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    Plenty of reasons to reform Medicaid
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Plenty of reasons to reform Medicaid
    May 07, 2025
    Debates over entitlement programs bring out the worst in elected officials, who are typically more concerned with political survival than addressing d...
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    (None dare call it) treason of the judiciary
    Opinion, Сolumns
    (None dare call it) treason of the judiciary
    FRANK MIELE RealClearPolitics 
    May 07, 2025
    Thursday, April 24, was a day like any other day — the sun came up, the sun went down, and Donald Trump was hit with at least three nationwide injunct...
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    Other Voices: Oath of honor
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Other Voices: Oath of honor
    May 06, 2025
    Our elected state and federal officials take an oath of office, many with their hand on a Bible. Common in these oaths is a venerated commitment to pr...
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    In ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ can Democrats win back the working class?
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    In ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ can Democrats win back the working class?
    CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    May 05, 2025
    HARRISBURG — In the purple Keystone State, thousands of working people turned up to the Pennsylvania Farm Show complex on Friday to hear Vermont Sen. ...
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    Spending actually up under Trump. Here’s why
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Spending actually up under Trump. Here’s why
    May 02, 2025
    President Donald Trump is spending taxpayer money 10% faster than Joe Biden was at this time last year, according to daily financial statements releas...
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    Impeachment, really? Hack Democrat goes to the well again
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Impeachment, really? Hack Democrat goes to the well again
    NOLAN FINLEY The Detroit News 
    May 01, 2025
    DETROIT (TNS) — Americans knew exactly what they would get when they electedDonald Trumppresident last November. And now, to quote Mencken, they're ge...
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    GOP path to a Pa. majority
    Opinion, Сolumns
    GOP path to a Pa. majority
    GUY CIARROCCHI RealClearPennsylvania 
    Apr 30, 2025
    The new Pennsylvania GOP chairman, state Sen. Greg Rothman, was elected on a platform that can be described as: “Let’s make Pennsylvania Florida.” In ...
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    Pell still works for American education
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Pell still works for American education
    THOMAS P. FOLEY 
    Apr 25, 2025
    There’s a lot of disagreement on higher education these days. One exception to all the discord, at least so far, are Pell Grants — a program that is e...
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    Democrats’ hill to die on is illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Democrats’ hill to die on is illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia
    DEBRA J. SAUNDERS Las Vegas Review-Journal 
    Apr 24, 2025
    WASHINGTON(TNS) — Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia is the rope in the tug-of-war between the Trump administration and progressiveDemocratswho d...
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    Other Voices: The Democrats’ hate
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Other Voices: The Democrats’ hate
    Apr 23, 2025
    As I read the paper and listen to the news, it's hard to imagine a liberal Democrat as an American with the heart of a true patriot for our country. H...
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    Bumbling Hegseth a huge liability for Trump
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Bumbling Hegseth a huge liability for Trump
    JOE BATTENFELD Boston Herald 
    Apr 23, 2025
    BOSTON (TNS) — Donald Trump can’t get rid of Pete Hegseth fast enough as the tough talking former Fox News host looks more and more like a huge liabil...
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    Senators condemn ban on trans military service
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    Senators condemn ban on trans military service
    Apr 23, 2025
    WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., along with 12 of their fellow Senate Democratic colleagues, sent a letter ...
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    Data shows Pa. GOP gradual mail-in ballot adoption
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Data shows Pa. GOP gradual mail-in ballot adoption
    ATHAN KOUTSIOUROUMBAS RealClearPennsylvania 
    Apr 22, 2025
    It appears that good news keeps coming for Pennsylvania’s Republicans. Recently released data reveal a subtle but significant trend: Republicans are e...
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    Brian Fitzpatrick raised $1.22 million this quarter as Democrats plan to target his Pa. district in the 2026 midterms
    News, PA State News
    Brian Fitzpatrick raised $1.22 million this quarter as Democrats plan to target his Pa. district in the 2026 midterms
    FALLON ROTH and RYAN BRIGGS The Philadelphia Inquirer 
    Apr 22, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Pennsylvania Republican incumbent congressional lawmakers have dominated fundraising in the first quarter of 2025, according to c...
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    Move to standardize ballot testing
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Move to standardize ballot testing
    CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Apr 22, 2025
    HARRISBURG — With primaries fast approaching, some legislators want to improve upon election mistakes made last November. Rep. Frank Burns, D-Johnstow...
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    Poll: Voters want open primaries in Pennsylvania
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Poll: Voters want open primaries in Pennsylvania
    LAUREN JESSOP The Center Square 
    Apr 21, 2025
    HARRISBURG — As the number of independent voters grows, there is broad bipartisan support among Pennsylvania voters for allowing the state’s 1.4 milli...
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    Thompson: Trump’s first months ‘very effective’; McKean County GOP hosts spring dinner
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    Thompson: Trump’s first months ‘very effective’; McKean County GOP hosts spring dinner
    Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    Apr 18, 2025
    U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson says no one should ever have expected President Donald Trump to embark on his second administration with “soft diplomacy...
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    Tariffs: An economic tool and a reality check
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Tariffs: An economic tool and a reality check
    GUY CIARROCCHI RealClearPennsylvania 
    Apr 18, 2025
    President Donald Trump has done it again. Never one for subtly, he has elected officials, the media, and international officials all talking about tar...
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    Former First Families issue statement in support of Shapiro
    News, PA State News
    Former First Families issue statement in support of Shapiro
    CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Apr 18, 2025
    HARRISBURG— Pennsylvania’s living former governors and first ladies issued a joint statement affirming their support for Gov. Josh Shapiro and the Fir...
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    Never too early to talk about 2026 Pa. governor’s race
    News, Opinion, PA State News, ...
    Never too early to talk about 2026 Pa. governor’s race
    J.D. PROSE pennlive.com 
    Apr 16, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS)—The 2026 election for Pennsylvania governor might seem a long way off, but the jockeying among Republicans who may seek to challenge ...
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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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    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Local Sports, Sports
    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    (TNS) —As golfers teed off during opening day of this year's 125th U.S. Open Championship, state officials inside of a tent overlooking the course's 1...
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    Allegheny -100 Hiking Challenge held with over 160 participants
    Local Sports
    Allegheny -100 Hiking Challenge held with over 160 participants
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    The annual Allegheny -100 Hiking Challenge (A-100) was held last weekend. It is an event where hikers can choose to hike 100, 75, 50 or 25 miles along...
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