Villanova alumni who spent time with Robert Prevost, now Pope Leon XIV, still remember rubbing shoulders with the new pope.
Democrats in the Pennsylvania House passed a historic recreational cannabis legalization bill this week by a 102-101 party line vote.
However, House Bill 1200 faces long odds in the Republican-controlled Pennsylvania Senate.
HB 1200 legalizes recreational cannabis use for adults over the age of 21 and it allows for the substance to be sold in state-owned stores.
The bill contains some public safety measures by placing a 25% limit on THC concentration sold in flower products, and limits the THC concentration to five milligrams per serving and 25 milligrams per package.
HB 1200 allows residents to grow two up to plants at a time in their homes.
This week’s vote marked the first time the state House has ever passed a cannabis legalization bill.
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When State Sen. Doug Mastriano isn’t posting on social media about potentially running for governor in 2026, there’s a chance he may be posting about chemtrails.
Yes, chemtrails.
If you scroll through his social media pages, you’ll see some vague and not so vague references to chemtrails polluting our skies, and he even went as far as introducing Senate Bill 508, which bans the use of cloud seeding and other weather manipulation tactics.
This conspiracy theory is absolutely false, with zero evidence to back it up, and scientists and researchers state that it would be impossible for the government to cover up a conspiracy of this magnitude.
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Senator Bernie Sanders stands in solidarity with union workers and allies at a May Day Rally in Philadelphia, rallying behind the message: “For the workers, not the billionaires.”
US Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) highlighted growing income inequality between the top 1% and the bottom 93% of Americans while speaking as part of his Fighting Oligarchy Tour in Harrisburg and Bethlehem this past weekend.
Sanders spent the weekend touring Pennsylvania with Congressman Chris Deluzio (D-Allegheny), bringing together thousands of Pennsylvanians at his stops.
Both stops along Sanders’ Fighting Oligarchy Tour are home to two of Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable Republican Congressmen, US Reps. Scott Perry (R-York) and Ryan Mackenzie (R-Lehigh), and Democrats are hoping to flip those seats in the 2026 midterm elections.
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Listen to Congressman Scott Perry talk about impeaching federal district judges and defunding federal courts standing in the way of President Donald Trump’s agenda.
Perry appeared on a right-wing podcast earlier this month and called on Republicans to use reconciliation, a budgetary maneuver that doesn’t require 60 votes in the US Senate, to pass legislation limiting judges from issuing nationwide injunctions.
Perry also called on the US House to use the Holman rule, which dates back to the 1870s, in order to defund district courts blocking Trump’s agenda.
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At reproductive health care clinics across Pennsylvania, patient escorts are the first line of defense for abortion rights. These volunteers put themselves between patients walking into medical facilities and the intimidating, harassing, and sometimes threatening protestors who oppose reproductive services.
Watch the video to find out what one state representative is trying to do to help.
Carly Morton shared a powerful message for Congressional lawmakers when she was asked what she would say to President Donald Trump or US House Republicans considering cutting $880 billion from Medicaid, a move that could have direct implications on her life.
Morton, a 31-year-old Beaver County resident, relies on Medicaid. She has 23 medical diagnoses and spends a lot of her time going to medical appointments or treating herself because of her conditions. Because of Medicaid, she’s able to be healthy enough to work part-time.
Morton told The Keystone that she just wants to participate in society, but cuts to Medicaid would force her to choose between receiving her needed medical care or buying food, paying for rent, or other basic needs.
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US Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) attacked President Donald Trump and his billionaire cabinet members for turning the US government into an oligarchy while rallying Philadelphia area union members on Thursday.
Over 5,000 Philadelphia area union members and supporters attended a May Day rally as part of a national day of action pushing back on Trump’s attacks against workers across the country.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro had a message for reporters ahead of his return to living at the Pennsylvania governor’s residence
