Josh Shapiro
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Republicans want to use a 150-year-old law to ban abortion nationwide
Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for a second Trump administration, calls for the Justice Department to start enforcing the Comstock Act of 1873. The old law bans the mailing of “anything designed, adapted, or intended for producing abortion,” which could include medical instruments.
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Shapiro and lawmakers celebrate historic funding for public defenders
Gov. Josh Shapiro along with Lt. Gov. Austin Davis and Democratic leaders gathered in the Governor’s Reception Room at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg on Monday to celebrate historic funding for indigent defense services.
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PA Republicans shrug off Shapiro’s call for marijuana legalization
A two-thirds majority of Pennsylvania voters support the legalization of adult-use cannabis according to a recent poll conducted by Franklin and Marshall college.
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VIDEO: School funding advocates celebrate first anniversary of Commonwealth Court ruling
Wednesday marked one year since the Commonwealth Court released a 786-page decision declaring that Pennsylvania has been failing to meet its constitutional obligation to fund public education in the commonwealth, and education advocates praised Gov. Josh Shapiro’s new budget, which proposes a $1.1 billion increase to public education. Deborah Gordon Klehr, the Executive Director of…
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How fixing school buildings became ‘incredibly personal’ for one PA lawmaker
Cleaning Pennsylvania’s toxic and aging school buildings is a cause State Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler has championed since she was elected to the Pennsylvania House in 2018.
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Education advocates praise Shapiro’s budget but call it ‘step one’ of the process
Education advocates involved in the school funding lawsuit gathered at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg on Wednesday and thanked Gov. Josh Shapiro for proposing a $1.1 billion education funding increase that follows the recommendations laid out by the Basic Education Funding Commission.
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Shapiro’s budget address calls for marijuana legalization and education and public transportation increases
Gov. Josh Shapiro proposed an ambitious and historic budget during his second budget address at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg on Tuesday.
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Shapiro calls for historic $1.1 billion education funding increases in second budget address
Shapiro proposed a historic $1.1 billion funding increase for public education in his second budget in an effort to plug the commonwealth’s $6.2 billion education funding deficit.
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Prosecutor: Suspect accused of killing and beheading father in Bucks County wanted to speak with Gov. Shapiro
Bucks County D.A. Jennifer Schorn said Friday that Justin Mohn “was of clear mind in his purpose and what he was doing” when he allegedly beheaded his father Tuesday, then posted a video filled with extremist rants online.
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PA lawmaker says it’s important to share stories about reproductive healthcare
“Storytelling humanizes people,” Cappelletti said in an interview with The Keystone last week.
