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BUSINESS
Millennials are earning
20 percent less than
baby boomer parents
at same milestones.
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COST OF POLITICS
Local Trump rally cost at least $60,000 in taxpayer money
People wait in line to attend the campaign rally for Donald Trump on Oct. 1 at Spooky Nook Sports in Manheim. East Hempfield
police coverage for the event and providing safety for the protest area by other surrounding police and county groups cost
taxpayers at least $60,000. Trumps campaign will not be reimbursing the local authorities.
SAM JANESCH
SJANESCH@LNPNEWS.COM
President-elect Donald
Trumps October campaign rally
in Lancaster County cost local
police departments and other
agencies at least $60,000 in tax-
payer dollars.
And Trumps campaign will not
be paying it back.
East Hempfield police, whose
jurisdiction covers the Spooky
Nook Sports Complex, where
Trump held his event, spent
$20,000, mostly in overtime, po-
lice Chief Stephen Skiles said.
Another 27 surrounding police
and county groups spent $40,300
to provide safety, manage traffic
LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY
Cost of repairs keeping basement closed
Though mold problem stabilized, about $2M for HVAC work needs to be raised
TOM KNAPP
TKNAPP@LNPNEWS.COM
The basement level of
the Lancaster Public Li-
brary will remain closed to
patrons for the foreseeable
future.
The basement, which
houses nonfiction, biog-
raphy and reference ma-
terials, was closed in Sep-
tember 2015 after library
workers found gray mold
on some of the books.
Its a problem that will
cost close to $2 million to
resolve.
The problem, according
to library director Heather
Sharpe, is a malfunction-
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Delay
of game
Sundays Steelers game
moved to prime-time kickoff
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FAITH & VALUES NATION
After making Tanzania Justice Department
their second home, report reveals years
family makes return of civil rights abuses
trip to volunteer. by Chicago police.
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CAMPAIGNS OBAMACARE
Congress
approves
first step
in repeal
Action adds urgency to
question of what comes next
THOMAS KAPLAN AND ROBERT PEAR
NEW YORK TIMES
WASHINGTON The House gave fi-
nal approval Friday for speedy action to
repeal the Affordable Care Act, putting
Congress on track to undo the most sig-
nificant health care law in a half-century.
By a vote of 227-198, the House ap-
proved a budget blueprint that allows Re-
publicans to obliterate major provisions
of President Barack Obamas health care
law without the threat of a Democratic
filibuster in the Senate.
The vote, coming a week before Presi-
dent-elect Donald Trumps inauguration,
places Republicans squarely in position
to accomplish their long-held goal of dis-
mantling Obamas signature domestic
achievement.
But the quick action by Congress adds
urgency to the vexing question of what
comes next. While pursuing repeal with
zeal, Republicans are far from a con-
ANDY BLACKBURN | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER sensus on how to go about replacing the
health care law, under which more than
20 million Americans have gained health
insurance.
$204,000
Repeal with zeal
and plan the protest area, he said.
Skiles said he asked a cam- Republicans have repeatedly pledged to
paign official on site and a state repeal the Affordable Care Act.
legislator later about possible n Owed to municipalities nationwide by Now they say they are intent on keep-
reimbursement, but he wasnt Donald Trump for campaign events. ing their promise to Americans who have
surprised to find out billing the REPEAL, page A5
$25,000
campaign wouldnt be successful.
I think Ive come to expect its a
cost of the national political pro-
Big changes
cess. I dont know that its fair to
the individual local municipality n Owed by Hillary Clinton nationwide for
taxpayer, but they will have to campaign events.
brought by
decide that for themselves, Skiles
$20,000
said.
For municipalities that have
billed Trumps campaign in the
last year, it has not been of much Obamacare
could vanish
use, according to a report this n Cost of overtime for East Hempfield police
CAMPAIGN BILLS, page A14 to provide security for Spooky Nook rally.
How some of the largest
modifications might look
MARGOT SANGER-KATZ
NEW YORK TIMES
After years of vowing to repeal the Af-
fordable Care Act, as it is formally known,
Republican lawmakers in both chambers
ing heating, ventilation of Congress have passed a bill that will
and air conditioning sys- make it easier to gut Obamacare.
tem that caused high hu- Because they are using a special budget
midity levels in the base- process, Republicans wont be able to re-
ment. peal all provisions of the health law. But it
Although the mold seems like a good time to look at the ma-
problem has been stabi- jor changes Obamacare brought to health
lized with dehumidifiers, care, which of those changes might disap-
Sharpe said its unlikely pear and what might replace them.
the basement will reopen An important note: We still dont know
to the public anytime soon.
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Lancaster Public Library Executive Director Heather Sharpe
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