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    The Pa. House is set to approve new voter ID rules, reversing years of Democratic opposition
    Local News, PA State News
    The Pa. House is set to approve new voter ID rules, reversing years of Democratic opposition
    GILLIAN McGOLDRICK The Philadelphia Inquirer 
    May 13, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — After years of opposing such a measure, Pennsylvania Democrats are poised on Tuesday to allow a vote in the state House on a bill t...
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    A Pennsylvania DOGE? Maybe
    News, PA State News
    A Pennsylvania DOGE? Maybe
    LAUREN JESSOP The Center Square 
    Apr 26, 2025
    HARRISBURG — Lawmakers in both chambers of the General Assembly want to launch a Pennsylvania Department of Government Efficiency – or PA DOGE – that ...
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    SAVE Act would do more harm than good for election integrity
    Opinion, Сolumns
    SAVE Act would do more harm than good for election integrity
    Apr 24, 2025
    OnApril 10, theHouse of Representativespassed the badly misnamed Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or the SAVE Act, which is now headed for a ...
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    Move to standardize ballot testing
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    Move to standardize ballot testing
    CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Apr 22, 2025
    HARRISBURG — With primaries fast approaching, some legislators want to improve upon election mistakes made last November. Rep. Frank Burns, D-Johnstow...
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    McCormick introduces term limits resolution
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    McCormick introduces term limits resolution
    Apr 11, 2025
    WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., introduced a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to implement term limits in Con...
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    ​​PennDOT welcomes project proposals to improve transportation in Pennsylvania
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    ​​PennDOT welcomes project proposals to improve transportation in Pennsylvania
    Apr 10, 2025
    HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Office of Public-Private Partnerships (P3) is now accepting proposals for transpo...
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    Pennsylvanians join term-limit push
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    Pennsylvanians join term-limit push
    CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Mar 12, 2025
    Rep. Jared Solomon, D-Philadelphia, has introduced a concurrent resolution calling Pennsylvania to join states seeking a constitutional amendment for ...
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    State says new voter registration system needed before 2028
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    State says new voter registration system needed before 2028
    CHRIS COMISAC The Center Square 
    Feb 27, 2025
    HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania has wanted to upgrade its aging voter registration system for several years, but stumbles have occurred. Legislators were to...
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    Guest Comment: Stand up for democracy
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Guest Comment: Stand up for democracy
    DAVID FITZ Special to The Era 
    Feb 17, 2025
    An authoritarian coup is happening in the United States. And “we the people” are the only ones who can stop it. We must preserve and restore our democ...
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    Q&A with the DA: Jurisdiction and law enforcement
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    Q&A with the DA: Jurisdiction and law enforcement
    STEPHANIE VETTENBURG-SHAFFER McKean County District Attorney 
    Feb 01, 2025
    (Editor’s note: The information in this special series is for educational purposes only and is not intended to address any particular case, nor should...
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    Efforts renewed to reauthorize utility consumer protection law
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    Efforts renewed to reauthorize utility consumer protection law
    CHRIS COMISAC The Center Square 
    Jan 30, 2025
    HARRISBURG — With concerns mounting that Pennsylvanians will face skyrocketing utility costs in the coming months and years, state lawmakers are tryin...
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    Dush sworn in for second term
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Dush sworn in for second term
    Jan 13, 2025
    HARRISBURG — Sen. Cris Dush (R-25) has taken the oath office to begin his second term serving the people of the 25th District in the Pennsylvania Sena...
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    The IRS and many unhappy returns
    Opinion, Сolumns
    The IRS and many unhappy returns
    Jan 07, 2025
    TheIRSwields immense power over the financial lives of Americans, yet recent revelations highlight it would be wise to question an expansion of that a...
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    Give Shapiro election reform he wants and Pa. needs
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Give Shapiro election reform he wants and Pa. needs
    ELIZABETH STELLE RealClearPennsylvania 
    Dec 18, 2024
    The 2024 election is finally over. On Dec. 4, the Pennsylvania Department of State certified the results — almost one month after Election Day. And th...
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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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