Peter Hall, Pennsylvania Capital-Star
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Pa. nursing home operator Genesis enters bankruptcy with $58 million tax debt to state
The private-equity backed company operates 42 long-term care facilities in the commonwealth.
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Trump administration withholds $230 million for Pennsylvania schools
Education leaders learned of the freeze Monday, hours before the money was due to be available.
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Microsoft describes Three Mile Island plant as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
The Dauphin County plant’s reopening will support at least 650 permanent jobs and hundreds of other positions during the recommissioning process.
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Pa. public schools may be liable if they fail to prevent student-on-student sexual abuse
An exception to governmental immunity created to give victims legal recourse isn’t limited to school employees, court finds.
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects GOP request to review Pa. provisional ballot ruling
A GOP challenge to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling on provisional ballots is dead, after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case.
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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.
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With public transit agencies in dire straits, Pa. House puts Shapiro’s funding plan into play
Pennsylvania lawmakers approved legislation this week to direct nearly $300 million in new funding to transit agencies in the next state budget.
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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.
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Two hospitals to close after Pa. officials provided $40 million to help company find a buyer
Prospect Medical Holdings, which filed for bankruptcy in January, will shutter pair of Delaware County facilities.
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Pardoned Jan. 6 defendants from Pennsylvania range from remorseful to defiant
‘It’s almost something I brag about,’ one said, while another sought ‘cult deprogramming’
