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Republican Dave McCormick, who is running for U.S. Senate, speaks to supporters Tuesday outside a hotel in Bucks County. (Capital-Star photo by John Cole)
Sen. Dave McCormick said heās introduced a second bill aimed at addressing the cost of housing with Arizona Democrat Ruben Gallego.
In a press release, theā¦
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The work of a Pennsylvania legislator may be defined by bureaucracy and procedure, but lawmaker livesā¦
Public transit advocates gathered outside the Pennsylvania Capitol on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, to urge support for Gov. Josh Shapiro's plan to increase sales tax transfers to the Public Transportation Trust Fund. (Capital-Star photo by Peter Hall)
Compared with major American cities, the ridership on public buses in Minot, Northā¦
Cam Hamilton, at the time senior official performing the duties of the administrator at FEMA, testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee on May 7, 2025. (Screenshot from House webcast)
WASHINGTON ā The Trump administration has ousted the leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and replaced him with another official,ā¦
In this weekās news quiz: Chatter about a public officialās health, a Philly arena plans a name change, and two celebrities don an Allentown-born designerās work.
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HARRISBURG ā Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was meeting last week with representatives from a teachers union in his home state when things quickly devolved.
Before long, Fetterman began repeating himself, shouting and questioning why "everybody is mad at me," "why does everyone hate me, what did I everā¦
WASHINGTON (AP) ā The president of Haverford College was berated by Republican lawmakers in a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism Wednesday, with some suggesting the school should lose federal funding because of her refusal to discuss student discipline in the wake of pro-Palestinian protests.
Wendy Raymond appeared alongside twoā¦
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Philadelphia-based Disability Rights Pennsylvania, a federally-funded advocacy group, could be hard hit by the Trump Administrationās sweeping proposed budget cuts.
The agency recently released a scathing 73-page report about abuse allegations in an autism classroom at Central Bucks School Districtās Jamison Elementary. The DRP report found credible evidence aā¦
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