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Jan 2, 2025 · The top 5 Pennsylvania presidential campaign stories BY: Capital-Star Staff - December 27, 2024 Pennsylvania was the battleground state of the 2024 election, and by the time November finally rolled around, we were all definitely feeling battle-tested.
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Dec 22, 2024 · The Christmas tree is a tradition older than Christmas BY: Special to the Capital-Star - December 25, 2024 Whether as palm branches gathered in Egypt in the celebration of Ra or wreaths for the Roman feast of Saturnalia, evergreens have long served as symbols of the perseverance of life during the bleakness of winter, and the promise of the Sun’s return.
The top 5 stories from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives …
Dec 23, 2024 · In their second year controlling the Pennsylvania House of Representatives after more than a decade as the minority party, Democratic lawmakers had some success. That included tackling maternal morbidity among women of color, finally banning texting while driving and shifting the state’s energy ...
Pennsylvania General Assembly session draws to a close with …
Oct 23, 2024 · “That said, there is still time to work on critical legislation, including providing survivors of child sex abuse an opportunity to seek justice, ensuring protections from discrimination, a long-overdue cost of living increase to retired public servants, adequately funding our mass transit systems and helping counties count votes quickly and accurately with pre-canvassing, in addition to the ...
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The Pennsylvania Capital-Star is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site dedicated to honest and relentless coverage of state government, politics and policy. The nearly 13 million people who call the commonwealth home depend on their interests being safeguarded by one of the nation’s largest, most expensive, and often inefficient and corrupt …
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5 days ago · Biden to ban future offshore drilling across more than 600 million acres BY: Jacob Fischler - January 6, 2025 With just two weeks left in his presidency, Joe Biden will prohibit future oil and gas drilling off the entire East and West coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the remaining portions of Alaska’s Northern Bering Sea.
Casey and McCormick trade barbs in final debate for Pennsylvania …
With control of the U.S. Senate hanging in the balance, three-term Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and GOP challenger Dave McCormick met Tuesday night in Philadelphia for their final debate before the November election. The two continued the themes of their first meeting on Oct. 3, with McCormick seeking to portray Casey as weak and […]
Pennsylvania Senate sees at least one seat flip, but Republicans ...
Nov 6, 2024 · With only one race yet to be called, it appears that the partisan makeup of the Pennsylvania Senate will remain the same after Tuesday’s election.
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Dec 18, 2024 · The top 5 Pennsylvania presidential campaign stories BY: Capital-Star Staff - December 27, 2024 Pennsylvania was the battleground state of the 2024 election, and by the time November finally rolled around, we were all definitely feeling battle-tested.
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