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    Biden hiking tariffs on Chinese EVs, solar cells, steel, aluminum — adding to tensions with Beijing
    Business, Nation & World, News, ...
    Biden hiking tariffs on Chinese EVs, solar cells, steel, aluminum — adding to tensions with Beijing
    JOSH BOAK, FATIMA HUSSEIN, PAUL WISEMAN and DIDI TANG Associated Press 
    May 14, 2024
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced plans to slap new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, advanced batteries, solar cells, steel, a...
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    Nursing home concerns bigger than Casey, McCormick squabble
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Nursing home concerns bigger than Casey, McCormick squabble
    ANTHONY HENNEN The Center Square 
    May 13, 2024
    HARRISBURG — A squabble between Sen. Bob Casey and his Republican challenger Dave McCormick over nursing homes reveals wider problems in the commonwea...
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    Make net neutrality lasting policy
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Make net neutrality lasting policy
    May 13, 2024
    Just like a company that provides electricity cannot discriminate on the basis of what their customers use their electricity for, so should Internet S...
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    Why Is DHS keeping ‘disinformation’ docs secret?
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Why Is DHS keeping ‘disinformation’ docs secret?
    KEVIN SCHMIDT RealClearPolitics 
    May 10, 2024
    Nearly two years after Nina Jankowicz briefly led the Disinformation Governance Board at the Department of Homeland Security, she’s ding transparency ...
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    Pennsylvania to ban cell phone use while driving and require police to collect traffic stop data
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    Pennsylvania to ban cell phone use while driving and require police to collect traffic stop data
    MARC LEVY Associated Press 
    May 10, 2024
    HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania will join the majority of states that ban motorists from handling a cell phone for almost any purpose while driving, as...
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    Pennsylvania sees fewer mail ballots rejected for technicalities, a priority for election officials
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    Pennsylvania sees fewer mail ballots rejected for technicalities, a priority for election officials
    MARC LEVY Associated Press 
    May 08, 2024
    HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania election officials said Wednesday that the number of mail-in ballots rejected for technicalities, like a missing date, ...
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    The American paradox of protest: Celebrated and condemned, welcomed and muzzled
    Nation & World, News
    The American paradox of protest: Celebrated and condemned, welcomed and muzzled
    DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press 
    May 07, 2024
    NEW YORK (AP) — They’re hallmarks of American history: protests, rallies, sit-ins, marches, disruptions. They date from the early days of what would b...
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    WIC to hold virtual public meetings
    Local News, News
    WIC to hold virtual public meetings
    May 03, 2024
    RIDGWAY – The Pennsylvania Women’s, Infants and Children (WIC) program will hold virtual public meetings throughout May to solicit feedback and sugges...
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    A step in the right direction
    Opinion, Сolumns
    A step in the right direction
    May 03, 2024
    The news Tuesday that the Justice Department plans to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug is most welcome. But very, very late in coming. Pr...
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    College protesters need more clarity about goals
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    College protesters need more clarity about goals
    TRUDY RUBIN The Philadelphia Inquirer 
    May 03, 2024
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — As someone who remembers when Columbia University students took over Hamilton Hall 56 years ago, let me say that 2024 is not 1968...
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    Former students of for-profit Art Institutes approved for $6 billion in loan cancellation
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    Former students of for-profit Art Institutes approved for $6 billion in loan cancellation
    COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press 
    May 01, 2024
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday said it will cancel $6 billion in student loans for people who attended the Art Institutes, a ...
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    ST. MARYS: Federal assistance available Tuesday
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    ST. MARYS: Federal assistance available Tuesday
    Apr 26, 2024
    HARRISBURG — Federal assistance will be available at state Rep. Mike Armanini’s St. Marys office from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday. Congressman Glenn “GT...
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    These are the countries where TikTok is already banned
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    These are the countries where TikTok is already banned
    KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer 
    Apr 26, 2024
    LONDON — TikTok is in the crosshairs of authorities in the U.S., where new law threatens a nationwide ban unless its China-based parent ByteDance dive...
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    Coal miners are getting new protections from silica dust linked to black lung disease
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    Coal miners are getting new protections from silica dust linked to black lung disease
    MATTHEW DALY and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press 
    Apr 16, 2024
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine wo...
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    Biden thumbs nose at high court
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Biden thumbs nose at high court
    Apr 09, 2024
    Democrats have worked to tear down support for the U.S. Supreme Court because they abhor constitutionalist jurists who won’t bend to progressive prero...
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    Four-day work week isn’t such a bad idea
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Four-day work week isn’t such a bad idea
    NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
    Apr 09, 2024
    Recently, Sen. Bernie Sanders, socialist gadfly, proposed that the U.S. federal government should mandate a four-day, 32-hour work week. Before we con...
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    Anonymous users dominating online discussions. They also spread false information
    Nation & World, News, Online Features
    Anonymous users dominating online discussions. They also spread false information
    ALI SWENSON and MELISSA GOLDIN Associated Press 
    Apr 09, 2024
    NEW YORK — The reposts and expressions of shock from public figures followed quickly after a user on the social platform X who uses a pseudonym claime...
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    Corignani second in state competition
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    Corignani second in state competition
    Apr 05, 2024
    Alexia Corignani, senior at Bradford Area High School studying health occupations, brought home a second-place finish in nurse assisting at the state ...
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    Wait times for unemployment claims down 60%
    News, PA State News
    Wait times for unemployment claims down 60%
    ANTHONY HENNEN The Center Square 
    Apr 05, 2024
    Complaining about the inefficiencies of Pennsylvania’s state agencies has become a favored pastime of residents, but in some places, wait times have b...
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    Be an astute consumer of Pa. election info
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Be an astute consumer of Pa. election info
    AL SCHMIDT 
    Apr 04, 2024
    When I became secretary of the commonwealth, I vowed to visit all 67 county election offices to hear firsthand about the challenges they face when run...
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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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