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Primary competition: What fuels candidates’ bids for a seat in Pa. legislature
Overall — and with the possibility that the numbers might still change — there are 171 Democratic candidates for the House and 163 Republicans, along with 23 Republican and 21...
Pa. budget standoff cousting courts millions of dollars
Authorization under state law for a pair of surcharges totaling $21.25 that the court system usually collects on many types of filings expired on July 31. While lawmakers and Gov....
Pa. election debate on precanvassing mail ballots confronts new governor, Legislature
Several years of debate have failed to give counties something they want - more time to precanvass mail ballots before elections - but with new state leadership, there is hope...
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Lehigh Valley woman gets ‘awesome’ surprise with return of father’s Army dog tags; Pa. Treasury has 500 other unclaimed military items
A Lehigh Valley woman recently got a big surprise thanks to the unclaimed property program run by the Pennsylvania Treasury Department.
Pa. Sen. Lisa Boscola proposes funding for ‘adequate number’ of election drop boxes and letting family members drop off ballots
State Sen. Lisa Boscola is proposing a county grant program for election drop boxes and letting family members put mail ballots in those boxes.
Pa. hospitals call on Gov. Josh Shapiro to address state’s health care worker shortage, said to be among worst in nation
Citing Pennsylvania's dubious distinction of having some of the most severe shortages of health care professionals in the nation, hospitals want Gov. Josh Shapiro and lawmakers to act. The Hospital...
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With no answers, Pottstown neighbors worried by gas odors near site of fatal house explosion. ‘I am afraid we are going to blow up’
About eight months after a fatal explosion tore apart a home a block away, Brigitte Yeager felt scared Friday morning by a smell of gas, the lack of an explanation...
Austin Davis sworn in as first Black Pa. lieutenant governor
Lt. Gov. Austin Davis was sworn in Tuesday morning, the first Black person elected to the second-highest office in Pennsylvania and whose oath-taking marked the start of a new executive...
New Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro takes office and vows to seek a better state: ‘Your problems have become my priorities’
New Gov. Josh Shapiro was sworn in Tuesday with his wife and children beside him and the green dome of the Capitol above him, and part of his first message...
A lot at stake: Group will try to end Pa. state House logjam as quest to help child sex abuse survivors continues
The next, best hope for unsnarling issues that brought the Pennsylvania House to a standstill comes Tuesday, when Allentown Rep. Peter Schweyer and five other lawmakers sit down to talk....