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13 music festivals coming to Pennsylvania in 2025
Start planning your festival weekends now for these Pennsylvania music festivals that will highlight jazz, blues, hip hop, pop, folk, and more in 2025.

Republican Medicaid cuts mean hospital closures and maternal health deserts for rural Pennsylvanians
Hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians will lose coverage if Republicans push through their $625 billion cut to Medicaid.

Dozens of members of Congress, including from Pa., plead with Trump to unfreeze FEMA grants
Pa. GOP Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick was among the lawmakers who spearheaded efforts in the House.

AG’s office says it seized hundreds of illegal gambling machines disguised as skill games
The attorney general’s office said its agents and state troopers seized more than 400 illegal gambling devices from dozens of western Pennsylvania establishments in a series of raids in March.

Pa. and other states on the hook for billions under U.S. House GOP bill making them help pay for SNAP
The bill would require states, for the first time, to cover part of the cost of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits that help 42 million Americans afford groceries.

Pennsylvania puppy mills cited in national nonprofit’s annual report of violators
New report details 11 dog breeders in the commonwealth.

The tastiest coffee roasted right here in Pennsylvania
You can grab fresh Pennsylvania coffee beans all across the state.

Republicans’ Medicaid cuts pit working Pennsylvanians against the ultra wealthy
Gov. Josh Shapiro appeared on a local radio program on Wednesday to warn Pennsylvanians about the impacts of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s plan to cut $715 billion from Medicaid in order to pay for Trump’s tax cuts.

Opinion: My son relies on Medicaid for round-the-clock care. Republicans want to cut it.
Tax season has come and gone yet again, with millions of American families filing last month. But as my family took part in this annual ritual, nothing felt quite the same.
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Regulators approve Shapiro administration settlement to halt ‘runaway’ electricity prices
Federal regulators approved limits on the maximum and minimum prices that electricity generators are paid to ensure an adequate energy supply as part of a settlement between Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration and the region’s electrical grid operator.

6 fun facts about Knoebels Amusement Resort
Knoebels Amusement Resort is a shining star among PA’s summer amusement parks. Here’s what you need to know.

Shapiro reopens fire-damaged official residence to public as cleanup goes on
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro reopened the governor’s official residence to the public Tuesday for an Easter egg hunt barely a week after an alleged arsonist’s fire tore through one of its wings and said he will begin sleeping there again soon.

Deadline to register to vote in May 20 primaries only two weeks away
The upcoming primaries will determine which candidates advance in a host of local and statewide races that will be held in November.

Famous neighbors? 7 celebrities who own homes in Pennsylvania
These celebrities live in (or used to live in) elaborate Pennsylvania homes.