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Busy primary season in McKean Co.
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Mar 14, 2019
It will be a packed field for the May primary election in McKean County. Tuesday was the deadline for filing nomination petitions to be listed on the ...
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Thompson: U.S. in ‘Great American Comeback’
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Oct 26, 2018
The nation is in the midst of the “Great American Comeback,” U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson said during a visit to The Era on Thursday. Thompson, R-Pa., sai...
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Thank Republicans for your Right to Try
Opinion, Сolumns
MARC A. THIESSEN 
May 31, 2018
WASHINGTON — Imagine the horror of learning you have a terminal illness for which science has not yet come up with a treatment. Now imagine receiving ...
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Toomey backs tariff relief bill
News, PA State News
May 30, 2018
ALLENTOWN — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., has cosponsored legislation that would suspend destructive taxes inflicted on the newspaper and publishing in...
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The Senate must confirm Pompeo
Opinion, Сolumns
MARC A. THIESSEN 
Apr 21, 2018
WASHINGTON — For the first time in the history of the republic, it appears increasingly likely that a majority of the Senate Foreign Relations Committ...
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Local physician seeks protection for Rohingya Muslims
Local News, News, Online Features
Photo courtesy of M. Javed Akhtar, MD 
Mar 19, 2018
Dr. M. Javed Akhtar from Bradford went to Capitol Hill with the Burma Task Force to plead for sanctions against Myanmar Army to stop ethnic cleansing ...
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Candidate Jodun holds town hall meeting event on Saturday
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ALEX DAVIS Era Reporter a.davis@bradfordera.com 
Feb 05, 2018
Government spending, affordable education and Social Security were among topics addressed at a town hall meeting hosted by Congressional candidate Wad...
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Lawmakers react to government shutdown
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RUTH BOGDAN Era Reporter r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Jan 22, 2018
Federal lawmakers who represent the local area have mixed feelings on who is to blame for a federal government shutdown that came into effect at the s...
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Many seats uncontested in Tuesday election
Local News, News, Online Features
Nov 04, 2017
Tuesday is the general election, and many of the seats in McKean County and its municipalities are uncontested. All four incumbent magisterial distric...
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Local races highlight Tuesday’s election
Local News, News
ALEX DAVIS Era Reporter a.davis@bradfordera.com 
Nov 04, 2017
Area residents will head to the polls on Tuesday, casting votes for races in Bradford City, Kane Borough, Bradford and Foster townships and McKean Cou...
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State funding plan still in limbo
Local News, News
ALEX DAVIS Era Reporter a.davis@bradfordera.com 
Oct 05, 2017
Pennsylvania is still without a revenue package to fund the state budget, something that state Sen. Joe Scarnati blames on Wednesday’s failed efforts ...
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The party of bad faith?
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Jul 19, 2017
If the Republican attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare ultimately fails, it will be a lesson in the wages of political bad faith. The current path ...
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Senate health care plan raises ire of family groups, Dems
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ALEX DAVIS Era Reporter a.davis@bradfordera.com 
Jun 23, 2017
Leaders are bashing the Senate Republican’s replacement for the Affordable Care Act, a plan they say denies health care to millions of people, cuts Me...
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Elk County to see some races in fall election
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ALEX DAVIS Era Reporter a.davis@bradfordera.com 
May 31, 2017
The ballots have been cast and counted, and there will be some races in the November general election in Elk County. Elk County Elections and Voter Re...
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