A sea of bright red made its way through the Capitol Tuesday as Reps. Smith-Wade-El and Curry called for more awareness of youth homelessness. The state most recently reported more than 50,000 public school students were experiencing homelessness lancasteronline.com/news/politic...

A third Republican candidate has thrown their name into the mix to be considered to challenge Sen. James Malone in the 36th District race next year lancasteronline.com/news/politic...

ICYMI: Democrats secured big wins last week but still fell short of earning seats in some of Lancaster County's most red areas. The margins are closing, though. Does that mean a blue wave is coming in 2026? lancasteronline.com/news/politic...

Jaime Arroyo will be Lancaster's next mayor -- the city's first Latino mayor -- after earning 84% of the vote Tuesday night. Democrats also secured seats on City Council, maintaining the party's total control of city government lancasteronline.com/news/politic...

In Lancaster County, Pa., Democrats regained control of municipal government in Manheim Township, the second-largest (by population) muni in the county and the richest by far. The won 3 of 3 seats on the 5 member board and now hold all 5 seats.

happy election day!!! @lancasteronline.bsky.social has all of your Lancaster County election news 😎

‘Now I have nothing’: Pennsylvanians expect hardship without SNAP Gov. Josh Shapiro joins Democrats’ lawsuit for emergency SNAP funds amid government shutdown www.witf.org/2025/10/28/n...

1 in 10 people in Lancaster County are enrolled in SNAP. Makes you wonder if the powers that be realize the sheer loss of spending power and economic activity that's about happen across the country.

Budget impasse pushes Lancaster County into financial crisis, won't pay social services next month lancasteronline.com/news/local/b... via @tommylisi.bsky.social at @lancasteronline.bsky.social

Rodney Feltenberger is a single father who lived in a motel for 1.5 years with his two teenage sons. Luke, his oldest, learned how to easily fall asleep on the floor. Luke and his younger brother were just two of 2,500 homeless students in Lancaster County lancasteronline.com/news/local/m...

Nearly 2 million Pennsylvanians who rely on SNAP will not receive their November payments due to Congress’ failure to enact a federal budget. www.witf.org/2025/10/16/s...

#ICYMI: After paying for hotel rooms to shelter homeless people, Seattle deliberately left them vacant. By the end of 2024, taxpayers were spending $4,200 a month per empty room at a time when thousands of residents were without a roof over their heads. By @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social, w/ @kuow.org

Take a look at today's @lancasteronline.bsky.social for our guide to the 2025 municipal election: lancasteronline.com/news/politic...

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker is claiming defamation after an Oct. 8 editorial published by LNP said the lawmaker is “lying to his constituents” by saying in a newsletter that Democrats are pushing for “taxpayer-funded free healthcare for illegal immigrants.” lancasteronline.com/news/politic...

Former ICE director John Sandweg says the ways in which Holman is conducting operations is totally unprecedented for the agency and clearly appears calculated to be needlessly violent and provocative. It's as if they want a show of mayhem, he offers. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Ron Hetrick, president and CEO of the company that owns WITF and LNP | LancasterOnline, announced his resignation Monday, effective immediately. lancasteronline.com/news/local/t...

Ephrata will be a place to watch this November. For the first time in decades, Democrats have fielded a full slate of candidates for school board, borough council and mayor. They're optimistic about their chances in the small, bright red borough lancasteronline.com/news/politic...

Lawmakers spent the 100th day of the budget impasse venting frustrations about each other, claiming the other side is not negotiating in good faith. www.witf.org/2025/10/08/t...

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States. 🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

If you have not heard the news, Penn State has decided to shut down the local radio station, WPSU. This is devastating for the Central PA area in which a majority of WPSU's region covered rural areas with few other news sources radio.wpsu.org/2025-09-11/p...

This week, a local nonprofit brought a handful of unhoused people together to paint a mural on an old gazebo outside of McDonald's in Lancaster city. The makeover of this gazebo has been really cool to see in real time lancasteronline.com/news/local/l...

I got to go on the truck !

The only English- and Spanish-bilingual public radio station in Lancaster and York counties is expected to cut programming next year in the wake of Congress’ vote last month to rescind public broadcasting funds via @jaxonwhite.bsky.social lancasteronline.com/news/politic...

Officers who shatter car windows aren’t being disciplined — they’re being promoted. One ICE official who smashed a window in front of a local TV reporter now has a senior ICE position overseeing operations on the East Coast.

This is Sue’s story. But it could be the story of any of the roughly half a dozen families I spoke to for this investigation. And it’s the story of what failure over three decades means for real people, a mother and son.

