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Woodward Elementary students learn about careers

LAURA TARANTELLA/THE EXPRESS Students at Woodward Elementary explored a wide range of future career opportunities during the school’s Career Day held May 20, as community professionals visited classrooms to share their experiences and skills with students. Presenters spoke with students ...

Bridge restoration continues to slow traffic in Jersey Shore

JERSEY SHORE — A bridge restoration project along state Route 44, over the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, that connects Jersey Shore Borough and Nippenose Township is continuing, with PennDOT officials reminding motorists of its impact on commutes and restrictions in ...

Demolition of 14th Street row homes continues; clean up ongoing

Although clean up will continue, it took just two days to remove the brick that connected the 14th Street row homes in Renovo, with the final home coming down Wednesday afternoon. Destruction of the outbuildings, such as garages and sheds took place in previous weeks. The borough plans to ...

Key inflation gauge worsens as Americans’ income and spending power erodes

WASHINGTON (AP) — A key inflation gauge accelerated in April to the highest level in three years, squeezing Americans’ finances and creating political challenges for President Trump and congressional Republicans with midterm elections just five months away. Inflation jumped to 3.8% in April compared with a year ago, the Commerce Department said Thursday, up from 3.5% in March and the highest since May 2023. On a monthly basis, prices rose 0.4%, down from the 0.7% jump in March but still higher than the inflation-fighters at the Federal Reserve would prefer. Thursday’s inflation ...

Ohio suspends data center tax break as tech firms face pressure to pay the cost to power AI

Ohio, one of the nation’s data center destination hot spots, is suspending a tax break that has been critical to its competition with other states to attract the massive new facilities that power and train artificial intelligence chatbots. The move Wednesday by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine comes as tax breaks for energy-hungry AI data centers are increasingly playing a role in state budgets and the industry is under pressure to pay the full costs of the vast network of its computing warehouses needed to power AI. The size of Ohio’s tax break skyrocketed, dwarfing previous ...