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    Heartless towards the heroes
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Heartless towards the heroes
    Dec 27, 2022
    Like the Afghan Adjustment Act that we lament, the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act also fell out of the Senate’s $1.7 trilli...
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    Addicts, drivers benefit from new Pennsylvania laws
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Addicts, drivers benefit from new Pennsylvania laws
    PAUL MUSCHICK The Morning Call 
    Dec 21, 2022
    ALLENTOWN (TNS) — The Christmas season is a time to be cheery and celebrate the good things in life. So I will take a break from my running criticism ...
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    Fed legislators react to Respect For Marriage Bill passage
    News
    Fed legislators react to Respect For Marriage Bill passage
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 09, 2022
    The House gave final approval Thursday to protections for same-sex marriages, and the bill is awaiting President Joe Biden’s signature. Biden is expec...
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    Other Voices: A condemning silence
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Other Voices: A condemning silence
    Dec 06, 2022
    Marty Causer, Chris Dush and Glenn Thompson each swore an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies, foreign and domestic....
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    Profiting from inflation
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Profiting from inflation
    PAUL MUSCHICK The Morning Call 
    Dec 02, 2022
    ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Solidarity apparently has an expiration date. In 2020, at the height of the pandemic, Pennsylvania lawmakers unanimously rejected a ...
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    Gaps in mental capacity law
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Gaps in mental capacity law
    Dec 02, 2022
    Sometimes doing the right thing doesn’t fix the problem. In September, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court looked at the case of a mentally ill man convict...
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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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    The hard work on PennDOT
    Opinion, Сolumns
    The hard work on PennDOT
    Nov 13, 2022
    Toll scofflaw legislation is easy, but hard work is needed on other PennDOT, turnpike problems Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed a new law last week g...
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    Causer authors bill regarding automatic knives
    News, PA State News
    Causer authors bill regarding automatic knives
    Oct 28, 2022
    HARRISBURG – The General Assembly has approved and sent to the governor’s desk legislation authored by Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, to end the s...
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    Abortion providers challenge Medicaid ban in Pennsylvania
    News
    Abortion providers challenge Medicaid ban in Pennsylvania
    MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press 
    Oct 26, 2022
    PHILADELPHIA — Abortion providers across Pennsylvania urged the state’s highest court on Wednesday to overturn a longtime ban on Medicaid funding for ...
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    POLICE REPORT
    Crime, News
    POLICE REPORT
    Oct 24, 2022
    TWO CHARGED WITH DRUG POSSESSION LEWIS RUN — Pennsylvania State Police from the Lewis Run station conducted traffic stops which resulted in drug posse...
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    Teach financial literacy in high schools
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Teach financial literacy in high schools
    Oct 21, 2022
    About 125,000 students will graduate from Pennsylvania public high schools in 2023, and most of them will head to the workforce or college with scant ...
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    Pa.’s handling of undated mail-in ballots subject of another lawsuit
    News, PA State News
    Pa.’s handling of undated mail-in ballots subject of another lawsuit
    JAN MURPHY PennLive 
    Oct 17, 2022
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania’s rules on handling undated mail-in ballots is once again a matter before the court. The state and national Republican...
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    Mandatory dates on Pa. ballot envelopes get new court ruling
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    Mandatory dates on Pa. ballot envelopes get new court ruling
    MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press 
    Oct 11, 2022
    HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s top-ranking state elections official said Tuesday a new U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding how rules for the state’s ma...
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    NCAA steering farther and farther away from harsh penalties
    College Sports, National Sports
    NCAA steering farther and farther away from harsh penalties
    RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer 
    Sep 30, 2022
    The days of postseason bans and crippling scholarship reductions to punish schools for breaking NCAA rules appear to be winding down. Memphis was plac...
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    Fix medical marijuana loopholes
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Fix medical marijuana loopholes
    Sep 23, 2022
    Pennsylvania has a marijuana problem. The state legalized weed for medical use in 2016. Dispensaries started opening their doors two years later, with...
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    Redistricting’s high legal bills
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Redistricting’s high legal bills
    Sep 18, 2022
    Redistricting is not just something that happens every 10 years. It is more than just the way that we shuffle the decks of legislators and change the ...
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    Bill would let people ban themselves from buying booze in Pa.
    News, PA State News
    Bill would let people ban themselves from buying booze in Pa.
    JAN MURPHY PennLive 
    Sep 15, 2022
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — A state lawmaker who has publicly shared his struggles with alcoholism wants to enlist the help of state liquor stores and restaura...
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    Pig protests politicians’ prospective pay raise at Pa. Capitol
    News, PA State News
    Pig protests politicians’ prospective pay raise at Pa. Capitol
    JAN MURPHY PennLive 
    Sep 09, 2022
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — It’s been five years since “Pignellope” made her way to the Pennsylvania Capitol steps in Harrisburg to protest a forthcoming legis...
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    PIAA is a public agency
    Opinion, Сolumns
    PIAA is a public agency
    Sep 06, 2022
    {p class=”krtHeadline”}High school sports are an element of public education and public business, over which the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic...
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    Bradford Ecumenical Home scores highest marks in survey, rating
    Business, Local News
    Bradford Ecumenical Home scores highest marks in survey, rating
    August 27, 2025
    Bradford Ecumenical Home, a leading provider of skilled long-term care services, announced the achievement of a deficiency-free survey from the Pennsy...
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    Smethport Senior Center to host program on shooter response
    Local News
    Smethport Senior Center to host program on shooter response
    August 27, 2025
    SMETHPORT — At 11 a.m. Sept. 4, Trooper Ron Chewning will be at the Smethport Senior Center to present information on how to respond in an active shoo...
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    Aug. 31 deadline to apply for SUN Bucks Summer Food program
    Local News, PA State News
    Aug. 31 deadline to apply for SUN Bucks Summer Food program
    August 27, 2025
    HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Dr. Val Arkoosh encouraged eligible families who have not yet received their 20...
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    UPMC Cole, Sweden Valley Manor announce partnership
    Business, Local News
    UPMC Cole, Sweden Valley Manor announce partnership
    August 27, 2025
    COUDERSPORT — UPMC Cole and Sweden Valley Manor announced a strengthened partnership that will elevate long-term care services for the Coudersport com...
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    New grant available as part of Bright Bradford Fund
    Business, Local News
    New grant available as part of Bright Bradford Fund
    August 27, 2025
    The Bradford Area Alliance launched a new grant program offering up to $5,000 to help small businesses and entrepreneurs bring innovative ideas to mar...
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    Sanitary Authority gathering environmental data
    Local News
    Sanitary Authority gathering environmental data
    Sara Furlong 
    August 27, 2025
    Bradford Sanitary Authority remains in regulatory limbo as it awaits renewal of its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit fro...
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