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    Majority of 16,000 canceled Pa. mail-in ballots were from Dems
    News, PA State News
    Majority of 16,000 canceled Pa. mail-in ballots were from Dems
    MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press 
    Jan 06, 2023
    HARRISBURG (AP) — New data from Pennsylvania’s elections agency shows an early November state court decision that barred mail-in ballots without accur...
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    Pennsylvania certifies election results after recount delay
    News, PA State News
    Pennsylvania certifies election results after recount delay
    Dec 27, 2022
    HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania’s top elections official fully certified results from the November vote late last week after recount petitions in some ...
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    Judge backs penalties against Pa. county in voting machine case
    News, PA State News
    Judge backs penalties against Pa. county in voting machine case
    MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press 
    Nov 20, 2022
    HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania judge has recommended the state’s high court impose civil contempt penalties against a Republican-majority county governme...
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    Butler County ‘reviewing’ 2020 mail ballots; Pa. calls it a ‘waste of time’
    News, PA State News
    Butler County ‘reviewing’ 2020 mail ballots; Pa. calls it a ‘waste of time’
    GILLIAN McGOLDRICK Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Aug 04, 2022
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Officials in Butler County will complete the first phase of their review of the 2020 election on Thursday, nearly two years after t...
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    Fight over 2020 election records lands in Pennsylvania court
    News
    Fight over 2020 election records lands in Pennsylvania court
    MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press 
    Jun 28, 2022
    HARRISBURG — A county judge in Williamsport has to decide whether to force officials to provide voter-by-voter electronic election records after the s...
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    Wolf taps a new election secretary for last year in office
    News
    Wolf taps a new election secretary for last year in office
    Dec 27, 2021
    HARRISBURG (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday said that he will have a new top election official as he enters his last year in office, naming Leigh Chapma...
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    Dush urges public comment by Oct. 1
    News
    Dush urges public comment by Oct. 1
    Marcie 
    Sep 24, 2021
    HARRISBURG — Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee Chairman Senator Cris Dush, R-Brookville, is urging Pennsylvanians to submit sworn testimon...
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    Dush: Website created to share election issues
    News
    Dush: Website created to share election issues
    Marcie 
    Sep 03, 2021
    HARRISBURG — The Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee has created a special webpage for Pennsylvania residents to submit sworn testimony rega...
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    Republicans vow to keep pushing for voter ID
    News
    Republicans vow to keep pushing for voter ID
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jul 01, 2021
    Despite a veto by Gov. Tom Wolf, the push for voter ID isn’t over, said state Rep. Martin Causer Wednesday afternoon. “There is broad bipartisan suppo...
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    Speak up for Alexei Navalny
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Speak up for Alexei Navalny
    Apr 01, 2021
    The government of Canada has imposed sanctions on nine high-ranking Russian officials for “gross and systematic human rights abuses.” The most promine...
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    Americans, demand better
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Americans, demand better
    CRAIG LANG, Tribune News Service 
    Jan 14, 2021
    Raise your hand if you are exhausted from the incessant political turmoil that continues to unfold in the United States. While almost everyone is hopi...
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    State rep keeps wasting time
    Opinion, Сolumns
    State rep keeps wasting time
    Dec 15, 2020
    Nothing says Pennsylvania politics like pointless, partisan legislative proposals that have exactly zero chance of adoption. And when it comes to go-n...
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    Identifying child abuse and neglect in virtual situations
    Local News
    Identifying child abuse and neglect in virtual situations
    CHRISTINE HOLTZ erachristineh@gmail.com 
    Sep 19, 2020
    Limited in-person interactions due to the COVID-19 pandemic has caused many challenges for many professions. This is especially true in regards to man...
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    Wolf urges quick passage of election reform
    Bradford, Local News, News
    Wolf urges quick passage of election reform
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Aug 28, 2020
    On Thursday, Gov. Tom Wolf urged the legislature to quickly pass his plan for safe and secure elections that ensures voters will receive mail-in ballo...
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    Army Medical Task Force joins battle against COVID-19 in Pa.
    Bradford, Coronavirus, Local News, ...
    Army Medical Task Force joins battle against COVID-19 in Pa.
    Apr 27, 2020
    HARRISBURG — The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and the Department of State announced recently that a U.S. Army Reserve task force of 85 ...
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    Gov Wolf encourages voters to apply for a mail-in ballot
    Bradford, Local News, News
    Gov Wolf encourages voters to apply for a mail-in ballot
    Apr 23, 2020
    HARRISBURG — As Pennsylvania continues mitigation efforts to fight COVID-19, Governor Tom Wolf is encouraging registered voters to apply for a mail-in...
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    DePasquale: Cameron Co. missed information deadline
    Local News, News
    DePasquale: Cameron Co. missed information deadline
    Feb 12, 2019
    HARRISBURG – Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said nine counties — including Cameron County — missed his Feb. 8 deadline to provide information about...
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    McKean County exploring voting machine options
    Local News, News, Online Features
    McKean County exploring voting machine options
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 15, 2018
    Elections officials in McKean County are hoping to have new voting machines in place by next year’s general election. In April, Acting Secretary of St...
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    Cole still considering continuing challenge for Causer’s seat
    Local News, News
    Cole still considering continuing challenge for Causer’s seat
    Aug 15, 2018
    A day after posting on her campaign Facebook page that she had suspended her candidacy, Maryanne Cole says she is still considering whether to continu...
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    ‘Round the Square for March 13
    Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square for March 13
    Mar 13, 2017
    EASING IN: A little change like changing your clocks forward one hour seems like it should be easy, but humans are very much creatures of habit. The c...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    PA State News
    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    June 15, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    PA State News
    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Local Sports, Sports
    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    (TNS) —As golfers teed off during opening day of this year's 125th U.S. Open Championship, state officials inside of a tent overlooking the course's 1...
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