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    Bills would make American democracy more accessible to people with disabilities
    Local News, Nation & World, News
    Bills would make American democracy more accessible to people with disabilities
    Feb 07, 2024
    WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA), chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), chairwoman of the U.S. Sen...
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    Give Biden the border shutdown authority he wants
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Give Biden the border shutdown authority he wants
    RICH LOWRY 
    Feb 07, 2024
    Perhaps the most head-spinning statement of the Biden years came about a week ago when President Joe Biden endorsed an impending Senate immigration de...
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    Area legislators react to Shapiro’s budget address
    Local News, Online Features, PA State News
    Area legislators react to Shapiro’s budget address
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Feb 07, 2024
    HARRISBURG — Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget may contain some laudable goals for rural Pennsylvania, but area legislators were put off by what they saw as ...
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    Shapiro seeks billions for schools, development in budget that envisions legal weed
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    Shapiro seeks billions for schools, development in budget that envisions legal weed
    BROOKE SCHULTZ and MARC LEVY Associated Press 
    Feb 06, 2024
    HARRISBURG (AP) — Gov. Josh Shapiro’s second budget proposes significant increases to education and economic development and would regulate adult use ...
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    Railroads say they’re making safety changes to reduce derailments after fiery Ohio crash
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    Railroads say they’re making safety changes to reduce derailments after fiery Ohio crash
    JOSH FUNK Associated Press 
    Feb 06, 2024
    OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The changes railroads announced after last year’s fiery crash in East Palestine, Ohio, haven’t yet made a major difference, statist...
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    Hartzell to speak at BAPL on ‘Keeping kids safe’
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    Hartzell to speak at BAPL on ‘Keeping kids safe’
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Feb 06, 2024
    Computers, cellphones, online multiplayer games, social media — how does a parent keep a child safe from potential predators they can’t see? The Child...
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    Thompson opposes Biden pick of first Muslim-American to federal appeals court
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    Thompson opposes Biden pick of first Muslim-American to federal appeals court
    JONATHAN D. SALANT Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Feb 06, 2024
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — Western Pennsylvania’s Republican lawmakers are trying to quash the confirmation of the first Muslim American nominated to the fede...
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    Democrats in Pa. House hold bipartisan reforms hostage
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Democrats in Pa. House hold bipartisan reforms hostage
    JENNIFER STEFANO 
    Feb 05, 2024
    HARRISBURG — In the last two years, tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians have fled the state. This trend is not new. For 12 of the past 13 years, more ...
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    Pa. residents back taxing skill games, imposing fee on EV owners, legalizing marijuana: poll
    News, PA State News
    Pa. residents back taxing skill games, imposing fee on EV owners, legalizing marijuana: poll
    J.D. PROSE pennlive.com 
    Feb 03, 2024
    (TNS) — Pennsylvanians overwhelmingly think video gaming machines should be taxed and not banned, an annual fee should be imposed on electric vehicle ...
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    Talks to lower Medicare drug prices for 450K Pennsylvanians began Thursday
    Nation & World, News
    Talks to lower Medicare drug prices for 450K Pennsylvanians began Thursday
    Feb 03, 2024
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Biden administration on Thursday began the first-ever negotiations over the price of 10 drugs in an effort to lower Medicare co...
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    Keystone Research Center pushes for raise to minimum wage
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    Keystone Research Center pushes for raise to minimum wage
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Feb 02, 2024
    Pennsylvania’s legislators get annual raises tied to the Consumer Price Index, but minimum wage in the state has been frozen at $7.25 per hour since 2...
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    Biden finally admits to crisis at border
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Biden finally admits to crisis at border
    BYRON YORK 
    Feb 01, 2024
    What do you call it when somewhere between 6 and 8 million people enter the United States illegally in the course of three years? Many people would ca...
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    Pa. out of step on open records
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Pa. out of step on open records
    Jan 31, 2024
    Pennsylvania has some of the most restrictive open records laws in America, needlessly slowing or stopping the public from accessing documents and inf...
