Pennsylvania news
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Pennsylvania court grants public access to voting data in dispute from 2020 election’s aftermath
The Democratic-majority Supreme Court said its unanimous decision was a way to “satisfy the voting public that our elections are safe, secure and accurate” while preserving the state constitution’s requirement that votes remain secret.
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Bill to block whites-only communities clears Pennsylvania House
The bill that squeaked through the Pennsylvania House of Representatives seeks to close legal loopholes that enabled an extremist group to carve out roughly 160 acres in Arkansas for a whites-only community. The leaders of this group, called Return to the Land, have expressed interest in replicating their model around the nation.
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Gas prices are climbing again in Pennsylvania
The average gas price in Pennsylvania has climbed to $4.31 a gallon, the highest point since the US and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28.
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‘I’ve seen moms come back too soon’: Nurses share stories as paid family leave support grows in Pennsylvania
Magee-Womens Hospital nurses say women are forced back to work before they’re ready. Democrats have pushed the Family Care Act forward, but Republicans in the Senate control the bill’s fate.
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Pa. Democrats push bills to limit immigration enforcement at K-12 schools
The measures would ban school personnel from sharing students’ identifying information.
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House panel approves bills that would abolish Pennsylvania’s death penalty
Backers say they’re confident of bipartisan support if the proposals are put up for a House floor vote.
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Emails between ICE and western Pennsylvania police show cash incentives
Springdale Borough’s partnership with ICE has brought headaches, but records obtained from other area governments by Pittsburgh’s Public Source suggest that working with the federal agency can involve rewards, too.
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Survey: Pennsylvanians’ dissatisfaction with healthcare in the commonwealth on the rise
Over one in four people surveyed said they or someone in their household struggled to access care in the last year due to cost.
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Pa. treasurer says state cannot legally pay for Shapiro home security
Requisitions for $1,072,795 in payments tied to the work “do not, in the opinion of the Treasurer, appear to be lawful and correct, and therefore warrants for payment will not be issued.”
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Meet the hay bale toss champion drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers
Dunker won back-to-back hay bale tossing championships at Iowa’s Solon Beef Days in 2022 and 2023. He set the event record by tossing a hay pound weighing more than 50 pounds over a 14’6 bar.
