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    Bill would make gym class optional for Pa. student athletes
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Bill would make gym class optional for Pa. student athletes
    Mar 19, 2024
    HARRISBURG — Sponsored by Sen. Cris Dush (R-25), legislation to allow Pennsylvania student athletes to fulfill physical education (PE) requirements th...
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    A truth of immigration
    Opinion, Сolumns
    A truth of immigration
    Mar 18, 2024
    The U.S. immigration system is broken. Voices on all sides of this debate can agree on that, if not where to cast the blame. But our need for economic...
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    RTS: Temperance
    News, Round the Square
    RTS: Temperance
    Mar 16, 2024
    TEMPERANCE: Temperance is the fight against the “thraldom of the liquor traffic,” said Elizabeth Putnam Gordon, in the forward to a 1924 book about th...
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    Majority of U.S. adults are against college athletes joining unions, according to AP-NORC survey
    Basketball, College Sports, National Sports
    Majority of U.S. adults are against college athletes joining unions, according to AP-NORC survey
    RALPH D. RUSSO and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press 
    Mar 15, 2024
    As Dartmouth men’s basketball players move toward forming the first labor union in college sports, a majority of Americans say they are against colleg...
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    Housing shortage the real problem with US economy
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Housing shortage the real problem with US economy
    BEN HARRIS 
    Mar 13, 2024
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — Recently released government data hammered home what we have known for at least a year: A national housing shortage, not broad-base...
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    March 3 fire ruled accidental
    Local News, News
    March 3 fire ruled accidental
    Mar 12, 2024
    LEWIS RUN — A March 3 fire in Liberty Township has been ruled accidental by a state police fire marshal. Lewis Run-based state police said Tuesday tha...
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    PIAA court ruling a victory for ‘Sunshine,’ public access
    Opinion, Сolumns
    PIAA court ruling a victory for ‘Sunshine,’ public access
    CHIP MINEMYER 
    Mar 12, 2024
    Standing before a room full of editors and reporters, Bill Bowman reminded his peers that access to public information is not just a journalistic conc...
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    Review finds states’ rules often put the burden of enforcing open government on private citizens
    Nation & World, News
    Review finds states’ rules often put the burden of enforcing open government on private citizens
    JOSH KELETY/AP, ERIC SCICCHITANO/CNHI NEWS and CARSON GERBER/CNHI NEWS 
    Mar 11, 2024
    HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Dana Holladay-Hollifield has worked as a nurse in Alabama for years, but never was her pay as low as it was at Huntsville Hosp...
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    PennDOT announces update for automated school bus enforcement
    Daily Headlines, Local News, PA State News
    PennDOT announces update for automated school bus enforcement
    Mar 11, 2024
    HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has published updated Program Guidelines for School Bus Side Stop Signal Arm Enfo...
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    Groups push for updated alcohol shipping laws
    Business, Nation & World, News
    Groups push for updated alcohol shipping laws
    Mar 09, 2024
    (TNS) — The National Association of Wine Retailers (NAWR) earlier this week announced its support for the National Direct Shipping Bill of Rights, an ...
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    RTS: President for a day
    News, Round the Square
    RTS: President for a day
    Mar 09, 2024
    ATCHISON: Have you ever heard of David Rice Atchison and claims that he was the U.S. president for a day? According to the U.S. Senate Historical Offi...
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    Money-back guarantee for Pa. permits, licenses is working
    Business, News, PA State News
    Money-back guarantee for Pa. permits, licenses is working
    JAN MURPHY pennlive.com 
    Mar 08, 2024
    (TNS) — Gov. Josh Shapiro’s novel money-back guarantee that ensures an application for a state permit, license or certification would be processed wit...
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    Electronic driver’s licenses touted as technological step forward
    News, PA State News
    Electronic driver’s licenses touted as technological step forward
    LAUREN JESSOP The Center Square 
    Mar 08, 2024
    Electronic driver’s licenses exist in 12 states and Pennsylvania could be number 13. House Bill 1247 would authorize PennDOT to develop an app providi...
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    McConnell left mark on courts
    Opinion, Сolumns
    McConnell left mark on courts
    Mar 07, 2024
    Mitch McConnell announced last week that he would step down as the GOP leader in the Senate, and many Trump Republicans are eager for the door to whac...
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    Important election year in Pa.
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Important election year in Pa.
    Mar 07, 2024
    Among the most important events to happen in Pennsylvania this year will be the primary election in April and the general election in November. It is ...
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    Lawmakers push to begin coverage for routine colonoscopies at 45
    News, PA State News
    Lawmakers push to begin coverage for routine colonoscopies at 45
    JAN MURPHY pennlive.com 
    Mar 07, 2024
    (TNS)—Waiting until age 50 for a colorectral cancer screening could have cost Anna Payne her life. She was diagnosed in 2021 at 34 with Stage 4 colon ...
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    Pennsylvania court rules electronic voting data is not subject to release under public records law
    News, PA State News
    Pennsylvania court rules electronic voting data is not subject to release under public records law
    MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press 
    Mar 07, 2024
    HARRISBURG (AP) — Spreadsheets of raw data associated with every ballot cast are not subject to public scrutiny, a Pennsylvania court ruled Monday in ...
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    Trump ‘lawfare’ update
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Trump ‘lawfare’ update
    BYRON YORK 
    Mar 06, 2024
    Former President Donald Trump’s victory in the Supreme Court 14th Amendment case, together with delay and disorder in the criminal cases against him, ...
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    City cuts services to house migrants
    Opinion, Сolumns
    City cuts services to house migrants
    Mar 05, 2024
    The City of Denver announced $5 million in budget cuts to help pay for free shelter for migrants from the southern border, with more budget cuts expec...
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    Effort to disqualify Trump rejected
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Effort to disqualify Trump rejected
    Mar 05, 2024
    The Hail Mary attempts to keep Donald Trump off the ballot this November weren’t in vain. They managed to unify the U.S. Supreme Court. On Monday, the...
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    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    Nation & World, PA State News
    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    June 15, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
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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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