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“Today in Pa.” Daily Podcast | June 18, 2021
The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Catholic foster care agency after the city of Philadelphia limited its relationship with the organization due to its refusal to certify same-sex couples as foster parents. Much like the rest of the country, Pennsylvania businesses are suffering from staffing shortages. Thunderstorms may be on the docket for this weekend’s weather in the central part of the state. Plus, one professor is helping technology such as Alexa and Siri to better understand those who don’t speak English.
Those are the stories we cover in the latest episode of “Today in Pa.,” a daily weekday podcast from PennLive.com and hosted by Claudia Dimuro. “Today in Pa.” is dedicated to sharing the most important and interesting stories pertaining to Pennsylvania that lets you know, indeed, what’s happening today in Pa.
Today’s episode refers to the following articles:
- Philadelphia violated Constitution in dispute over same-sex foster parents, Supreme Court rules
- Dorney Park to be open just 5 days a week because of staffing shortage
- Lifeguard shortage forces officials to close central Pa. state park swimming pool
- Philadelphia restaurant vendors latest affected by labor shortage, worsening impact on hard-hit eateries
- Wanted in Pittsburgh: Lifeguards willing to ‘get a free tan’ for $11-$15 per hour
- Rivers Casino Philadelphia latest to boot employee pay to $15 an hour to attract more workers
- Thunderstorms threaten odds of sunny weekend in central Pa.
- CMU language technology professor a finalist for $250,000 prize
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