💸 DOGE cuts hit Pgh museums

🧯 New Details in Arson at Governor's Mansion

The suspect charged in the attack was upset with Shapiro’s views on Gaza, according to search warrants, and said that the governor “needs to know that he ‘will not take part in his plans for what he wants to do to the Palestinian people.’” The suspect’s family says he has mental health issues and that they tried to get him help in the days before the attack. [Pennsylvania Capital-Star/CNN]

• 🔍 A third-party expert will do an independent security review of the governor’s residence. [Spotlight PA]
• 🚧 Contractors are working around the clock to clean up the mansion and reopen it within a few days. [PennWatch]

🏗️ More Data Centers for Southwestern PA

Artificial intelligence is driving a huge demand for data centers, and PA’s bounty of natural gas reserves are attracting developers. Since January, three massive projects have been proposed in Lower Burrell, Washington County, and Homer. [Axios Pittsburgh]

💸 DOGE Cuts Hit Pgh Museums

Federal funding cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities are leaving Pittsburgh institutions — like Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Phipps Conservatory — with big gaps in their budget.

• 🎨 Millvale’s Maxo Vanka Mural preservation project is also losing hundreds of thousands of federal dollars. [90.5 WESA]

🎤 ‘Empty Seat’ Town Hall in Swissvale

After U.S. Senators John Fetterman and Dave McCormick declined to schedule an in-person meeting with constituents in Pennsylvania, former Congressman Conor Lamb and State Rep. Lindsay Powell held an “empty seat town hall” this week. More than 150 community members attended and raised concerns about Fetterman and McCormick’s loyalty to the Trump administration. [City Paper]

• 📣 Lamb and Powell weren’t trying to speak for the senators, but rather “urging those office holders to listen.” [90.5 WESA]

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