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January 10, 2020
Francis E. Walter Dam on the Lehigh River in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains is used to reduce flooding and support recreation. Now, a $3 million study is looking at whether it can accommodate a third mission: combating the effects of climate change.

January 7, 2020
Both sides of America’s strained political discourse seem to agree: Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani was a dangerous threat.

January 4, 2020
Buttons bearing the word stigma with a red line through it lay scattered around tables set up for a discussion Friday afternoon on mental health care, hosted by Muhlenberg College for Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, other elected officials and patients and caregivers.

December 16, 2019
After several meetings this spring with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Lehigh Valley Congresswoman Susan Wild still had concerns about provisions in the new trade pact that was being negotiated with Canada and Mexico, and penned a letter to Lighthizer in June repeating her concerns.

December 12, 2019
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was accused of trying to destroy public education and of inflicting serious harm on students during a heated hearing Thursday.

November 20, 2019
A new congressional task force, billed as bipartisan but so far dominated by Chicago-area Democrats, has been formed to pressure the Environmental Protection Agency to update its ethylene oxide regulations.

November 7, 2019
Representative Susan Wild discusses food insecurity with students.

November 1, 2019
A U.S. House committee passed legislation on Thursday that supporters hailed as a “down payment” on a long-sought goal for progressives: free college education for all.

October 28, 2019
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October 22, 2019
The freshman congresswoman discusses her own experiences with suicide and how "we're in the dark ages when it comes to mental-health care."