Political News
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Pa. Can Move Ahead With Broadband Expansion After Feds Back Down on Wage Dispute
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Pa. now has four years to make the faster internet services available to residents.
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Paterno: Legislation Is Needed Now for College Sports Reform and Stability
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College sports are a mess. This is the age of uncertainty and instability happening against a backdrop of a financial crisis that no school can outrun forever. Many long for […]
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What’s Next for Data Centers in Pa.? State Lawmakers Are Split on How to Regulate Them
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The state House recently passed bills to mandate energy use disclosure, require data centers to contribute to state programs and more.
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After Uncontested Primaries, Here’s Who Will Be on the November Ballot in Centre County for U.S. and State House
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Updated 11:40 a.m. Wednesday, May 20. Tuesday’s primary election came with little drama for the congressional and state House races in Centre County. The Democratic and Republican ballots each had […]
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Stacy Garrity and Josh Shapiro’s Quiet Primary for Pennsylvania Governor Is Over
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Incumbent Shapiro and Republican Garrity were both uncontested in the primary, which allowed them both a long runway to ramp up their campaigns and begin fundraising.
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Skill Games, Sports Betting Interests Are Spending Millions Competing Over 3 GOP State Senate Primaries
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The primaries feature three prominent incumbents who are central in ongoing talks about how to regulate skill games and find state revenue.
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Great PA News Quiz: A Justice Leaves His Party, Shapiro Calls for Farm Aid, and No More Spirit
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In this week’s quiz: Trump nominates Mastriano for ambassadorship, a state board sues over AI software and Pennsylvania hosts the PGA Championship.
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State Police Take Blame for Failing to Notify Lawmakers About Violent Threats, Promise a Better Alert Process
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Police became aware last month of a Lebanon County man making alleged hit lists. Lawmakers only found out this week.
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Man Arrested for Making ‘Politically Violent’ Threats to Pa. Lawmakers Online, State Police Say
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At least two of the lawmakers named as victims in the case said they only found out about the threats on Tuesday.
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Great PA News Quiz: A Gubernatorial Grudge Story, TMZ Tirade and the ‘Queen of Philadelphia’
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In this quiz: Gov. Shapiro on defense, a congressional TMZ tirade, ‘Queen of Philadelphia’ critics and Pennsylvania at the Met Gala.