🤖 A massive data center complex has been proposed at the former site of the Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale.
Data center proposals in the Pittsburgh region have accelerated since the announced $90 billion investment at the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit last month. (TribLive)
❌ An Allegheny County Jail corrections officer was fired last week following an investigation into a video posted to social media in which a man uses a racial slur and wields a weapon. (WESA)
🎓 Point Park University is expecting a more than 25% increase in first-year students this fall, a rare upswing as regional colleges contend with shrinking birth rates and growing interest in alternatives to four-year degrees. (Press release)
⚖️ A judge ruled the federal government's abrupt cancellation of congressionally approved humanities grants unlawful, allowing a lawsuit to move forward. In April, DOGE cut NEH funding to thousands, including PA Humanities, which lost 60% of its budget. (NPR)
