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KKK flyers found at IUP campus
PA State News
Nov 20, 2025
(TNS) — Flyers advertising the Ku Klux Klan were found at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) and throughout a neighborhood in western Pennsylvan...
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DNA collection poses tough ethical questions for criminal law
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By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
Nov 20, 2025
HARRISBURG — Since the advent of DNA testing, law enforcement agencies have been able to prosecute crimes — and exonerate the wrongly convicted — with...
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Child care workers make $25M appearance in budget
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By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
Nov 20, 2025
HARRISBURG — In a belated but nevertheless jubilant victory lap for the newest Pennsylvania budget, Gov. Josh Shapiro visited Bucks County to talk chi...
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Energy Dept. helps finance restart of Three Mile Island
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By MARC LEVY Associated Press 
Nov 19, 2025
HARRISBURG (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy said Tuesday that it will loan $1 billion to help finance the restart of the nuclear power plant on Pe...
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‘Ghost projects’ haunt power grid planners and taxpayers
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By LAUREN JESSOP The Center Square 
Nov 19, 2025
HARRISBURG – As the country braces for a surge in electricity demand driven by large energy users like data centers, two questions lie at the center o...
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Nuclear power poised for a new start
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By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
Nov 17, 2025
HARRISBURG – New nuclear energy development seemed unlikely in Pennsylvania just a few short years ago. Whether because of costs, safety or environmen...
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Families will see $193M tax credit in 2026
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By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
Nov 17, 2025
HARRISBURG — Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Monday that the Working Pennsylvanians Tax Credit included in the new state budget will be available to resid...
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Call for AI regulations in health care grows louder
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By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
Nov 17, 2025
HARRISBURG — As legislators try to get their arms around the rapid development of artificial intelligence, bills taking a variety of different approac...
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Fetterman hospitalized after fall, his office says
Nation & World, PA State News
Nov 13, 2025
HARRISBURG (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman had what his office says was a “ventricular fibrillation flare-up” that caused him to feel light-headed and...
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Mixed reactions to finally complete state budget
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By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
Nov 12, 2025
Breaking a months-long deadlock, Pennsylvania legislators passed a budget Wednesday, and Gov. Josh Shapiro signed it soon after. The roughly $50 billi...
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Can a battle of the bugs save hemlock trees?
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By ROGER HANNIGAN GILSON Times Union, Albany, N.Y. 
Nov 12, 2025
New York state made major progress over the summer in controlling an invasive species that has decimated hemlock trees up and down the East Coast. The...
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