In early May at West Chester University, legislators on the House Education Committee and other education stakeholders discussed improving the teacher pipeline.
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The Wilkinsburg Police Department is upgrading its body cameras, enough for every officer on the force, with the support of more than half a million dollars of federal funding, local and federal officials announced Monday.
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Dr. Cyril H. Wecht spent much of his life pressing his view that more than one shooter was involved in President John Kennedy’s 1963 assassination.
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Primary election results remain unofficial until audits, protests and certification are completed.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro has proposed increasing taxpayer money for child care, but advocates say the ultimate cost needs to be far higher.
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Appliances sold in Pennsylvania would need to meet stricter efficiency standards under a measure passed by the state House.
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Republican state Rep. Dave Zimmerman is pushing state legislators to invite chaplains into public school districts to serve as counselors to students and teachers.
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Pennsylvania's House and Senate are considering legislation that would provide up to 20 weeks of paid family leave through a payroll tax. The proposed measure has bipartisan sponsorship, but some Republicans have vocally opposed it because of the cost to taxpayers.
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Pennsylvania taxpayers paid $410,000 for state flights last year, the most since 2011. Shapiro took most of those flights.
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Pennsylvania will join the majority of states that ban motorists from handling a cell phone for almost any purpose while driving as state lawmakers hope to reduce distracted driving accidents.
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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.