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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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    Bill would increase access to free school meals, streamline school certification
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    Bill would increase access to free school meals, streamline school certification
    Apr 30, 2025
    WASHINGTON, D.C. — On April 10, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., introduced the School Meal Modernization and Hunger Elimination Act, legislation that...
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    Other Voices: Confronting reality of hunger
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Other Voices: Confronting reality of hunger
    Apr 28, 2025
    Food insecurity is another way of saying you don't know where your next meal is coming from. It can happen to anyone who has lost a job, is struggling...
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    Pennsylvania Food Bucks Program to deter junk food moves to House floor
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    Pennsylvania Food Bucks Program to deter junk food moves to House floor
    CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Apr 24, 2025
    HARRISBURG— Some legislators have worried that Pennsylvanians who receive federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits might b...
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    Medicaid coverage critical to rural Pennsylvanians
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Medicaid coverage critical to rural Pennsylvanians
    MATTHEW ESPENSHADE 
    Apr 14, 2025
    We live in a country where majority rules — from local governments to the very peak of federal power. Those who get the most votes win. In that same v...
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    ST. BONAVENTURE: Alum, leading researcher on homelessness to lead discussion at St. Bonaventure
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    ST. BONAVENTURE: Alum, leading researcher on homelessness to lead discussion at St. Bonaventure
    Mar 28, 2025
    ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y., — One of the country’s leading social science researchers on homelessness and assisted housing policy, Dr. Dennis P. Culhane, w...
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    What you need to know about Social Security policy changes
    Nation & World, News
    What you need to know about Social Security policy changes
    TOM FONTAINE The Tribune-Review, Greensburg 
    Mar 20, 2025
    (TNS) — Several significant policy changes affecting Social Security recipients and applicants get underway this month. One of the changes is designed...
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    Fetterman bill would cancel school lunch debt
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    Fetterman bill would cancel school lunch debt
    Mar 13, 2025
    WASHINGTON — Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., introduced legislation that would direct the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to pay off all ou...
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    Bill would improve service to homeless veterans
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    Bill would improve service to homeless veterans
    Mar 07, 2025
    WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Reps. Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Pa., Don Davis NC-01, Rob Bresnahan, R-Pa., and Jimmy Panetta, R-Calif., introduced the Simplifyi...
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    Vital SNAP benefits face several threats
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    Vital SNAP benefits face several threats
    CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Mar 06, 2025
    HARRISBURG — Over 2 million Pennsylvanians receive funds from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. Monthly, this brings abo...
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    CASA seeking volunteers
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    CASA seeking volunteers
    Feb 26, 2025
    SMETHPORT — Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of McKean County is seeking community members willing to advocate for abused and neglected childr...
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    Pennsylvania governor seeks more money for schools and transit, but relies heavily on surplus cash
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    Pennsylvania governor seeks more money for schools and transit, but relies heavily on surplus cash
    MARC LEVY Associated Press 
    Feb 04, 2025
    HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will seek more money for underfunded public schools and public transit in his budget proposal unveile...
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    Social Security Matters: Benefits for someone with multiple ex-spouses
    Business, News
    Social Security Matters: Benefits for someone with multiple ex-spouses
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Jan 31, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: If a financially well-off individual had multiple ex-spouses, could it happen that the multiple ex-spouses could each be collecting Social...
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    How Trump’s health care disruption could pay off
    Opinion, Сolumns
    How Trump’s health care disruption could pay off
    ERIC REINHART Los Angeles Times 
    Jan 31, 2025
    CHICAGO (TNS) — President Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reflects anger and frustration at the wanton greed underlying America’s h...
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    Police charge man with vandalizing Pa. lawmaker’s office over the weekend
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    Police charge man with vandalizing Pa. lawmaker’s office over the weekend
    July 30, 2025
    (TNS) — Police in western Pennsylvania have charged a man with vandalizing a Republican congressman’s office over the weekend. Hermitage City Police C...
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    Pa.’s AG right about counterfeit meds
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Pa.’s AG right about counterfeit meds
    By ELIZABETH HICKS RealClearPennsylvania 
    July 30, 2025
    If you have scrolled through Instagram or TikTok lately, you have probably seen slick telehealth ads promising doctor-prescribed weight-loss shots, su...
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    Driver crashes into Harrisburg house, jams in her car till police arrive
    PA State News
    Driver crashes into Harrisburg house, jams in her car till police arrive
    July 30, 2025
    (TNS) — A Harrisburg homeowner was in the lower level of her Harrisburg house Tuesday when she heard a loud noise outside. She raced to her front door...
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    Mastriano can’t win in 2026 either
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Mastriano can’t win in 2026 either
    By CHRISTOPHER NICHOLAS RealClearPennsylvania 
    July 30, 2025
    It’s now the summer of our discontent here in Pennsylvania, as the GOP’s 2022 gubernatorial nominee, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, continues to make nois...
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    Shapiro, McCormick to attend second AI summit in September
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    Shapiro, McCormick to attend second AI summit in September
    By J.D. PROSE pennlive.com 
    July 30, 2025
    (TNS) — A second artificial intelligence summit is coming to Pittsburgh in September, highlighting the city and Pennsylvania as the “physical AI capit...
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    Shapiro joins lawsuit to halt defunding of Planned Parenthood
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    Shapiro joins lawsuit to halt defunding of Planned Parenthood
    By J.D. PROSE pennlive.com 
    July 30, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has joined 22 Democratic attorneys general in a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from defund...
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