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    Another minimum wage bill passes the House
    Business, Local News, PA State News
    Another minimum wage bill passes the House
    By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Jun 13, 2025
    HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania House passed a bill that would move the needle on the state’s minimum wage after 15 years of fighting for increases. The...
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    Rapid electrification spiking power prices, says grid operator
    Nation & World, PA State News
    Rapid electrification spiking power prices, says grid operator
    By CHRISTEN SMITH The Center Square 
    Jun 13, 2025
    HARRISBURG – The regionwide electrification race means electricity prices will rise until energy supply can better meet demand. This, according to PJM...
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    Report: Regional power grid prepared for hotter, wetter summer
    Local News, PA State News
    Report: Regional power grid prepared for hotter, wetter summer
    By LAUREN JESSOP The Center Square 
    Jun 13, 2025
    HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s utility companies say they’re prepared for a summer of high electricity demand and weather-related threats, according to a...
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    How does Shapiro wield the Pennsylvania National Guard? At his discretion
    Nation & World, PA State News
    How does Shapiro wield the Pennsylvania National Guard? At his discretion
    By CHRISTEN SMITH The Center Square 
    Jun 13, 2025
    HARRISBURG – Gov. Josh Shapiro is in a unique position regarding the deployment of the Pennsylvania National Guard. He can consent to doing so, as he ...
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    Higher bonds floated to help the state’s orphan well problem
    Local News, PA State News
    Higher bonds floated to help the state’s orphan well problem
    By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Jun 13, 2025
    HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania has seen 1,154 oil and gas wells abandoned since 2020. In the past two and a half years, on the other hand, only 308 have be...
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    Dush responds to local petition, says not in favor of cuts to transportation
    Local News, PA State News
    Dush responds to local petition, says not in favor of cuts to transportation
    By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 12, 2025
    Sen. Cris Dush has voiced his concerns about problems at the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), but does that mean this regio...
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    Dush’s eminent domain legislation passes Senate
    Local News, PA State News
    Dush’s eminent domain legislation passes Senate
    Jun 12, 2025
    HARRISBURG — Legislation sponsored by PA Senate State Government Committee Chairman Sen. Cris Dush, R-Brookville, to protect and financially compensat...
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    Sunday hunting bill passes Pa. House
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    Sunday hunting bill passes Pa. House
    Jun 11, 2025
    HARRISBURG — Legislation that would fully repeal Pennsylvania’s Sunday hunting ban passed the state House of Representatives Wednesday and now heads t...
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    Multi-state lawsuit to block 23andMe’s sale of consumer data
    Business, Nation & World, PA State News
    Multi-state lawsuit to block 23andMe’s sale of consumer data
    Jun 11, 2025
    HARRISBURG – Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that his office is joining a bipartisan coalition of 28 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to b...
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    Pa. leaders push to tackle election threats, disinformation
    PA State News
    Pa. leaders push to tackle election threats, disinformation
    By LAURA ESPOSITO Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Jun 11, 2025
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — In the years between presidential elections, research shows concerns about election safety, security and political violence tend to...
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    Graduation rates, cost, and more could soon determine state funding increases for PSU, Temple, and Pitt
    PA State News
    Graduation rates, cost, and more could soon determine state funding increases for PSU, Temple, and Pitt
    By SUSAN SNYDER  The Philadelphia Inquirer 
    Jun 11, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — The Pennsylvania legislature is likely to vote soon on a formula to award new state funding to Pennsylvania State University, Tem...
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    Fetterman dines at MAGA hangout, could he face a primary challenge 2028?
    Nation & World, PA State News
    Fetterman dines at MAGA hangout, could he face a primary challenge 2028?
    Jun 11, 2025
    (TNS) — Tongues are wagging in Washington where Sen. John Fetterman was spotted dining with two top Trump influencers at a restaurant popular with the...
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    House targets private interests with bipartisan votes
    Local News, PA State News
    House targets private interests with bipartisan votes
    By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Jun 11, 2025
    HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania House took a wide bipartisan swipe at the private equity firms who have widened their impact on the state’s most basic n...
