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Union members call on Shapiro, Dems to embrace billionaires tax
Advocates believe that a tax on Pennsylvania billionaires can raise at least $6 billion and offset federal budget cuts.
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Your guide to No Kings 3 in Pennsylvania, March 28
A roundup of Pennsylvania No Kings protests, marches, and rallies on March 28.
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How you can help TSA employees in Pennsylvania working without pay
Across Pennsylvania, airports, organizations, and businesses are organizing donation drives to help TSA staff who have spent nearly half of the past 175 days with their paychecks held up by government shutdowns.
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TSA officers share how they’re scraping by without pay
A dispute in Congress over funding the Department of Homeland Security has held up TSA salaries since mid-February. With monthly bills coming due, many of these federal employees, who screen passengers and luggage at airports across the U.S., are making difficult choices about how to make ends meet.
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Pa. House Democrats introduce identical budget proposal to Gov. Shapiro’s
Appropriations Chair Rep. Jordan Harris (D-Philadelphia) formally filed the bill with legislative services on Tuesday, emphasizing his caucus’ alignment with Pennsylvania’s chief executive.
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Pa. House passes bill to raise minimum wage to $15 by 2029
For the third time in four years, the state House has passed a bill to raise Pennsylvania’s minimum wage.
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Historic Lawrence Park Dinor for sale. What’s next for owner?
The 78-year-old Dinor at 4019 Main St. in Lawrence Park is listed for $285,000 by Howard Hanna.
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Why Philadelphia’s ‘Rocky’ statue is moving, and where it’s going
On March 25, the famous “Rocky” statue that has stood proudly at the base of the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps since 2006 will be moved indoors to become part of an upcoming exhibit “Rising Up: Rocky and the Making of Monuments.”
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Gettysburg names small business owner Alison Lintal as new mayor
Gettysburg has named a new mayor following the sudden departure, and subsequent arrest, of former Mayor Chad-Alan Carr on child sex crime allegations.
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Who should pay when state police are the local force in Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania State Police cover two-thirds of the state’s municipalities that do not have their own police department, putting a statewide agency in charge of local patrols for more than 1,300 localities across the state.
