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    When Democrats attack democracy
    Opinion, Сolumns
    When Democrats attack democracy
    BYRON YORK 
    Apr 12, 2023
    The United States Constitution and all the state constitutions establish legislatures and give those legislatures the authority to set their own rules...
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    Expelled lawmakers remind a nation what political bravery looks like
    Сolumns
    Expelled lawmakers remind a nation what political bravery looks like
    LORRAINE ALI Los Angeles Times 
    Apr 10, 2023
    The churn of local politics rarely makes national news unless the outlet happens to be C-SPAN, but headlines, history and careers were made during pro...
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    What’s next for Tennessee’s expelled lawmakers?
    Nation
    What’s next for Tennessee’s expelled lawmakers?
    Marcie 
    Apr 07, 2023
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republicans have expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature for their role in a protest calling fo...
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    A part of election security
    Opinion, Сolumns
    A part of election security
    Apr 07, 2023
    Tightening rules on elections has been a hot topic in recent years. It’s an idea that has gotten top-down attention. Donald Trump brought heat to it w...
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    US would bar full ban on trans athletes but allow exceptions
    National Sports, Sports
    US would bar full ban on trans athletes but allow exceptions
    COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press 
    Apr 07, 2023
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Schools and colleges across the U.S. would be forbidden from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes under a proposal release...
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    Bradford woman jailed for alleged damage to rental home
    Crime, News
    Bradford woman jailed for alleged damage to rental home
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 07, 2023
    A Bradford woman is in McKean County Jail for allegedly causing more than $13,500 in damages to a home she was renting on High Street in Bradford. Bob...
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    Bad policy risks highway cash
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Bad policy risks highway cash
    Apr 06, 2023
    Using billions of dollars in highway money to fund state police always was bad policy, but it’s even worse now that doing so could jeopardize Pennsylv...
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    GOP must get over fear of Medicare
    Opinion, Сolumns
    GOP must get over fear of Medicare
    KARL W. SMITH 
    Apr 05, 2023
    Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy sent a letter last week to President Joe Biden in which he admonished the White House for not taking more seriousl...
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    Reform organ donor system
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Reform organ donor system
    Apr 05, 2023
    A quasi-governmental monopoly has handled the collection and distribution of donated organs in the United States for about 40 years, and there appears...
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    Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony charges
    Nation, News
    Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony charges
    MICHAEL R. SISAK, ERIC TUCKER, JENNIFER PELTZ and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press 
    Apr 04, 2023
    NEW YORK (AP) — A stone-faced Donald Trump made a momentous courtroom appearance Tuesday when he was confronted with a 34-count felony indictment char...
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    Unaffordable housing adding to Pa. population woes
    News, PA State News
    Unaffordable housing adding to Pa. population woes
    ANTHONY HENNEN The Center Square 
    Apr 03, 2023
    As Pennsylvania’s population shrinks or stagnates in many areas, state lawmakers say they don’t want to leave housing policy up to local governments a...
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    Flexibility to boost EMS funding
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Flexibility to boost EMS funding
    Apr 03, 2023
    Communities across Pennsylvania struggle with an emergency of their own as they try to provide adequate emergency services amid rising demands, declin...
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    Fetterman: I was ‘indifferent’ to whether I lived or died
    News, PA State News
    Fetterman: I was ‘indifferent’ to whether I lived or died
    JONATHAN D. SOLANT Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Apr 02, 2023
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman said he was “indifferent” to whether he lived or died before he checked into a Washington-area hospital to...
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    Use or lose state-issued tax credits
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Use or lose state-issued tax credits
    Apr 02, 2023
    The state government uses tax credits as currency to entice private sector development. So, not surprisingly, some private-sector entities also use th...
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    Get the actual facts on TikTok
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Get the actual facts on TikTok
    Apr 02, 2023
    Is TikTok’s time running out? In the eyes of some U.S. lawmakers, the answer is yes: The wildly popular Chinese video-hosting app should be banned, im...
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    Pa. House Democrats’ majority on the line in Delaware County race
    News, PA State News
    Pa. House Democrats’ majority on the line in Delaware County race
    GILLIAN McGOLDRICK The Philadelphia Inquirer 
    Mar 31, 2023
    PHILADELPHIA — The race is underway to fill a Pennsylvania House vacancy in Delaware County created by Rep. Mike Zabel’s resignation earlier this mont...
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    Israel wisely steps back
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Israel wisely steps back
    Mar 31, 2023
    Israel was on the brink, but stepped away from the cliff's edge at the last moment. Though this development is welcome, the nation's spate of problems...
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    Fetterman, Casey, Brown introduce Railway Accountability Act
    News, PA State News
    Fetterman, Casey, Brown introduce Railway Accountability Act
    Mar 31, 2023
    WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators John Fetterman, D-Pa., Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, introduced the Railway Accountability Act to address ad...
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    Casey introduces legislation to improve senior economic security
    News, PA State News
    Casey introduces legislation to improve senior economic security
    Mar 31, 2023
    WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, has introduced two bills to support senior economic s...
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    Film tax credits more often sold than used in Pa.
    Business, News, PA State News
    Film tax credits more often sold than used in Pa.
    ANTHONY HENNEN The Center Square 
    Mar 30, 2023
    HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania law makes a variety of tax credits available to businesses as a strategy to grow the economy. Not every tax credit, however,...
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    Residents, advocates unhappy with delay in fenceline monitoring around Clairton
    Business, PA State News
    Residents, advocates unhappy with delay in fenceline monitoring around Clairton
    By ANYA LITVAK  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    August 24, 2025
    (TNS) — It's the question asked by every fenceline community after an industrial accident: As the dust settles, what dangers linger in the air? Mon Va...
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    Apply safety rules to more trains carrying flammable cargo, lawmakers urge
    Business, Nation & World, PA State News
    Apply safety rules to more trains carrying flammable cargo, lawmakers urge
    By DARANEE BALACHANDAR, LIZZY ALSPACH, CAT MURPHY and AIDAN HUGHES / Howard Center for Investigative Journalism - Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland 
    August 24, 2025
    When a BNSF freight train carrying six cars of liquefied petroleum gas derailed near Manuelito, New Mexico, in 2024, the resulting fire shut down more...
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    Corn root traits evolved with both human-driven, natural environmental changes
    Nation & World, PA State News
    Corn root traits evolved with both human-driven, natural environmental changes
    August 24, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Corn was domesticated from its ancestor teosinte in central Mexico beginning about 9,000 years ago by humans selectively breeding th...
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    Aging U.S. railroad bridges are self-inspected and their findings are kept secret
    Business, Nation & World
    Aging U.S. railroad bridges are self-inspected and their findings are kept secret
    By LEX DOIG, JAEHEE KIM and ADRIAN MANCERA COTA / Howard Center for Investigative Journalism - Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University 
    August 24, 2025
    CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — The fire burned for about nine hours, billowing smoke and scorching the wooden trestles of a nearly 75-year-old railroad bridge...
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    Nephew jumps from the frying pan right into the fire
    Lifestyles
    Nephew jumps from the frying pan right into the fire
    August 24, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: After their 25th anniversary dinner, my nephew "Will" was blindsided when his wife announced that she had never loved him and has been in l...
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    Higher than expected use of health care services impacts Highmark’s bottom line
    Business, Local News, PA State News
    Higher than expected use of health care services impacts Highmark’s bottom line
    August 23, 2025
    (TNS) — Highmark Health's financial results for the first half of the year paint a picture of an improving performance for its 14-hospital network, ev...
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