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    Unions notice Shapiro pivot to energy taxes
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Unions notice Shapiro pivot to energy taxes
    KEVIN MOONEY 
    Mar 19, 2024
    Unless Gov. Josh Shapiro reverses course and abandons his effort to keep proposed energy taxes in play, he could lose the support of trade unions that...
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    ‘No Labels’ has no candidate
    Opinion, Сolumns
    ‘No Labels’ has no candidate
    BYRON YORK 
    Mar 14, 2024
    How do presidential candidacies start? Most begin with the ambitions of one person — one governor or senator or, in Donald Trump’s case, one real esta...
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    Legislators show mixed reactions to SOTU
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    Legislators show mixed reactions to SOTU
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 09, 2024
    President Biden’s State of the Union address Thursday night brought mixed reactions from the region’s federal legislators. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., whos...
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    State of Union continues evolving into circus
    Opinion, Сolumns
    State of Union continues evolving into circus
    NIELS LESNIEWSKI CQ-Roll Call 
    Mar 08, 2024
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — When President Joe Biden was finished delivering his third State of the Union speech, House Judiciary ranking member Jerrold Nadler...
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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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    Other Voices: More election conspiracy
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Other Voices: More election conspiracy
    Feb 28, 2024
    Sen. Cris Dush again has cast doubt on the trustworthiness, integrity and honesty of our friends and neighbors, of both political parties, who staff o...
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    Pennsylvania Game Commission grilled about lobbyist use, PILT
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Pennsylvania Game Commission grilled about lobbyist use, PILT
    ANTHONY HENNEN The Center Square 
    Feb 27, 2024
    Of all the drama that the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s leader has dealt with, the biggest has been over the hunting calendar. And, more recently, me...
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    Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania appears to have a chance
    News, PA State News
    Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania appears to have a chance
    TAWNYA PANIZZI The Tribune-Review, Greensburg 
    Feb 15, 2024
    (TNS) — Sunday hunting could finally happen in Pennsylvania — more than just three days a year. Members of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, an associatio...
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    Unofficial slate of candidates for April primary set
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    Unofficial slate of candidates for April primary set
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Feb 15, 2024
    Port Allegany man Rajeev Pradhan has filed petitions to be on the Democratic ballot in the April 23 primary election for the 67th Legislative District...
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    Democrats retain majority in the Pennsylvania House with a 102-100 partisan divide
    News, PA State News
    Democrats retain majority in the Pennsylvania House with a 102-100 partisan divide
    BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America 
    Feb 15, 2024
    HARRISBURG (AP) — Democrats retained their slim majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Tuesday after voters elected a former school ...
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    Is legal marijuana coming?
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Is legal marijuana coming?
    NICK VADALA and GILLIAN McGOLDRICK 
    Feb 12, 2024
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Legalizing recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania has for years seemed like a far-fetched idea that gained little traction in Harri...
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    Legislature ended 2023 sitting on a nearly $300 million surplus
    News, PA State News
    Legislature ended 2023 sitting on a nearly $300 million surplus
    JAN MURPHY pennlive.com 
    Feb 09, 2024
    Pennsylvania’s legislative branch has a record balance of nearly $300 million, ostensibly to ensure independence in the event of a drawn-out budgetary...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Victory, yes, but some warning signs for Trump
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Victory, yes, but some warning signs for Trump
    CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
    Jan 24, 2024
    WASHINGTON. (TNS) — With his solid New Hampshire victory, Donald Trump has the Republican nomination within his grasp. But the results showed he faces...
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    Fetterman backs Kim as Dems scramble to keep NJ seat
    News, PA State News
    Fetterman backs Kim as Dems scramble to keep NJ seat
    MIKE CATALINI Associated Press 
    Jan 19, 2024
    TRENTON, N.J. — Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. John Fetterman has backed Rep. Andy Kim in the congressman’s bid to win a contested primary for New Jersey’s Se...
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    McCormick, Casey announce big campaign hauls in U.S. Senate race
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    McCormick, Casey announce big campaign hauls in U.S. Senate race
    RYAN DETO The Tribune-Review, Greensburg 
    Jan 13, 2024
    (TNS) — Rivals in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race raised roughly $10 million combined in the past three months, setting the stage this year for yet an...
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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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    If electric monopolies win, we all lose
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    If electric monopolies win, we all lose
    By REP. ROBERT F. MATZIE 
    August 20, 2025
    Policymakers and special interests in Harrisburg are discussing policy changes that would undermine Pennsylvania’s competitive power market by allowin...
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    Fee waiver for PA 529 Guaranteed Savings Plan accounts
    Local News, PA State News
    Fee waiver for PA 529 Guaranteed Savings Plan accounts
    August 20, 2025
    HARRISBURG— Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced the fourth consecutive fee waiver for families who save with the PA 529 Guaranteed Savings Plan (GSP). T...
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    Pa. unemployment call center wait times back to pre-pandemic lows, labor department reports
    Business, Local News, PA State News
    Pa. unemployment call center wait times back to pre-pandemic lows, labor department reports
    By ZACK HOOPES Pennlive.com 
    August 20, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Wait times for unemployment calls in Pennsylvania have dropped to an average of nine minutes – the shortest in six years – the stat...
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    Education trust fund proposed to replace school property taxes
    Local News, PA State News
    Education trust fund proposed to replace school property taxes
    By CHRISTEN SMITH The Center Square 
    August 20, 2025
    HARRISBURG — A new solution for Pennsylvania’s perennial struggle over education funding began circulating in the Legislature on Wednesday. This time,...
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