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    Committee to examine rural dental care shortages
    Local News, PA State News
    Committee to examine rural dental care shortages
    Jun 11, 2025
    TAMAQUA – The Senate Majority Policy Committee, chaired by Sen. Dave Argall, R-29, will visit Tamaqua next week to review the growing shortage of dent...
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    Court win for Catholic school students
    Local News, PA State News
    Court win for Catholic school students
    By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Jun 11, 2025
    STATE COLLEGE — State College Area School District agreed upon terms with Religious Rights Foundation of PA, an arm of the conservative Catholic Thoma...
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    ‘Day of Defiance’ to protest Trump’s Army, Flag Day celebrations
    Local News, Nation & World, PA State News
    ‘Day of Defiance’ to protest Trump’s Army, Flag Day celebrations
    By SARAH RODERICK-FITCH  The Center Square 
    Jun 11, 2025
    HARRISBURG – Protests are being planned across the country to deflect from the celebratory events to be held in Washington on Saturday marking the Arm...
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    Seven charged in regional drug trafficking
    Crime, Local News, PA State News
    Seven charged in regional drug trafficking
    Jun 11, 2025
    HARRISBURG — Attorney General Dave Sunday announced charges against seven people who were arrested in recent days for their roles in distributing meth...
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    Police find meth, heroin, 2 African wildcats during drug bust at Clearfield home
    Crime, Local News, PA State News
    Police find meth, heroin, 2 African wildcats during drug bust at Clearfield home
    By CHRIS MAUTNER  pennlive.com 
    Jun 10, 2025
    CLEARFIELD (TNS) — Police in Clearfield County recovered more than just drugs during the search of a home earlier this month. According to a press rel...
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    Sen. John Fetterman slams Democratic Party for ‘anarchy’ in LA
    Nation & World, PA State News
    Sen. John Fetterman slams Democratic Party for ‘anarchy’ in LA
    By EMILY BLOCH  The Philadelphia Inquirer 
    Jun 10, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., has criticized the protests in Los Angeles, calling the scene “true chaos.” It’s the latest chap...
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    Report: Pennsylvania labor policy ranks 33rd in nation
    Business, Local News, PA State News
    Report: Pennsylvania labor policy ranks 33rd in nation
    By CHRISTEN SMITH The Center Square 
    Jun 10, 2025
    HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s labor policies rank the commonwealth the 33rd most for “pro-growth” reforms, according to a new report from the American L...
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    Pirates beat Cubs on 10th-inning sacrifice fly from Kiner-Falefa
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    Pirates beat Cubs on 10th-inning sacrifice fly from Kiner-Falefa
    Colin Beazley Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    June 13, 2025
    CHICAGO (TNS) — Shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa did the little things. It was enough for a vuctory. The Pirates beat the Cubs, 2-1 in 10 innings, on Frid...
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    Bradford Township VFD puts station up for sale
    Local News
    Bradford Township VFD puts station up for sale
    June 13, 2025
    Gone are the days of overflow lots for parking on bingo night for volunteer fire departments. On Friday, Bradford Township VFD announced the decision ...
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    Balancing property rights, community concerns
    Local News
    Balancing property rights, community concerns   
    Balancing property rights, community concerns
    Liberty Township keeps restrictive ordinance  
    By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    June 13, 2025
    In August 2024, Keating Township supervisors Dave McClain, John Anderson and Ryan Herzog adopted a protective ordinance that attempted to balance prop...
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    Another minimum wage bill passes the House
    Business, Local News, PA State News
    Another minimum wage bill passes the House
    By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    June 13, 2025
    HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania House passed a bill that would move the needle on the state’s minimum wage after 15 years of fighting for increases. The...
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    Protect the pooch
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    Protect the pooch
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 13, 2025
    OLEAN, N.Y. — Those of us with furry loved ones know that they are more than a pet; they are an important member of the family. With the warm summer m...
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    Smethport Rotary places Peace Pole
    Local News, Nation & World
    Smethport Rotary places Peace Pole
    June 13, 2025
    SMETHPORT — In a world too often divided by conflict and misunderstanding, a quiet but powerful symbol of hope now stands in Smethport. Sponsored by t...
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