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Billionaire Jeffrey Yass named as donor to Trump’s $250 million White House ballroom
This is the latest in a long history between Jeffrey Yass and President Donald Trump.
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Democrats propose compromise on cyber charter tuition amid Pennsylvania budget impasse
School districts would be permitted to deduct more from their per-student payments to online schools.
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7 charged in 2024 Pennsylvania voter registration fraud that prosecutors say was motivated by money
The allegations of fraud appeared to be motivated by the defendants’ desire to make money and keep their jobs and was not an effort to influence the election results, said Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday, a Republican.
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Shooting at a historically Black university’s homecoming fest in Pennsylvania kills 1 and wounds 6
Investigators were operating under a “strong belief” that there was more than one shooter but did not think they came to the Lincoln University campus “with a specific design to cause a mass casualty event,” Chester County District Attorney Christopher de Barrena-Sarobe said Sunday during a news conference.
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Mastriano looks to forbid Pennsylvania colleges from enforcing strict vaccine mandates
Mastriano wants to ban coronavirus vaccine requirements for students and faculty in public and private colleges, and place guardrails around immunization mandates for other diseases.
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A group checked 193 Pa. school districts for censorship, LGBTQ+ policies. What did it find?
According to the Education Law Center, Adams, Beaver, Bucks, Lancaster, and York counties each have more than two districts with policies that ban books, suppress certain forms of expression, and bar transgender students from bathrooms, locker rooms, or sports teams that match their identities.
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We asked, you answered: Has your outlook on the future changed—for better or worse—since Donald Trump returned to the White House?
In light of last weekend’s “No Kings” demonstrations, and with the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump being elected to a second term as president approaching, we asked our newsletter readers: Has your outlook on the future changed—for better or worse—since Donald Trump returned to the White House.
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George Santos came to the Poconos after Trump commuted his prison sentence
After being released from prison on Oct. 17, Republican former congressman George Santos didn’t waste any time enjoying his freedom. And where did he go? Straight to the Poconos.
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Senator wants to prohibit book bans for Pennsylvania-funded libraries
Pennsylvania could join a growing number of states that have prohibited publicly-funded institutions from enacting bans on books and other material, if state Sen. Amanda Cappelletti has her way.
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Why the Pittsburgh Zoo is planning to send two more elephants to the ICC in Somerset
Two African elephants from the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium are packing their trunks and moving to Somerset County.
