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‘King of Asphalt’ Bud Shuster, former Pa. congressman, dies at 91

Former Rep. Bud Shuster of Pennsylvania, a congressional power broker whose mastery of earmarked spending and highway projects in the 1990s earned him the sobriquet “King of Asphalt,” died Wednesday at age 91.

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Pa. Supreme Court sanctions county for violating order on Dominion voting machines

PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday said Fulton County had blatantly defied the court when it allowed a third-party company to access its 2020 voting machines.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

‘King of Asphalt’ Bud Shuster dies at age 91 - Roll Call

Shuster used his House Transportation gavel to win major highway and aviation bills while steering millions to his Pennsylvania district.

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Charges put focus on Jehovah's Witnesses' handling of abuse

A Pennsylvania grand jury in recent months accused nine men with connections to the Jehovah’s Witnesses of child sexual abuse in what some consider the nation’s most comprehensive investigation yet into abuse within the faith

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Paul Zeise: High school and youth coaches deserve a lot better from parents

PITTSBURGH — Dana Petruska has been a high school coach for 37 years. She has won more than 500 games, a state championship as recently as 2018 and a Pennsylvania coach of the year award by state sports writers.

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Q&A: Democrat Cartwright advises GOP to tame the ‘crazies’

WASHINGTON — Rep. Matt Cartwright is a straight shooter. That much is evident upon stepping into his office, and seeing a seven-point buck’s head mounted on the wall among photos of some of the charming downtowns in his Northeastern Pennsylvania district. The Democrat shot the deer recently, on state game…

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Pennsylvania will classify xylazine as a schedule III drug, Gov. Shapiro announces

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Tuesday his administration plans to schedule xylazine, the powerful veterinary sedative, as a schedule III drug.

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States restrict 'tranq,' animal sedative linked to overdoses

States are increasingly looking to make a veterinary tranquilizer a controlled substance now that it's been showing up in illicit drugs used by humans and contributing to a growing number of overdose deaths

The Independent UK

Democrat Cartwright advises GOP to tame the ‘crazies’ - Roll Call

Credibility is the key for Rep. Matt Cartwright, the Pennsylvania Democrat who has won four times in a district also carried by Trump.

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Will Bunch: The day the book banners lost in Pennsylvania's culture wars

KUTZTOWN, Pa. — If you ban it, they will come.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Printing error forces Pennsylvania county to replace ballots

Elections officials in a central Pennsylvania county are scrambling to fix an error on more than 18,000 mail-in ballots for the spring primary

The Independent UK

Watch Mountain’s Felix Papplardi and Leslie West tear Pennsylvania a new one on Mississippi Queen as they redefine ‘heavy’ for the 70s

“All stoner and doom bands are foam in the wake of Mountain!” An unmissable performance that generated some amazing YouTube comments

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A US senator openly seeking treatment for mental health is rare. So is staying 44 days in a Pa. hospital for depression

PHILADELPHIA — John Fetterman is to return to the U.S. Senate on Monday after spending 44 days hospitalized to treat an episode of severe depression.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

With a New Pennsylvania Governor, Lawmakers Push to Move Drilling Sites From Communities

Proposed legislation would prohibit new fracking wells within 2,500 feet of an existing building or water well.

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‘I married a stranger I met on TikTok for fun – then we fell in love’

Two perfect strangers got married and embarked on a road trip across the US. Neither of them imagined they’d still be together two years later

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A look at Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro's 'common ground' approach in one of the nation's most politically divided states

PHILADELPHIA — On an unusually warm morning in late March, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's convoy of black SUVs followed a winding gravel road down to a ninth-generation family farm in Lancaster County.

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New poll: DeSantis — not Trump — leads Biden in battleground states

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis narrowly leads President Joe Biden in the battleground states of Arizona and Pennsylvania, according to a poll of a hypothetical matchup between the two men in the 2024 presidential race.

Daily Mirror

Lottery winner bags $2million but only gets HALF as Government withholds a pile of cash

Lottery winner Andrew Bramall from Pennsylvania won big on the Powerball but the lucky player watched more than a third of his winnings disappear before he had got anything

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Pa.'s 2024 presidential primary is scheduled for the first day of Passover, giving lawmakers a new push to move up the swing state's election

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania's presidential primary is scheduled for the first day of Passover next year, potentially disenfranchising observant Jews across the state and giving new urgency to lawmakers hoping to move the state's primary election to earlier in the year.

Reason

Second Amendment Roundup: To Preserve Liberty, Not Slavery

Carl Bogus invented the fiction that the purpose of the Second Amendment was slave control.

The Independent UK

Suit: Chocolate factory ignored warning before deadly blast

A lawsuit over an explosion at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory says the candy-maker ignored warnings of a gas leak, The lawsuit was filed by the family of one of seven workers killed last month

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Absentee/mail-in ballot return deadlines in 2023 elections

Eight states—Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Washington—are holding statewide elections this year. Rules governing who can return completed absentee/mail-in ballots vary by state. Absentee/mail-in voting is voting that does not happen in person on Election Day but instead occurs another way, usually by mail. All states…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

A hospital slowly fades away in rural Pennsylvania

BERWICK, Pa. — The emergency room was dark, the doors locked for months now, and a young woman stood outside in the rain, clutching her stomach and sobbing. No one was coming out to help.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Democratic Sen. Bob Casey will seek a fourth term

PHILADELPHIA — Democratic Sen. Bob Casey announced on Monday that he is running for reelection, setting the stage for another pivotal Senate race in Pennsylvania.

Reason

What 'Freedom' Means to Ron DeSantis

There are some jarring contradictions in the Florida governor's pitch to voters.

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