State News
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Visitors to the Poconos spent almost $5 billion last year on lodging, food, more
According to the Pennsylvania Tourism Office, the region brought in $4.9 billion in visitor spending in 2024, with Monroe County bringing in the most among its neighbors.
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Without insurance, immigrant patients may face unregulated ‘medical deportation’
Though the federal government is the only entity with the jurisdiction to remove people from the U.S., hospitals across the nation sometimes return uninsured noncitizen patients in need of long-term care to their countries of origin.
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Oktoberfest, Pennsylvania-style: German heritage celebrations across the state
Celebrate Pennsylvania’s German heritage and crisp fall brews at a regional Oktoberfest this September and October.
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Robert Redford’s journey from Bucks County Playhouse to Hollywood legend
Redford, who died on Tuesday at 89, made his Bucks County Playhouse debut in 1959’s “Tiger at the Gate” before returning to New Hope in 1963 to star in Neil Simon’s pre-Broadway production of “Nobody Loves Me.”
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Pennsylvania governor says US must ‘turn the tide’ against political violence, reject vengeance
Gov. Josh Shapiro said that the nation’s leaders must “turn the tide” against political violence and reject vengeance, and accused President Donald Trump of failing the moment’s test of leadership.
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Driver rams car into FBI building gate in Pittsburgh and leaves behind an American flag
A driver rammed a car into a security gate at the FBI building in Pittsburgh, then removed an American flag from the back seat and threw it over the gate before leaving
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Bucks County gun permits soar in wake of high-profile murders, shootings in US
After two weeks of bloodshed and death in Minnesota, Charlotte, North Carolina and Utah, concealed carry permits in Bucks County have risen more than 200 percent.
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Pa. electric customers will pay to keep an old power plant running under federal orders
The Trump administration has signaled it will use emergency powers to keep fossil fuel plants online.
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Amid Trump’s deportation push, revenues grow for company running Pa. ICE detention center
Monthly fees charged by the for-profit contractor that runs Pennsylvania’s largest immigration detention center have increased by hundreds of thousands of dollars during the massive deportation push launched by President Donald Trump this year.
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Deciding on a name for your new dog? Check this list of top dog names in Pennsylvania
A study from the American Pet Products Association revealed there are more than 68 million households in the United States that have a dog.
