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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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    Pennsylvania wants to hire federal workers. The state also has a partial hiring freeze.
    Business, News, PA State News
    Pennsylvania wants to hire federal workers. The state also has a partial hiring freeze.
    ARIANA PEREZ-CASTELLS The Philadelphia Inquirer 
    Apr 22, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— Out of work with USAID as a result of a mass overhaul of federal agencies, a former contractor in the Philadelphia area recently a...
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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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    End of the world as we know it, but was it all good?
    Opinion, Сolumns
    End of the world as we know it, but was it all good?
    BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Apr 21, 2025
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Earlier this month, sharp declines in the stock market wiped out $5 trillion in value. Which raises the question: If $5 trillion ca...
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    Pa. GOP lawmaker apologizes for questioning a 12-year-old about pornography at civics event
    News, PA State News
    Pa. GOP lawmaker apologizes for questioning a 12-year-old about pornography at civics event
    IVEY DeJESUS pennlive.com 
    Apr 20, 2025
    (TNS)—A Republican lawmaker has apologized to the mother of a 12-year-old Schuylkill County girl for an inappropriate question about pornography at a ...
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    Schumer asks DOJ to investigate Shapiro arson attack as possible hate crime
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    Schumer asks DOJ to investigate Shapiro arson attack as possible hate crime
    XIMENA CONDE and GILLIAN McGOLDRICK The Philadelphia Inquirer 
    Apr 20, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. on Thursday called on the Department of Justice to investigate whether an early mornin...
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    Get a warrant at the border
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Get a warrant at the border
    Apr 18, 2025
    Last week, U.S. Rep. Ted W. Lieu, D-Calif., along with fellow Democratic Reps.Eleanor Holmes NortonofWashington, D.C., Donald BeyerofVirginiaandAdrian...
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    Thompson: Trump’s first months ‘very effective’; McKean County GOP hosts spring dinner
    Headlines, Local News, News, ...
    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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    How war, money and the quest for discovery entwined the US government and universities
    Nation & World, News
    How war, money and the quest for discovery entwined the US government and universities
    ADAM GELLER, AP National Writer 
    Apr 17, 2025
    NEW YORK (AP) — The showdown between the Trump administration and Harvard University is spotlighting bare-knuckled politics and big dollar figures. Bu...
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    State ‘completely dependent’ on mass transit regions
    News, PA State News
    State ‘completely dependent’ on mass transit regions
    CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Apr 17, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA - Policymakers spoke in no uncertain terms at a hearing in Pittsburgh on Tuesday: both rural and urban regions will suffer if the legisla...
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    A doomsday clock is ticking
    Opinion, Сolumns
    A doomsday clock is ticking
    Apr 17, 2025
    If the federal government wants to keep Medicare and Social Security intact for the next 75 years, it will need an extra $78.2 trillion in cash that i...
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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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    Trump’s most vital job is the nation’s morale
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Trump’s most vital job is the nation’s morale
    DONNIE COLLINS The Times-Tribune, Scranton 
    Apr 16, 2025
    SCRANTON (TNS) — In November,Donald Trumpwon the presidency with 49.8 percent of the popular vote. That was up three percentage points from his 2020 l...
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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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    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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