The White House said on Monday that it had barred Wall Street Journal reporters from the traveling press pool for President Trump’s trip to Scotland, attacking the publication again for its reporting on ties between the president and Jeffrey Epstein.

Rep. Smucker, it should be noted, declined to speak with Jaxon about the meetings between his office staff and the activists, leaving Jaxon to rely on quotes from a spokesman. The story was about an attempt at actual dialogue ...

For those who have been following the Lanco's hazmat issue, here's the latest. The county is relying on regional mutual aid service moving forward, but officials say it's a "short-term" solution. lancasteronline.com/news/local/r...

“Sanchez came to the United States in 2022 from Colombia and applied for asylum; he was granted temporary permission to remain in the country while his claim was processed.
His pending asylum status required him to report for routine check-ins with federal authorities, which is what he did”

Update on Lancaster County hazmat contract that expires next week — the county says nothing is official but doesn’t seem likely to keep working with HazMat 2. HazMat 2 said it’s already been told to leave its building

Big Manheim Township news via @tommylisi.bsky.social !!!

Lancaster County is operating under its first Code Red alert of the summer season as a heat wave sets in across central Pennsylvania. lanc.news/4eqnGIH

ICYMI: There's ongoing dispute about the county's hazmat contract. The county's current responder, HazMat 2, said they learned suddenly the county was looking elsewhere for services. The county says HazMat 2 asked them to look for someone new lancasteronline.com/news/local/l...

Manheim Twp.'s been chipping away at a new comprehensive plan for the past few years, and the first draft is now ready. It calls for more affordable housing, bike lanes and fiscal management lancasteronline.com/news/local/b...

The listing going up and then down shows how the administration is “cruel but incompetent.” — Peter Pedemonti, co-director of New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia.

Lancaster city probably won't get any extra money from the Marriott hotel developer thanks to the pandemic. Projections made in 2017 showed the city could have received close to $8mil in from the hotel's success lancasteronline.com/news/local/l...

In January, HUD cut $580k to Lancaster County homelessness services. When the county appealed the decision, HUD said it was not a mistake. Housing leaders have found alternate funding for most of its services but stressed more cuts could come this year lancasteronline.com/news/local/f...

ICYMI: @poynterinstitute.bsky.social published a reporting guide I helped create about reporting on homelessness. I worked with a group of journalists from across the country for several months, led by @lisahalverstadt.bsky.social. www.poynter.org/ethics-trust...

Low-income families and individuals are by the end of June expected to begin moving into the largest affordable housing project to be constructed in Lancaster city in the last 40 years. lanc.news/4jiaVkd

For several years, Janet Diaz was a major vote getter in citywide races. On Tuesday, she lost the mayoral primary by 3,000 votes in a race where ~4,400 people cast a ballot. Some local Dems told me they believe Diaz built a campaign on "fear" that hurt her performance

In the City Council race, all three of the Democratic party's endorsed candidates will move onto the Nov. general election. Incumbent Lochard Calixte lost out to newcomer Amos Stoltzfus, the director of Tenfold's SoWe lancasteronline.com/news/politic...

Jaime Arroyo has won Lancaster city's mayoral primary with more than 83% of the vote. He soundly defeated opponent Janet Diaz who earned just 710 votes as of 11:15 p.m. Arroyo had 3,692. lancasteronline.com/news/politic...

Jaime Arroyo defeats Janet Diaz in the Democratic mayoral primary in Lancaster. lancasteronline.com/news/politic...

Early results coming for the city's mayoral election - Jaime Arroyo leading with mail-in voters

Polls are now closed in Pennsylvania. Municipal primary election results for Lancaster County will be posted here: electionresults.lancastercountypa.gov/results/publ...

With just about an hour until polls close, here's what voters had to say about today's primary election: lancasteronline.com/news/politic...

Seems like a fairly slow day at the polls, typical for a municipal primary. But I got this nice quote from Lancaster resident Mary Ward about why she votes during primaries: “It’s important to do it. I don’t think you should piss and loan unless you do it.”

Happy Election Day! Polls are open until 8 p.m. I’ll be following Lancaster’s mayoral and City Council races, some of the only contested races in Lancaster County today Here’s the latest on the mayoral race: lancasteronline.com/news/local/c...

Lancaster County elections staff will count mail ballots with dating errors on the outer envelopes for Tuesday’s primary. lanc.news/44K2bjm

No one in Terre Hill Borough could remember two Republicans ever competing in a mayoral primary. lanc.news/44OBLNv