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Pennsylvania’s legislature is losing its climate champion
In what might have been his last hearing as chair of Pennsylvania’s House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection committee, long-time Democratic state Rep. Greg Vitali seemed to have little interest in soaking it all in.
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Commentary: 1 in 4 Pennsylvanians say they paid out of pocket for an annual checkup
Many health care services covered by insurance are subject to copayments or deductibles. A copayment is a fixed amount patients pay for a covered service, while a deductible is the amount they generally must pay for covered care before insurance starts paying.
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Criminal charges filed after Dauphin County catches falsified applications to vote by mail
Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo filed charges Friday afternoon against a person for allegedly submitting 10 falsified mail-in ballot applications to the county’s elections office.
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After months of preparation, Pa. county elections officials ready for big day
Pennsylvania has been in a national spotlight in the weeks leading up to midsterms, with the election for governor, four highly competitive congressional races, and nearly 250 state legislative seats on the ballot.
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As a potential Democratic wave looms, Trump’s DOJ angles for last-minute power over midterms
American democracy faces one of its biggest stress tests of the modern era, as President Donald Trump’s sprawling campaign for power over elections encounters a firewall of judges, state election workers and voting rights leaders heading into Election Day.
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Few apartments are open for low-income renters, but cost drops in some cities
Fewer than 1 in 20 rental listings across the largest U.S. cities are flagged as reserved for renters under an income limit, according to new data from Apartments.com.
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Day before election, Trump’s DOJ asks US Supreme Court to rule in California voting case
The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to require California to set aside the ballots of suspected noncitizen voters in a last-ditch appeal by the Trump administration to exert control over the state’s vote counting.
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Energy costs dominate midterms; Climate battles play out down ballot
In the final stretch of the 2026 midterm campaigns, the most potent climate issue in American politics arrived by delivery truck across the country.
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Voters make governors, utility regulators answer for high power bills
As broad affordability concerns define elections across the country, voters in several states on Tuesday will have a say on their future utility bills.
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‘Medically frail’ Medicaid enrollees won’t have to prove their inability to work to keep coverage
Medicaid recipients who are disabled or have a chronic illness will not have to prove they are unable to work to be exempted from new work requirements that take effect next year, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
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More early voters casting ballots in person after Trump attack on voting by mail
In Pennsylvania as of Oct. 28, Democratic mail ballot requests are down slightly less that 14% compared to the same point in 2022, while independent and Republican requests are on par or even slightly up.
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Pennsylvania becomes first state to offer a doula training apprenticeship program
Pennsylvania has launched the nation’s first apprenticeship program to train doulas to support their clients before, during and after childbirth.
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Trump loses appeals over California ballots, Homeland Security operations in Pa. and elsewhere
The rulings marked the third and fourth courtroom losses in less than a week for President Donald Trump’s administration in its 11th-hour legal campaign to assert authority over elections, which under the U.S. Constitution are administered by states.
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Election officials brace for federal interference but expect to persevere
As concerns rise about the potential for federal influence over the results of next week’s midterm elections, many voting experts and advocates remain confident that the nation’s highly localized systems of administering and counting votes will persevere.
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Trump administration has slow-walked 380K potential immigrant voters
The Trump administration cut naturalization sharply over the past year, leading to accusations it’s holding back hundreds of thousands of people who might have voted in the midterms.
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Pennsylvania analysis shows flaws in using jury rejection lists to find noncitizen voters
Two news organizations scrutinized 13 potential noncitizen voters identified using this method in a large Pennsylvania county and found several individuals who had once been noncitizens but were later naturalized, but zero voters who had registered before gaining citizenship.
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Pa. AG Dave Sunday launches effort to prevent cryptocurrency scams at Bitcoin ATMs
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday urges business owners to hang up warnings near cryptocurrency kiosks to deter potential victims from increasingly common scams.
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In a blizzard of lawsuits, Trump’s DOJ battles across the US over midterm elections
The Trump administration’s sweeping efforts to combat noncitizen voting and assert authority over elections came under intense scrutiny in courtrooms across the country on Thursday, as Democrats and voting rights groups alleged federal election interference.
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As campaign winds down, Rep. Scott Perry gets biblical with ‘good vs. evil’ pitch
As Perry faces what may be his most difficult reelection fight yet, his rally with one of the country’s most powerful Republicans was about setting high stakes.
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What races to watch in Pennsylvania on Election Day
This story was updated at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29 to clarify the role of the lieutenant governor in an evenly split Senate. The airwaves, streaming services and your mailbox will be politics-free after voters finish casting their ballots on Nov. 3. With nearly 250 races…