Penn State votes in favor of union, HVAB's president to retire: Top stories

From a historic Penn State faculty union vote to a high-profile arrest involving a former student, here’s a roundup of the top stories from Thursday.

Here are key takeaways:

• Penn State faculty voted to unionize with 2,510 yes votes out of more than 5,000 eligible voters, marking one of the largest public sector union elections in Pennsylvania’s history and the largest in nearly five decades.
• Drivers should expect traffic stoppages of up to 15 minutes at the I-99 and Jacksonville Road junction on Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. as crews install bridge beams as part of the $259 million High-Speed Interchange Project.
• Fritz Smith announced his resignation as president and CEO of Happy Valley Adventure Bureau effective May 29 after eight years, during which Centre County achieved the highest percentage post-COVID visitation growth among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.
• Former Penn State student Zuoyu “Eric” Wu, 25, had bail set at $2 million after being charged with felony counts of unlawful use of a computer and computer trespassing for allegedly manipulating police dispatch programs containing personal identifying information. He appeared to be taken into custody at his home Wednesday evening after what neighbors described as an armed police operation involving more than a dozen officers, but Penn State police did not release which agencies were involved.
• Penn State DuBois has entered a lease agreement with Mount Aloysius College for transitional use of classroom and office space in the Swift Building beginning July 1, as the campus prepares to close after the spring 2027 semester.

The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.