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    Controversial provision raiding Pa. Game Commission funds removed from state fiscal bill
    Local Sports, Outdoors
    Controversial provision raiding Pa. Game Commission funds removed from state fiscal bill
    MARK DEMKO The Express-Times/TNS 
    Nov 16, 2023
    When sportsmen and conservation groups heard about the provision in Pennsylvania House Bill 1300 that would transfer $150 million from the Pennsylvani...
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    Skill games split Pa. lawmakers
    News, PA State News
    Skill games split Pa. lawmakers
    ANTHONY HENNEN The Center Square 
    Nov 08, 2023
    HARRISBURG — Though there’s been a push to formally legalize skill-game gambling machines in Pennsylvania, some legislators want them banned outright....
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    Two vying for seat on Pa. Commonwealth Court
    Two vying for seat on Pa. Commonwealth Court
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Nov 04, 2023
    Two candidates are vying for a seat on the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, Democrat Matt Wolf and Republican Megan Martin. Martin was born and raised...
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    Old Biden foe is back: the enthusiasm gap
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Old Biden foe is back: the enthusiasm gap
    CLARENCE PAGE Chicago Tribune 
    Nov 01, 2023
    CHICAGO (TNS) — Every presidential campaign raises nagging questions of various sorts. With the 2024 election barely more than a year away, one overar...
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    Pitt funding still frozen, ripple effects have blocked $57M in ag assistance
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Pitt funding still frozen, ripple effects have blocked $57M in ag assistance
    FORD TURNER Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Oct 26, 2023
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Increasingly bitter squabbles in Harrisburg that have stalled funding for the University of Pittsburgh and other state-related univ...
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    Term limits penalize good lawmakers
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Term limits penalize good lawmakers
    Oct 26, 2023
    When Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy died in 2009, he was fondly recalled for his finely honed skills as a legislator. Commentators and members of...
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    Shapiro $295K from taxpayers to settle sexual harassment claim against aide
    News, PA State News
    Shapiro $295K from taxpayers to settle sexual harassment claim against aide
    JAN MURPHY pennlive.com 
    Oct 23, 2023
    Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration paid $295,000 in taxpayer funds to settle a sexual harassment complaint from a female former deputy secretary invol...
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    Pennsylvania counties tell governor, lawmakers it’s too late to move 2024’s primary election date
    News, PA State News
    Pennsylvania counties tell governor, lawmakers it’s too late to move 2024’s primary election date
    MARC LEVY Associated Press 
    Oct 20, 2023
    HARRISBURG (AP) — Counties in Pennsylvania have told Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and lawmakers that it is too late to move up the state’s 2024 presid...
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    Pa. state universities request $38M more to avoid tuition hike
    News, PA State News
    Pa. state universities request $38M more to avoid tuition hike
    JAN MURPHY PennLive 
    Oct 19, 2023
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania’s state university system will ask the state for help in its effort to keep the cost of attending its 10 schools affor...
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    Bill would force drug treatment
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Bill would force drug treatment
    ANTHONY HENNEN The Center Square 
    Oct 19, 2023
    A bipartisan duo of Pennsylvania senators want to create an involuntary treatment process in the commonwealth for drug addiction as thousands continue...
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    Controversial provision raiding Pa. Game Commission funds removed from state fiscal bill
    Local Sports, Outdoors
    Controversial provision raiding Pa. Game Commission funds removed from state fiscal bill
    MARK DEMKO The Express-Times/TNS 
    Oct 19, 2023
    When sportsmen and conservation groups heard about the provision in Pennsylvania House Bill 1300 that would transfer $150 million from the Pennsylvani...
    Read More...
    Shapiro stands by Israel comments after Muslim backlash
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Shapiro stands by Israel comments after Muslim backlash
    FORD TURNER Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Oct 13, 2023
    HARRISBURG — Facing pushback from Muslim organizations, Gov. Josh Shapiro on Friday stood by his strong condemnation of Hamas terrorist attacks agains...
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    Shapiro stands by Israel comments after backlash from Muslim groups
    Shapiro stands by Israel comments after backlash from Muslim groups
    FORD TURNER Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Oct 13, 2023
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Facing pushback from Muslim organizations, Gov.Josh Shapiroon Friday stood by his strong condemnation ofHamasterrorist attacks agai...
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    Center for Rural Pa. releases population projections
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Center for Rural Pa. releases population projections
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    Oct 05, 2023
    HARRISBURG — The Center for Rural Pennsylvania, a bipartisan legislative agency resource for rural policy within the General Assembly, this week relea...
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    Kevin McCarthy’s downfall
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Kevin McCarthy’s downfall
    Oct 04, 2023
    In January, after 14 failed roll call votes — during each of which he got fewer votes than Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries — Republican Kevin McCarthy...
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    Casey, Fetterman react to death of Sen. Feinstein
    Local News, Nation & World, News
    Casey, Fetterman react to death of Sen. Feinstein
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Sep 29, 2023
    WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania’s senators shared their thoughts on the passing of Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Friday. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., who had serv...
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    Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, trailblazer and champion of liberal priorities, dies at age 90
    Nation & World, News
    Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, trailblazer and champion of liberal priorities, dies at age 90
    MARY CLARE JALONICK and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press 
    Sep 29, 2023
    WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat and champion of liberal causes who was elected to the Senate in 1992 a...
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    Fetterman: He’ll suit-up as Senate unanimously adopts formal dress code
    News, PA State News
    Fetterman: He’ll suit-up as Senate unanimously adopts formal dress code
    JULIA TERRUSO The Philadelphia Inquirer 
    Sep 28, 2023
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — The shorts were short-lived. The Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that requires members to follow a dress code that wi...
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    Federal grant announced for PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship
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    Federal grant announced for PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Sep 28, 2023
    Pennsylvania’s federal senators had some good news for the PA Wilds this week, a $736,000 grant to stimulate growth in the region’s tourism and outdoo...
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    More. Pa. Democrats are calling on New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez to resign
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    More. Pa. Democrats are calling on New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez to resign
    JONATHAN D. SALANT Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Sep 27, 2023
    WASHINGTON — Two more Pennsylvania Democratic members of Congress called Tuesday for U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez to resign. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and U.S....
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    Local oil purchasers increase prices
    Business, Local News
    Local oil purchasers increase prices
    June 16, 2025
    Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Friday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Purc...
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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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