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Deal on public transit still distant after Senate return
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By CHRISTEN SMITH The Center Square 
Aug 13, 2025
HARRISBURG  — An alternative plan to increase Pennsylvania's mass transit funding using money set aside for system repairs and upgrades failed to impr...
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Stopgap budget in Pennsylvania may not break gridlock
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By CHRISTEN SMITH The Center Square 
Aug 13, 2025
HARRISBURG — After another round of votes on Tuesday, lawmakers are no closer to breaking the six-week gridlock on Pennsylvania’s overdue budget. This...
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Officials give update on U.S. Steel explosion in Clairton
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By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
Aug 12, 2025
CLAIRTON — Officials have urged the press and community not to speculate about the cause of a deadly explosion at a U.S. Steel plant in Clairton, near...
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Paid leave for climate disasters?
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By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
Aug 12, 2025
HARRISBURG — Climate scientists anticipate the frequency and intensity of severe weather to continue increasing in the coming years. For many, these e...
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‘Operation Yellow Jacket’ underway in region
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Aug 12, 2025
CLEARFIELD — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) and Highway Safety Network (HSN) announced the i...
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Senate Majority Policy Committee takes on data centers
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By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
Aug 12, 2025
HARRISBURG — The Senate Majority Policy Committee convened at Valley View High School in Archbald to hear over three hours of testimony on the future ...
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How Comcast is trying to turn around its internet customer exodus
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By LIZZY McLELLAN RAVITCH  The Philadelphia Inquirer 
Aug 11, 2025
(TNS) — Comcast, the Philadelphia-born media giant with roots in cable television, for years has been losing more cable customers than it’s been addin...
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Local aviator among WWII’s ‘Bloody Hundredth’ fallen
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Staff Sgt. Bowler buried at Meadville
Aug 09, 2025
America’s legendary 100th Bombardment Group (Heavy) earned its nickname “Bloody Hundredth” for the losses it sustained during strategic bombing missio...
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Shapiro talks budget impasse
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By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
Aug 08, 2025
HARRISBURG — Gov. Josh Shapiro answered questions about funding for mass transit and the future of the long-overdue state budget, issues he says he’s ...
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Bradford boy rings bell, alarm for reform
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By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
Aug 08, 2025
Some kids take it easy in the summer, but Alex Tingley isn't one of them. The 11-year-old Bradford resident recently returned from Washington, D.C., w...
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McKean Co. due $1.24 million to plug wells
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Sara Furlong 
Aug 07, 2025
HARRISBURG — McKean County is due to receive $1.24 million from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to plug marginal convent...
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