Anne Danahy
Anne Danahy is a reporter at WPSU. She was a reporter for nearly 12 years at the Centre Daily Times in State College, Pennsylvania, where she earned a number of awards for her coverage of issues including the impact of natural gas development on communities.
She earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and a master's degree in media studies from Penn State.
Before joining WPSU, she worked as a writer and editor at Strategic Communications at Penn State and with the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute before that.
She hosts a Q&A program for Centre County's government and education access station and teaches a news writing and reporting class at Penn State.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of millions in federal dollars was pushed out to child care centers in Pennsylvania, but that funding wasn't permanent and has stopped. At a time when workers can make more in other jobs, providers and advocates say the child care shortage that existed before the pandemic will get worse if the government doesn’t step in.
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Pennsylvania’s 2024 presidential primary is scheduled to take place April 23, but state Rep. Scott Conklin, who is majority chairman of the State Government Committee, said the committee will consider legislation to make the 2024 primary earlier.
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Penn State will ask the state for a 33% increase in funding for the upcoming budget year, even as the university waits for state legislators to agree on funding for this fiscal year.
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Wildfires in Canada are breaking records this year, and one effect has been days of haze and unhealthy air in Pennsylvania. WPSU spoke with Erica Smithwick, a fire ecology expert and distinguished professor of geography at Penn State, about the fires and what role climate change is playing.
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Penn State is overhauling the system it uses to classify its staff and decide how much they should be paid, and according to professors who spoke during a Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday, so far the changes are hurting, not helping, employee morale.
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Rural Pennsylvania is getting older, and the number of babies being born is going down. WPSU spoke with the Center for Rural Pennsylvania about this shift and whether enough people are moving into rural areas to make up for a shrinking population.
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Girls wrestling in Pennsylvania achieved a milestone Wednesday when the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association voted to sponsor the high school sport, opening the door to more opportunities for girls.
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Many school board races in Pennsylvania districts are competitive this year, and slates of candidates with very different viewpoints mean voters will have choices when they cast their ballot in Tuesday's primary.
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While fewer voters support mail-in voting than when it was first introduced in Pennsylvania in 2020, most voters are still confident their ballots will be counted correctly, according to a recent Franklin and Marshall College Poll.
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An appearance at Penn State’s University Park campus by the right-wing entertainer Alex Stein planned for this month has been canceled, after running into logistical hurdles. Organizers said they'll be back in the fall.