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    Homicide charges in Saturday shooting
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    Homicide charges in Saturday shooting
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    June 8, 2025
    District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer reported early Sunday that Thomas James McElhattan of Rutherford Run has been charged with homicide in ...
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    Can recreational marijuana bring $1.3B to Pa. in five years?
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Can recreational marijuana bring $1.3B to Pa. in five years?
    GILLIAN McGOLDRICK The Philadelphia Inquirer 
    Feb 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Gov. Josh Shapiro again proposed legalizing recreational marijuana as part of his $51.5 billion budget pitch last week, the third...
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    Welcome home, Marc Fogel
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    Welcome home, Marc Fogel
    Feb 14, 2025
    On Aug. 14, 2021, Russian authorities arrested Oakmont native Marc Fogel, a teacher who had done several stints educating American ex-pats in Moscow, ...
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    Maternity care desert in rural Pa. harms all of our futures
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Maternity care desert in rural Pa. harms all of our futures
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Feb 14, 2025
    As one of a family of 15, and a mother myself, I think it's necessary to write this, to issue an invitation — on behalf of women in this six-county ma...
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    Concern over tariffs is real
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    Concern over tariffs is real
    Feb 13, 2025
    If we are to takeDonald Trumpseriously, we are to believe that he truly believes that tariffs are vital for the economic well-being of Americans. If w...
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    DOGE makes math great again
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    DOGE makes math great again
    J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
    Feb 13, 2025
    President Trump is slapping America in the face. If we’re lucky, it will revive our sleepwalking nation. While cramming more action into a few hundred...
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    Political lessons from another key Pa. county
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    NICK KAYAL RealClearPennsylvania 
    Feb 13, 2025
    In Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and Allegheny counties are the top two based on population. But in terms of a populous suburban area, Bucks County isn’t...
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    Money for their old schools
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    Money for their old schools
    Feb 12, 2025
    All universities send emails and letters to their alumni in the hopes of securing donations for future students. Members of the House of Representativ...
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    Josh Shapiro and the ‘faces’ of the Democratic Party
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    Josh Shapiro and the ‘faces’ of the Democratic Party
    ALIYAH SCHNEIDER The Philadelphia Inquirer 
    Feb 12, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Gov.Josh Shapiroseemed to be selling himself as a presidential candidate without outright saying it during a nearly hour-long int...
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    No, DOGE isn’t ‘unprecedented’
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    No, DOGE isn’t ‘unprecedented’
    HANS VON SPAKOVSKY and SETH LUCAS 
    Feb 12, 2025
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    Price of eggs just one sore spot in a food economy
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    Price of eggs just one sore spot in a food economy
    Feb 11, 2025
    It’s getting painfully expensive to eat. We realize that’s not a news flash, but it’s what’s on Americans’ minds. No wonder. Among the necessities of ...
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    Warren increasingly unhinged, irrelevant
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    Warren increasingly unhinged, irrelevant
    JOE BATTENFELD Boston Herald 
    Feb 11, 2025
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    Utilities can offer assistance
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    Utilities can offer assistance
    MARK KEMPIC 
    Feb 11, 2025
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    Pennsylvania’s energy mandate
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Pennsylvania’s energy mandate
    JIM WELTY 
    Feb 11, 2025
    The inauguration of President Donald Trump and the start of a new Congress mark a turning point for our nation’s energy future. With a renewed focus o...
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    Inform ICE of immigrant arrests
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    Inform ICE of immigrant arrests
    Feb 10, 2025
    It shouldn’t be controversial for law enforcement agencies to work together to protect the public. Yet, some people object to local police doing just ...
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    Highest paid CBP employee
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    Feb 10, 2025
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    Dr. Anthony Fauci should come clean about COVID-19
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    Dr. Anthony Fauci should come clean about COVID-19
    DR. CORY FRANKLIN Chicago Tribune 
    Feb 10, 2025
    CHICAGO (TNS) — Just before he exited the White House, one of President Joe Biden’s last official acts was to grant a preemptive pardon to Dr. Anthony...
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    Pa. needs an independent, true consumer advocate
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    Pa. needs an independent, true consumer advocate
    Feb 10, 2025
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    DHS employees’ 4-day week
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    Feb 07, 2025
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    There’s nothing green about the ‘green’ agenda
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    There’s nothing green about the ‘green’ agenda
    STEVE MILLOY RealClearPolitics 
    Feb 07, 2025
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    Gov. Shapiro staked a claim to the political center
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    Gov. Shapiro staked a claim to the political center
    MIKE WERESCHAGIN Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Feb 07, 2025
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