State’s Board of Trustees approved the closure of seven campuses, advancing a process that will impact thousands of students and over 500 employees. Citing declining enrollments and financial challenges, the university will close the DuBois, Fayette, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Shenango, Wilkes-Barre, and York locations after May 2027. Before the vote, President Neeli Bendapudi told the board that closing the locations was a strategic and humane decision. The board passed the president’s closure plan by a vote of 25 to 8. (Source: LNP)
• Lancaster-based DSC Solutions acquires West Chester cleaning company: DSC Solutions, a cleaning and building maintenance company, has purchased Brandywine Maintenance Co., a 20-person West Chester firm, for an undisclosed price. As part of the acquisition, Brandywine’s former owner, Daniel Mallbye, is joining DSC as head of corporate development. DSC will also open a new office in West Chester. This makes it the fifth acquisition for the company in the past two years. (Source: LNP)
• Past security upgrades on Pa. Governor’s Residence: Three years prior to the arson attack on the Governor’s mansion, the residence underwent extensive security upgrades. According to documents obtained by LNP those upgrades cost over $600,000. No one was injured in the April 13 fire, but officials have said it caused millions of dollars in damage to the historic, three-story brick Georgian-style mansion. No one from Shapiro’s office or other state agencies has given a reason on why the security upgrades made over the past three years failed to stop Cody Balmer, 38. Police said he scaled the security fence surrounding the mansion and evaded a trooper before he broke two windows to gain access to the residence. Records released by the state government provide little details on what security improvements were made at the mansion in recent years. (Source: LNP)
• Lancaster County road to closed for repairs: Citing “bridge issues’ Lancaster County road to close for “extended period of time.” In a statement on Facebook by the Pequea Township Police Department, Conestoga Township says Silvermine Road will be closed for an extended period of time between Run Valley Road and Goods Road. The police said the road is expected to be closed for several months. They did not provide details on the bridge issues. (Source: ABC 27)
• Nation/world: The fate of Trumps megabill (Source: MSNBC) Divided Supreme Court supports Trump’s letting go of independent agency members (Source: MSNBC) Harvard sues the Trump administration (Source: AP News) Plans for Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap reportedly underway (Source: UPI)
