State Politics
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VIDEO: Shapiro signs executive order to attract more residents to public service
Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order aiming to make the commonwealth one of the best employers in Pennsylvania. The executive order creates the Hire, Improve, Recruit, Empower (HIRE) Committee in partnership with labor representatives and hopes to attract Pennsylvania residents into public service. The commonwealth will look to expand mental health services, child care…
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VIDEO: How not to report on a Trans issue
The Pennridge School Board repealed the district’s sex-based bathroom policy that required students to use the bathroom that matched their biological sex on Monday evening, effective August 1. The proposed solution was a compromise featuring both gender and sex based facilities but you wouldn’t know it if you only watched local news coverage on the…
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Josh Shapiro signs executive order to attract PA residents into public service
Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order on Monday with the hopes of making the commonwealth the best employer in Pennsylvania.
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DePasquale promises to use Attorney General’s office to protect abortion access
Eugene DePasquale promises to protect abortion access in upcoming Attorney General’s race.
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Five PA medical boards adopt policies opposing use of conversion therapy
Five Pennsylvania medical boards have adopted policies condemning conversion therapy as a “discredited, pseudoscientific practice” that harms LGBTQ youth.
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Opinion: Are Pennsylvania’s taxpayers helping students from low-income families to attend high-quality academic institutions, or are we financing lavish lifestyles for well-to-do households?
Pennsylvania resident Coleman Poses, advocates for additional accountability to ensure taxpayer-funded scholarships are properly allocated and accounted for.
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Fair rent for all: Pennsylvania legislators introduce measures to safeguard tenants
A bill recently introduced in the state Senate would cap rent rate increases at 10% for current tenants and 15% for new tenants.
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VIDEO: Project 2025 brings nuclear armageddon back into vogue
Project 2025 is a titanic document, with plans ranging from cutting half of all government employees to targeting reproductive rights on a scale never seen before, but did you know it also details a return to fears of mutual nuclear annihilation? On page 399 the document calls for the continual development of nuclear weaponry for…
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VIDEO: Shapiro aims to eliminate waiting lists for services for intellectually disabled adults
Gov. Josh Shapiro and his top human services official spoke on their administration’s plan to reduce and potentially eliminate the waitlist keeping disabled individuals and their families from accessing support in a visit to the non-profit BARC Developmental Services in Warminster on Wednesday. Nearly 4,500 families are on the waitlist and non-profit organizations are struggling…
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Susan Wild calls out Republicans for holding up Ukraine aid
Wild expressed disgust at the months-long Republican resistance to approving aid to Ukraine, and is disturbed by how the disregard for an allied country has hurt America’s reputation globally.
