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    Require SCOTUS ethics code
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Require SCOTUS ethics code
    Jul 21, 2023
    Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee offered U.S. Supreme Court justices an opportunity to salvage their standing with the American people on W...
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    Fetterman amendment to ban Strategic Petroleum Reserve sales to foreign adversaries advances
    News, PA State News
    Fetterman amendment to ban Strategic Petroleum Reserve sales to foreign adversaries advances
    Daniella Langianese 
    Jul 21, 2023
    WASHINGTON — Thursday, the Senate passed an amendment introduced by U.S. Senators John Fetterman, D-Pa., Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and...
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    Fetterman, Senate colleagues introduce legislation to expand access to contraception
    News, PA State News
    Fetterman, Senate colleagues introduce legislation to expand access to contraception
    Daniella Langianese 
    Jul 21, 2023
    WASHINGTON — Thursday, Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., joined by over a dozen of his Senate colleagues, and Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., in the House, i...
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    Pa. senators go home for summer with no budget
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Pa. senators go home for summer with no budget
    Jul 20, 2023
    What is happening — or, rather, not happening — in Harrisburg can be briefly explained in playground terms. The Democratic governor made a decision th...
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    Don’t reduce anti-violence grants
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Don’t reduce anti-violence grants
    Jul 19, 2023
    A long, cold state budget impasse marks the long, hot summer at the state Capitol. Lawmakers will beat the heat by taking off the rest of the summer —...
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    Politicize US defense?! Never!
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Politicize US defense?! Never!
    BYRON YORK 
    Jul 19, 2023
    There has been a highly political battle on Capitol Hill — actually, that’s the only kind of battle they have on Capitol Hill — over U.S. defense poli...
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    Fetterman introduces bill to expand organic agricultural research
    Local News, Nation & World, PA State News
    Fetterman introduces bill to expand organic agricultural research
    Marcie 
    Jul 14, 2023
    WASHINGTON — A group of Democratic senators has introduced a bill that would provide support to the organic farming industry. The Organic Science and ...
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    When investigators won’t investigate Joe Biden
    Opinion, Сolumns
    When investigators won’t investigate Joe Biden
    BYRON YORK 
    Jul 13, 2023
    One of the murkier aspects of congressional Republicans’ investigation of President Biden’s financial history concerns an allegation that Biden, when ...
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    Minimum wage boost overdue
    Editorials, Opinion
    Minimum wage boost overdue
    Marcie 
    Jul 13, 2023
    Both houses of the state Legislature have passed a budget and Gov. Josh Shapiro has signed it, but this being Pennsylvania, that doesn’t mean that the...
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    Bob Casey breaking with Biden more often as he runs for reelection
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Bob Casey breaking with Biden more often as he runs for reelection
    BENJAMIN KAIL Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Jul 06, 2023
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — Republicans regularly knock U.S. Sen. Bob Casey for supporting President Joe Biden almost all the time in Congress. But he’s cast a...
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    Su nomination should be pulled
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Su nomination should be pulled
    Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    Jun 28, 2023
    Four months after President Joe Biden nominated former California Labor Secretary Julie Su to serve as U.S. Labor Secretary, Su’s nomination remains s...
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    Fetterman, Casey react to anniversary of overturning of Roe v Wade
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    Fetterman, Casey react to anniversary of overturning of Roe v Wade
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 26, 2023
    WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania’s Democratic U.S. senators both spoke out over the weekend with reactions to the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Co...
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    Partisan fighting in Harrisburg as budget talks near deadline
    News, PA State News
    Partisan fighting in Harrisburg as budget talks near deadline
    FORD TURNER Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Jun 25, 2023
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — A new political dynamic appeared possible in the Capitol a few months ago. Better communication and renewed cooperation were being ...
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    Opposition to Pa. House’s $15/hr minimum wage, tax credits looms in Senate
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    Opposition to Pa. House’s $15/hr minimum wage, tax credits looms in Senate
    FORD TURNER Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Jun 21, 2023
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — The Democrat-controlled House has passed two priorities of Gov. Josh Shapiro — tax credits for new nurses, teachers and police offi...
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    Senators call for solidarity against antisemitism in wake of verdict
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    Senators call for solidarity against antisemitism in wake of verdict
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 17, 2023
    WASHINGTON — Justice and accountability — those were the words used by Pennsylvania’s U.S. senators about Friday’s guilty verdict in the Tree of Life ...
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    Bill to help finance a Las Vegas ballpark for Oakland A’s passes Nevada Senate, heads to Assembly
    Baseball, National Sports, Pro
    Bill to help finance a Las Vegas ballpark for Oakland A’s passes Nevada Senate, heads to Assembly
    GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America 
    Jun 14, 2023
    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A stadium financing bill aimed at drawing the Oakland Athletics to Las Vegas cleared a major hurdle Tuesday after being appro...
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    ‘Guns are not inherently violent’: Owners defend rights at Pa. Capitol
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    ‘Guns are not inherently violent’: Owners defend rights at Pa. Capitol
    DANIRAE RENNO PennLive 
    Jun 12, 2023
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Gun owners from across Pennsylvania gathered on the Capitol steps on Monday for the annual Right to Keep and Bear Arms Rally, with ...
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    Gavin Newsom’s 28th Amendment
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Gavin Newsom’s 28th Amendment
    SUSAN SHELLEY 
    Jun 11, 2023
    In George Washington’s farewell address, our nation’s first president spoke about the importance of the people’s power to amend the U.S. Constitution....
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    Pa.’s state budget season goes into full swing
    News, PA State News
    Pa.’s state budget season goes into full swing
    FORD TURNER Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Jun 05, 2023
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Gov. Josh Shapiro and a divided state Legislature are heading into a month of high-intensity lawmaking with an eye on mutual goals ...
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    Pa. budget should prioritize economic growth, workforce development
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Pa. budget should prioritize economic growth, workforce development
    LUKE BERNSTEIN 
    Jun 04, 2023
    As Pennsylvania’s frontline leader for business growth, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s mission is advocating for policies to make...
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    Bradford Major Softball All-Stars
    Local Sports
    Bradford Major Softball All-Stars
    Jo Wankel 
    June 17, 2025
    The 2025 Bradford Major Softball All-Stars are, from left, Madilynn Brown, Kaelyn Drake, Claire Henretta, Isabella Lowe, Chloe Lekas, Leah Calkins, Lu...
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    Husband has shown his priorities aren’t at home
    Lifestyles
    Husband has shown his priorities aren’t at home
    June 17, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: My husband works out of state for an oil rigging company 20 days out of the month. He gets 10 days off. When he comes home, we may have two...
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    When in need of an extra hand
    Lifestyles
    When in need of an extra hand
    June 17, 2025
    Dear Heloise: I use pistol-grip grabbers/reachers to pick up small branches from the yard after wind storms. It's also handy for getting things from h...
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    BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Perk up with Penn’s Woods
    Business, Local News
    BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Perk up with Penn’s Woods
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 17, 2025
    There’s nothing like a good cup of joe to help you rise and grind. Now, when purchasing their coffee, residents have the option to support a small, lo...
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    Derby winners
    Local News
    Derby winners
    June 16, 2025
    Bradford Community Pride Lions Club announced the winners of its fifth annual Kids Fishing Derby held Saturday at Marilla Reservoir.  Winners included...
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    Runyan Scholarship winners announced
    Local News
    Runyan Scholarship winners announced
    June 16, 2025
    VFW Post 212 and Frances Sherman VFW Auxiliary announced its 2025 Reba Y. Maben & William “Mr. Bill” Runyan Scholarship winners are Evan D. Confer and...
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