- Ex-Hempfield athlete reacts to Trump’s transgender ban in women’s sports : Trump signed an executive order intended to ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s and girls’ sports, on Wednesday. Former Hempfield athlete Jenna Yaeger commented on the order, “You could almost say it’s like scapegoating us and trying to pin the blame for a lot of issues on one small subset of the population.” Yaeger’s sports career at Hempfield was met with controversy when she joined the girls track team. This sparked a series of debates that ended here sports career at Hempfield . (Source: LNP)
- Shapiro’s budget proposal: Tuesday, Gov. Josh Shapiro delivered his budget proposal in an address to a joint session of the legislature. The $51.4 billion proposal would grow investments made in bipartisan budgets in previous years under Shapiro, including an additional $526 million to close the adequacy gap for the state’s poorest schools. Democrats praised this idea, but Republicans raised concerns about revenue not matching its expenditures and needing $1.6 billion of the rainy day fund to make up the difference. (Source: Fox 43)
- 2025 capital budget approved: Lancaster County commissioners have approved an $18 million budget for projects across the county, with $10 million slated for the new county prison. The balance of the capital fund is currently $11 million and is considered separate from the county’s general fund. Commissioners Josh Parsons and Ray D’Agostino said they will consider later this year to move $9 million to the capital fund to cover the rest of the budget. (Source: LNP)
- Lancaster’s redevelopment plan for blighted schoolhouse: A historic building on W. Walnut Street in Lancaster has been sitting vacant for years, and neighbors have been concerned about its decay. The City of Lancaster condemned the property in 2021 and declared it a blighted property. Now the Lancaster Redevelopment Authority wishes to seek concepts from developers to rehabilitate the property. The building was built as a schoolhouse in 1891 and most recently was home to the G.E. Richards company which closed in 2008. (Source: ABC 27)
- Coyotes seen in Lancaster City: After a photo circulated of a coyote running through the streets of Lancaster City Tuesday, Conoy Township Supervisor and former Pennsylvania game commissioner Stephen L. Mohr explained that he sees coyotes on his property about three times a week. Coyotes are scavengers, and therefore can exist not only in rural areas, but also in cities, where they can feed on small prey and trash. (Source: LNP)
- Nation/world: DOJ limits DOGE access to Treasury payment systems (Source: NBC News) India, US discuss deportee treatment after outrage (Source: BBC News) American-Israeli and 2 others freed by Hamas after ceasefire (Source: CBS News) USDA reports second strain of bird flu found in cattle (Source: UPI) Swedish police release details on school shooter (Source: AP News)
