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    Pa. House considering bills to expand Sunday hunting
    Local Sports, Outdoors
    Pa. House considering bills to expand Sunday hunting
    ERIC SCICCHITANO The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pa./TNS 
    Apr 11, 2024
    HARRISBURG — A push continues to end Pennsylvania’s restriction on Sunday hunting but as sportsmen find conditional support among farmers, there remai...
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    Pa. House passes ban on cellphone use while driving and key lawmaker is optimistic it will become law
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Pa. House passes ban on cellphone use while driving and key lawmaker is optimistic it will become law
    Apr 10, 2024
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — A divided state House on Tuesday passed a bill that would have Pennsylvania do something all its nearby neighbors have done — ban t...
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    Pa. launches $10M student teacher stipend program
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Pa. launches $10M student teacher stipend program
    JAN MURPHY pennlive.com 
    Apr 10, 2024
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Anyone planning to do their student teaching in 2024-25 better set their alarms to be ready around 9 a.m. today when applications f...
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    Pennsylvania makes a push to attract and approve carbon capture wells
    Business, Local News, News
    Pennsylvania makes a push to attract and approve carbon capture wells
    MARC LEVY Associated Press 
    Apr 10, 2024
    HARRISBURG (AP) — The Pennsylvania state Senate on Tuesday approved legislation aimed at helping the nation’s No. 2 natural gas-producing state attrac...
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    McGill announces write-in candidacy for 25th Senate District
    Local News, News
    McGill announces write-in candidacy for 25th Senate District
    Apr 10, 2024
    William McGill, Clinton County, announced his write-in candidacy for the Democratic nomination for state senator in the General Assembly – 25th Distri...
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    Pa. lawmakers in talks about enacting an annual electric vehicle fee
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Pa. lawmakers in talks about enacting an annual electric vehicle fee
    Apr 09, 2024
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Negotiations are ongoing between the House and Senate to establish an annual fee for owners of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles...
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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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    Democrats lean into border security as it shapes contest for control of Congress
    Nation & World, News
    Democrats lean into border security as it shapes contest for control of Congress
    STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press 
    Apr 08, 2024
    WASHINGTON (AP) — With immigration shaping the elections that will decide control of Congress, Democrats are trying to outflank Republicans and convin...
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    State reps pen letter to PIAA to level playing field in high school sports broadcasting
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    State reps pen letter to PIAA to level playing field in high school sports broadcasting
    Apr 06, 2024
    HARRISBURG – Following years of inaction by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) to fix a broken broadcasting policy, Reps. Ma...
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    Bradford man sentenced to state prison for 2018 conviction
    Crime, Local News, News
    Bradford man sentenced to state prison for 2018 conviction
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 04, 2024
    SMETHPORT — A Bradford man was sentenced Thursday for crimes of which he was convicted by a jury in 2018. President Judge John Pavlock sentenced Roger...
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    Shapiro touts $4M plan to wipe out medical debt
    News, PA State News
    Shapiro touts $4M plan to wipe out medical debt
    CHRISTEN SMITH The Center Square 
    Apr 04, 2024
    HARRISBURG —Erasure of $4 million in medical debt for thousands of residents could be done without them even knowing until after the fact, according t...
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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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    Pennsylvania may reconsider telehealth insurance coverage
    News, PA State News
    Pennsylvania may reconsider telehealth insurance coverage
    ANTHONY HENNEN The Center Square 
    Apr 04, 2024
    Though it didn’t gain traction last session, one legislator is again pushing for mandating that health insurance covers telehealth-related costs in Pe...
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    Electrical failure ruled cause of Port Allegany fire
    Local News, News
    Electrical failure ruled cause of Port Allegany fire
    Apr 03, 2024
    LEWIS RUN — An electrical failure has been ruled the cause of a blaze at 7:03 p.m. March 31 on Keating Avenue in Port Allegany Borough. Lewis Run-base...
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    Another porkfest on Capitol Hill
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Another porkfest on Capitol Hill
    Apr 03, 2024
    President Joe Biden laughably passes himself off as a budget hawk. The soaring national debt and recent spending bills prove such assertions to be a g...
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    DIFFERENCE MAKERS: Building a brand
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    DIFFERENCE MAKERS: Building a brand
    SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 03, 2024
    As executive director of the Allegheny National Forest Visitors Bureau, Linda Devlin didn’t just leave big shoes to fill, she left “Tracks Across the ...
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    After Appalachian hospitals merged into monopoly, their ERs slowed to a crawl
    News
    After Appalachian hospitals merged into monopoly, their ERs slowed to a crawl
    BRETT KELMAN and SAMANTHA LISS KFF Health News 
    Apr 03, 2024
    BRISTOL, Va. (TNS) — In the small Appalachian city of Bristol, City Council member Neal Osborne left a meeting on the morning of Jan. 3 and rushed him...
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    United Way accepting Quarterly Impact applications
    Local News, News
    United Way accepting Quarterly Impact applications
    Apr 01, 2024
    United Way of the Bradford Area is currently accepting applications for its second round of Quarterly Impact funding for 2024. Deadline to apply is Ma...
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    Gov. Shapiro talks about being Pa.’s leading cheerleader, sports fan, family man
    Content, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
    Gov. Shapiro talks about being Pa.’s leading cheerleader, sports fan, family man
    JAN MURPHY pennlive.com 
    Apr 01, 2024
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Gov. Josh Shapiro’s lobbying to bring the NFL draft to Pittsburgh didn’t start with a letter he sent to Roger Goodell last month. I...
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    Q&A with the DA: How a sentence is determined
    Content, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
    Q&A with the DA: How a sentence is determined
    STEPHANIE VETTENBURG-SHAFFER McKean County District Attorney 
    Mar 30, 2024
    (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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    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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