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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Secretary Debra Bogen of the State Department of Health championed the Wyoming County State Health Center’s reopening in downtown Tunkhannock. -
Gov. Josh Shapiro sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) over the termination of a $13 million food assistance contract in the wake of looming food stamp cuts and mounting losses to charitable food programs. -
Congressman Dan Meuser explained his support for proposed cuts to Medicaid during a Tuesday luncheon with Schuylkill County business leaders. -
Healthcare advocates critical of U.S. House vote on Medicaid cuts, warn of threats to Pa. healthcareOver 600,000 Pennsylvanians could lose healthcare access if President Trump’s 'Big, Beautiful Bill' passes the U.S. Senate, healthcare activists say. -
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.
