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President Donald Trump’s administration is deporting Bhutanese refugees back to Bhutan, the country that drove them out in a government-backed ethnic cleansing 30 years ago.

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports the whereabouts of six Pennsylvania residents are now unknown after being sent to Bhutan at the end of March.

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Through good and bad moments. Pamela J. Black expresses her emotions on canvas. Her creative process involves constant experimentation and serves as a source of meditation, which is rooted in abstraction. Hear How Black Became an Artist, creates her work and finds inspiration in this artist series from WITF.

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A special election in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tuesday, saw a Democrat clinch a narrow win in a historically Republican state legislative district.

Jaxon White says it is the first time a Democrat has won a state Senate seat in the county since 1889.

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Republicans continue to see restricting transgender rights as a winning political strategy. 
WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports state Senate Republicans in the Education Committee are advancing a bill targeting transgender athletes, setting it up for a vote before the full Senate.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more Bhutanese refugees living in Pennsylvania, bringing the count of those in custody to at least ten.

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports leaders in the Nepali-speaking Bhutanese community are rallying political support. 

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The future of water pollution regulation in Pennsylvania is murky following a U.S.

Supreme Court ruling. WITF’s Rachel McDevitt reports environmental advocates say the decision chips away at clean water protections. 

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Pennsylvania is creating a new resource for growers who tend produce, flowers, hardwood trees, and other specialty crops.

WITF’s Rachel McDevitt reports the new Center for Plant Excellence will work to increase innovation and address industry issues.

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Responding to President Donald Trump’s policies targeting immigrants, a group of Democratic state lawmakers on Wednesday renewed their call to launch an Office of New Pennsylvanians.

Jaxon White with our sister newsroom LNP/LancasterOnline reports lawmakers say the office would look to attract and retain immigrants statewide.

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State legislators are considering a consumer data privacy bill that would set rules for how companies collect, store and sell individualized information from people’s online activities.

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports the bill follows a more industry-friendly model passed in 17 other states.

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