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![Penn State's branch campuses see big drop in enrollment, what chemicals are used to frack for natural gas [podcast] - Vimarsana News](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/5f/e5fb980e-c4be-11ed-973a-579d9ddc8f31/64145c8d6f2fe.image.jpg?crop=1763%2C926%2C0%2C124&resize=438%2C230&order=crop%2Cresize)
Overall enrollment at Penn State’s Commonwealth campuses - including four in the midstate - dropped almost 30 percent since 2010.
![Gov. Shapiro calls to fix higher education system in Pa., hundreds of dead fish surface in the Susquehanna River [podcast] - Vimarsana News](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/aa/6aa6d61c-46b6-11ee-a918-a7560d7ef1e9/64ee68ba3aa98.image.jpg?crop=1763%2C926%2C0%2C124&resize=438%2C230&order=crop%2Cresize)
Governor Josh Shapiro's administration says he plans next month to propose steps toward fixing a state higher education system that's among the worst in the nation in affordability.
![County commissioners across Pennsylvania offer up priorities to lawmakers [podcast] - Vimarsana News](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/5/89/58969f16-a3bf-11ec-916a-6bbd6f39d234/622f80943148e.image.jpg?crop=1662%2C873%2C0%2C186&resize=438%2C230&order=crop%2Cresize)
County commissioners in Pennsylvania are giving state legislators their wish-list for the coming year.
![Charter school supporters want funding reform, Pa. documentarians provide glimpse of World War II battleground [podcast] - Vimarsana News](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/d2/fd2ab42e-b52e-11e7-a9c0-e3a226113056/59e946c0ae38f.image.jpg?crop=1763%2C926%2C0%2C124&resize=438%2C230&order=crop%2Cresize)
Charter school advocates are calling for reform of a funding system they say is unfair to them.
Penn State plans to cut the budgets of many of its colleges and campuses in an upcoming fiscal year.