Pennsylvania lawmakers are entering budget negotiations with a roughly $14 billion surplus. So far, they have different priorities for using it.
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U.S. Sen. John Fetterman’s greatest political gift may be his ability to get journalists to pay attention to him. Whether that helps his party this year remains to be seen.
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Identity verification kiosks have been set up at 17 CareerLink offices and 29 UPS locations in Pennsylvania. State officials aim to have kiosks at all CareerLink offices by July.
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The Allegheny County Board of Elections are expected to discuss the pros and cons of ballot drop-off locations at their meeting on Monday. They’ll also be voting to certify the spring primary election results.
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A newly released study from the University of Pittsburgh found that the city's archery program may only maintain the overgrown deer population. Researchers suggest adding sharpshooters to make a bigger impact.
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Democrats want to codify the future of supplemental funding for the state’s public schools, rather than subject the money to yearly partisan budget negotiations.
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Secretary of State Al Schmidt said counties reported a 13.5% decrease in mail-in ballots that were rejected for reasons the state had tried to address with a redesigned ballot envelope and instructions for voting by mail.
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Allegheny County’s Board of Health held a preliminary vote Wednesday to create a Housing Advisory Committee.
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Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives is backing legislation aimed at regulating how online social media platforms interact with children. However, its provisions are similar to those in state laws being blocked in federal courts.
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The “Lifeline Scholarship Program” would allow families of children attending a public school to be eligible to receive a scholarship of up to $10,000 for standard education and $15,000 for special education to attend a private school.
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Republican lawmakers are advancing a $3 billion tax cut, their newly unveiled counterproposal to a budget proposal from Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro as each side offers a competing vision for how to use a massive cash surplus.