Isabela Weiss | WVIA News | Report for America
Isabela Weiss is a storyteller turned reporter from Athens, GA. She is WVIA News's Rural Government Reporter and a Report for America corps member. Weiss lives in Wilkes-Barre with her fabulous cats, Boo and Lorelai.
You can email Isabela at isabelaweiss@wvia.org
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Medicaid cuts would threaten thousands of Pennsylvanians’ access to healthcare and put hospitals in the region at risk of closure, activists argued during a virtual town hall meeting this week. -
In the most watched race in Lackawanna County, Cognetti wins the right to face Republican winner Beynon and maybe two third-party candidates in the Nov. 4 municipal election. -
The Diamond City is shining with art, food trucks and music at its 69th Fine Arts Fiesta. -
Hysni 'Sam' Syla and project manager George Albert plan to convert Public Square office building into hotel in place of stalled Hotel Sterling redevelopment. -
By a 7-3 vote, the Law & Justice Committee kill House Bill 1200, which would have legalized marijuana sales under the state Liquor Control Board. -
Gov. Josh Shapiro promised to fight cuts to rural healthcare, avian influenza and agricultural programs during a visit to an eighth-generation potato farm in Sacramento, Pa. -
A bill making its way through the Pennsylvania State House would stock marijuana in state-run stores. -
For Robert “Bobby” Hughes, coal runs deep in Northeast Pennsylvania’s blood – both in the region’s identity and in its environmental impact. -
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation tore the historic Skinners Falls Bridge down in April. Now, residents from both communities are fighting to preserve its story. -
Energy leaders, state and federal representatives say they will unleash Northeast Pennsylvania’s natural gas reserves for the future of data centers and artificial intelligence.
