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After Years of Sparring, Gov. Shapiro Abandons Pennsylvania’s Landmark Climate Initiative

Environmentalists see decision as 'shocking reversal' on fighting global warming; fossil fuel industry claims it would have led to higher utility bills.

Capital & Main

Elon Musk demands Trump send US troops to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

Musk said downtown San Francisco is ‘a drug zombie apocalypse’ as he called for the deployment of federal troops

The Independent UK

Trump win could prompt US government switch in legal fights - Roll Call

Donald Trump’s victory Tuesday heralds a potential sea change in court fights over a swath of Biden administration policies.

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Political divisions stall proposed gun policies in Pennsylvania, where assassin took aim at Trump

Months beforehand, some Pennsylvania lawmakers had proposed to outlaw the type of rifle that was used in the assassination attempt against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump

The Independent UK

Pennsylvania Residents Call for Action After Study Links Fracking to Asthma and Lymphoma

Residents and scientists had called for research on health risks for years, while industry campaign denied links.

Capital & Main

A study of fracking's links to health issues will be released by Pennsylvania researchers

Researchers in heavily drilled Pennsylvania are preparing to release findings from taxpayer-financed studies on possible links between the natural gas industry and pediatric cancer, asthma and poor birth outcomes

The Independent UK

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.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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How CFOs can win the talent war

CFOs have their work cut out for them in this tough environment.

Fortune

In Pennsylvania, Hopes Rise But Questions Remain About New Governor’s Environmental Agenda

Josh Shapiro has revealed little about his policy proposals.

Capital & Main

Gov. Wolf pardoned Meek Mill, among hundreds of other Pennsylvanians, in his final days in office

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf granted rapper Meek Mill clemency on a 15-year-old drug and weapons possession charge in his last round of pardons, issued Thursday.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pardon ends Meek Mill's legal odyssey on drug, gun charges

The rapper Meek Mill is among hundreds of people who have been granted pardons by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf before he leaves office

The Independent UK

Wolf moves to speed action on child sex abuse lawsuit window

Pennsylvania’s newly minted state House speaker is moving to make his major policy goal regarding victims of child sexual abuse to be the chamber’s urgent priority

The Independent UK

Josh Shapiro is aiming for a reset with Pa.'s Republican legislators as he prepares to become governor

Josh Shapiro is about to inherit a state government so divided that the parties can't even agree who controls the Pennsylvania House.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

New bridge to open in place of collapsed Pittsburgh span

Pennsylvania officials say a newly built bridge to replace the one that collapsed in Pittsburgh will open to traffic by the end of December

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Pennsylvania Lets Polluter Resume Drilling in Protected Zone, Outraging Residents in Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’

Order was quietly signed on the same day that residents celebrated the energy company’s plea deal on charges of environmental crimes.

The Independent UK

Pennsylvania lifts ban on gas production in polluted village

One of Pennsylvania’s largest drillers will be allowed to extract natural gas from underneath a rural Pennsylvania community where it has been banned for a dozen years because of accusations it polluted the water supply

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pa.’s marijuana pardon project was supposed to benefit thousands. Far fewer are getting relief

PHILADELPHIA — Gov. Tom Wolf announced the marijuana pardon project as a program that could potentially help thousands of Pennsylvanians with minor cannabis convictions clear their records. But far fewer people will actually receive that benefit.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

4 students shot near Philadelphia high school

PHILADELPHIA — Four Overbrook High School students were shot Wednesday morning near their school, just after they were dismissed early for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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With the midterms over, the 2023 Philadelphia mayoral race is shifting into high gear

PHILADELPHIA — In America’s culture of perpetual politics, the end of one election cycle marks the beginning of another.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Extend moratorium, then kill Pa.'s death penalty

Pennsylvania's dormant death penalty statute has hung around for more than a decade, costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and leaving a moral stain on the state. Protracted legal appeals and a moratorium on executions have idled Pennsylvania's Death House. Because of that, many people don't know the state's…

The Independent UK

Shapiro to take office with mandate from Pennsylvania voters

Democratic Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro will take office with a decisive mandate from Pennsylvania voters, who overwhelmingly rejected a Republican drive to pare back abortion rights and voting laws in the premier battleground state

The Independent UK

Pennsylvania Senate winner John Fetterman drops apparent ‘Always Sunny’ reference in victory speech

The incoming senator has referenced the show in the past

Salon

Fetterman fights back on GOP "attack"

Fetterman, Dems file suit to stop thousands of Pennsylvania ballots being thrown out over a technicality

Salon

GOP sues to toss thousands of ballots

Republican blitz could disenfranchise thousands of voters over minor mistakes

Tribune News Service

Governors split on Biden’s call to pardon low-level pot offenders

When President Joe Biden in October granted blanket pardons to more than 6,500 Americans convicted of marijuana possession under federal law, he urged governors to pardon the much greater number of low-level marijuana offenders in their states.

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