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    Pa. Supreme Court ruling on abortion access draws mixed reaction
    News, PA State News
    Pa. Supreme Court ruling on abortion access draws mixed reaction
    IVEY DeJESUS and JAN MURPHY pennlive.com 
    Jan 31, 2024
    (TNS) — Abortion-rights advocates on Monday applauded a Pennsylvania Supreme Court reproductive rights decision as a step in removing barriers to abor...
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    There’s a wave of new bills to define antisemitism. In these 3 states, they could become law
    Nation & World, News
    There’s a wave of new bills to define antisemitism. In these 3 states, they could become law
    GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press 
    Jan 31, 2024
    Lawmakers in more than a half-dozen U.S. states are pushing laws to define antisemitism, triggering debates about free speech and bringing complicated...
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    64M Americans risk losing work under new Biden rule
    Opinion, Сolumns
    64M Americans risk losing work under new Biden rule
    RACHEL GRESZLER 
    Jan 30, 2024
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — Whether working full time for themselves or part time as contractors, picking up occasional gig work, or having a side hustle, an e...
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    EPA spent $620,000 on guns, ammo
    Opinion, Сolumns
    EPA spent $620,000 on guns, ammo
    Jan 29, 2024
    The Environmental Protection Agency isn’t traditionally associated with ranged weaponry, but the federal government has spent almost $620,000 since 20...
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    HELP America’s Vulnerable Communities with printed PMI
    Opinion, Сolumns
    HELP America’s Vulnerable Communities with printed PMI
    REP. EMILY KINKEAD 
    Jan 29, 2024
    As a member of the Pennsylvania State Legislature’s Women’s Health Caucus, I know that when you educate women, health outcomes improve for the whole c...
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    HELP America’s vulnerable communities with printed PMI
    HELP America’s vulnerable communities with printed PMI
    EMILY KINKEAD RealClear 
    Jan 29, 2024
    HELP America’s Vulnerable Communities With Printed PMI Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Designed by Ken Davis., Wikimedia Commons As a member of the ...
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    Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania challenge state, federal actions to boost voter registration
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania challenge state, federal actions to boost voter registration
    MARC LEVY Associated Press 
    Jan 27, 2024
    HARRISBURG (AP) — A group of conservative state lawmakers in Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging three voting-related executive ...
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    Public urged to share info related to boy’s death
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    Public urged to share info related to boy’s death
    August 20, 2025
    SMETHPORT — To assist in the investigation of the Aug. 14 death of 2-year-old Oakley Hedlund of Bradford, members of the public are asked to provide a...
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    Duke Center food pantry open Tuesday
    Local News
    Duke Center food pantry open Tuesday
    August 20, 2025
    DUKE CENTER — The Duke Center United Methodist Church Food Pantry will be open 10 a.m. to noon and 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at 26 Oil Valley Road. Pre-r...
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    Local kids gain life-changing adaptive equipment
    Local News
    Local kids gain life-changing adaptive equipment
    August 20, 2025
    SMETHPORT — Variety the Children’s Charity partnered once again with Seneca Highlands Intermediate Unit 9 and Blackburn’s on Tuesday to present three ...
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    Class of 2025 graduates from BRMC School of Radiography
    Business, Local News
    Class of 2025 graduates from BRMC School of Radiography
    August 20, 2025
    The Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC) School of Radiography held its graduation ceremony Tuesday at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. Je...
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    US resolve vital to Trump diplomacy
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    US resolve vital to Trump diplomacy
    August 20, 2025
    Donald Trump’s diplomatic efforts to stop the Ukraine conflict remain fluid, the details murky. But the fact that the president has in the span of onl...
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    Abolishing mail voting will hurt GOP more than help
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Abolishing mail voting will hurt GOP more than help
    By MARY ELLEN KLAS Bloomberg Opinion 
    August 20, 2025
    NEW YORK (TNS) — If President Donald Trump were to issue an executive order to abolish mail-in voting, as he announced he would on social media on Mon...
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