23+ hour, 30+ min ago   (419+ words) Digital bank Revolut disclosed passport scans, home addresses and full Bitcoin transaction histories belonging to an unknown number of customers after a fraudulent email impersonating a government agency cleared its internal verification process, CoinDesk reported on Friday. The company discovered…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (834+ words) Dozens of municipalities could be left scrambling over how to proceed with winter rock salt purchases after the low bid through the South Hills Area Council of Governments (SHACOG) came in at nearly twice last year’s price. Harrison commissioners this…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (381+ words) Carbon County officials, after hesitating on their votes, approved the annual in-lieu-of-taxes payment for thousands of acres of land spanning several municipalities that are owned by the Bethlehem Water Authority. Commissioner Wayne Nothstein, who visibly hesitated before casting a yes…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (226+ words) Property reassessments in Allegheny County are to begin in 2027 and be reevaluated in 2032. I have a better idea: How about eliminating property taxes altogether like Florida is proposing? Senior citizens will be overwhelmed in 2032, the same year Social Security is…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (592+ words) Murrysville council heard questions Wednesday about how the town would manage potential placement of data centers. The questions compelled council to delay advertising the new regulations it developed. The session came on the same day that Delmont officials held a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (498+ words) Pennsylvania's Department of Human Services has started sending formal notices to more than 700,000 Medicaid expansion enrollees statewide, alerting them to federal work requirements set to take effect next year, WHYY reported. About 183,000 of those recipients live in Philadelphia. All mailings…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (734+ words) Some Pennsylvania lawmakers are renewing a push to eliminate school property taxes statewide, as Pittsburgh-area taxpayers continue to feel the pinch and as the state still searches for a way to adequately fund its public schools. The proposal has been…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1195+ words) For the first time in more than a decade, Allegheny County is preparing to reassess the value of every property in the county — a process that could change how much many homeowners pay in property taxes. A judge has ordered…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (252+ words) Construction permits have been issued for a three-story single-family townhouse at 4614 Millett Street in Holmesburg, according to building permit filings. The home will go up on a vacant lot on the southwest side of the block between Ditman Street and…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (246+ words) Increasing clouds. A small chance of a stray shower late. BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Bethlehem Planning Commission advanced zoning text amendment changes governing data centers Tuesday night at city hall. The changes address three separate articles and involve various changes. One…...