Berks County news

The July 2, 2026 Berks County commissioners meeting: a new AI policy for employees, $206K in uniform contracts, a $300K farm loan, and an ICE comment.

The July 9, 2026 Berks County agenda: outside lawyers to negotiate a possible purchase of 600 Penn Street, $600,000 in budget moves, and how to comment.

Reading City Council removed 13 proposed Home Rule Charter amendments from November's ballot after the Charter Review Commission missed its reporting deadline.

Berks County's 2026 budget spends $690 million. Where the money comes from, where it goes, and why county taxes cover only about a quarter of it.

Commissioners approved a letter of intent to buy the former Wells Fargo tower for $7.235 million, temporary space while the courthouse is repaired.

The federal government will not open the ICE facility it planned in an Upper Bern Township warehouse it bought for $87.4 million. What happened, and what happens to the building now.

Berks County said a new jail would beat renovating the old one. Four years after restarting the project there is no site, no price, and no decision.

Households and businesses hit by the June 11 Oak Forest apartment fire can get federal loans and state grants. Key deadlines: July 16, Aug. 24, Sept. 27.

When and where the Berks County commissioners meet, how to watch online, the exact public-comment rules, and how to find agendas and minutes.

Your Berks County property tax bill has three parts: county, municipal, and school. What each funds, why school is biggest, and how to find your rate.

Reading, Spring, Bern, Exeter, and Cumru are all writing data-center rules at once. Who has an ordinance, who wants a moratorium, and what decides July 13.

The June 15 Muhlenberg agenda carried a disaster-emergency declaration for the Oak Forest fire, damage estimated above $2 million, plus a $312,589 fire pumper.

The annual Berks County assessment appeal deadline is August 1. How the process works, what evidence wins, what it costs, and what changed in 2026.

Use Berks County's free parcel search to find any property's owner, assessed value, and sales history, plus where to get copies of deeds.

Key dates for the November 3, 2026 election in Berks County: registration and mail-ballot deadlines, the governor race, and where results post.

Berks Heim in Leesport is a 420-bed nursing home owned by Berks County, one of the few county-run homes left in Pennsylvania. Costs, admission, and why it matters.

Berks County publishes agendas, minutes, and budgets, but almost no resident can use them. Four inexpensive fixes would change that.

What the three Berks County commissioners do, what the row officers are, and what the county controls versus your township and school district.

The county has cited big numbers for its government-center plan. The documents behind them, the price, and the financing still belong in public view.

The Schuylkill Valley school board adopted a $50.7 million 2026-27 budget and raised property taxes for the first time since 2021: $127.50 on the average home.