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Laura Benshoff / WHYY The federal government has proposed more bed space in the Berks Family Residential Center — a detail missing from one commissioner’s public statement last week about the center’s future. Berks County Commissioner Chair Christian Leinbach said the proposal’s “bottom line” was the county’s willingness to continue detaining families or just women migrants. But he didn’t mention the proposal for more beds, and the possibility of more detainees. ICE’s proposal is titled “White Paper Proposal for Additional Bed Space at the BCRC.” The 96-bed facility...

Berks County commissioners agreed this week to invite representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency to a future operations meeting to discuss the cleanup of former Exide properties, including a Hamburg Superfund site. Commissioners Chairman Christian Leinbach and Commissioner Kevin Barnhardt said Thursday that they would like to have an EPA representative give an update on the situation in the Hamburg area. Leinbach acknowledged that residents have been frustrated in finding answers to their questions about the site and nearby Kaercher Creek Lake Park. Commissioners recently learne...

CADILLAC — Cadillac's fire marshal has his city job back but he's not getting paid for the time between his firing and reinstatement.

AP Photo/Frank Franklin II In the last week or so, I have made some decent money with the sale of my GameStop stock that I owned since the IPO nearly 20 years ago.  I never thought that what happened with GameStop would lead me to submit a Freedom of Information Act Request to the Capitol Hill Police Department, but here we are. Last week, when AOC went on a rant about RobinHood’s pause of trades of GameStop, Ted Cruz stepped in to offer support and agreement.   AOC, instead of gracefully accepting the support from Senator Cruz (or even just ignoring it), erroneously suggested that Senat...

A look inside the complicated assault case the Marine Corps doesn’t want anyone talking about January 29 Cpl. Thae Ohu is currently in the brig facing nine charges including attempted murder. (Photo courtesy of Michael Hinesley) A prosecution’s push to silence those working to fight for Marine Cpl. Thae Ohu was struck down by a Marine Corps judge Monday. “I lack sympathy to infringe on constitutional rights,” Lt. Col. Michael Zimmerman, the judge in the case, said during a hearing on Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. Ohu’s family says she was an alleged victim of sexua...