Politician
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Support for legalizing adult-use cannabis among Pa. voters soars to new highs
Over 68% of Pennsylvania voters support legalizing adult-use cannabis according to a new poll. Its support can be found across all age groups and political affiliations.
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Legal cannabis, raising wages, and skilled games: Top takeaways from Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal
Gov. Josh Shapiro highlighted his track record and called for legalizing adult-use cannabis, regulating skill games, and restoring housing rights for those who have past evictions.
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Josh Shapiro’s proposed budget continues to close education funding gap
Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposed state budget includes an additional $526 million to close the education funding gap between poorer and wealthier school districts. It also calls for capping cyber charter tuition at $8,000 per student.
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Pennsylvania elections chief touts progress in reducing mail ballot rejection rate
County elections officials in Pennsylvania rejected more than 11,000 mail-in ballots for technical reasons in the November election, including thousands that were determined to violate the much litigated requirement that voters provide accurate, handwritten dates on the return envelopes.
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A medical plane carrying a child patient and 5 others crashes in Philadelphia, setting homes ablaze
The company operating the flight that crashed into a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood Friday evening said it could not confirm any survivors. There was no immediate word whether anyone on the ground was killed.
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Pennsylvania governor rolls out plan to fast-track and subsidize power plants, hydrogen projects
Gov. Josh Shapiro said Thursday that he wants to fast-track big energy projects in Pennsylvania and offer hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks for projects that provide electricity to the grid and make hydrogen.
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Teacherless AI-powered cyber charter school denied by Shapiro administration
Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a scathing rejection of Unbound Academy, an AI-powered cyber charter school. However, the state’s charter school laws will allow the school to reapply in the future.
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Pa. residents lose access to Medicaid, CareerLink and Head Start portal amid Trump chaos
Gov. Josh Shapiro called President Donald Trump’s memo freezing federal spending “worrisome” after creating chaos for state and local officials. Pennsylvania lost access to Medicaid, CareerLink and Head Start programs.
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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’
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Trump’s attorney general pick challenged the 2020 election results in Pennsylvania
Pam Bondi, Donald Trump’s nominee for US Attorney General, was an early promoter of falsehoods surrounding Pennsylvania’s 2020 election results. She continued to cast doubts about those election results at her confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
