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(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, once again, was the only Democrat on Thursday to vote against a resolution which would limit President Donald Trump’s military actions against Iran. Fetterman and U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., were among the 50 who voted to…

(The Center Square) – New regulations that critics said would give the state Department of Health power to enter private homes without a warrant were withdrawn late Friday. The news comes just days after the Independent Regulatory Review Commission’s public comment period for the 502-page…

(The Center Square) – Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer joined Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on the campaign trail Friday in a visit to a south Philadelphia diner. The two Democrats, viewed as potential 2028 presidential candidates, highlighted the importance of races up and down the ballot…

(The Center Square) – It’s around harvest time for wheat and corn and other crops in Pennsylvania, but as farmers head out in combines to do the work they’re experiencing a nasty price shock. The cost of diesel fuel hit a record high of nearly…

(The Center Square) – Kyle Gerber’s part of Pennsylvania was defined for years by the lazy loops of the Conodoguinet Creek and the forested bulk of Blue Mountain, with pastures and country roads and now and then a new housing development. Then the landscape 12…

(The Center Square) – One of the men shot during an assassination attempt on President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania has died. Attorney General Dave Sunday said Thursday that James Copenhaver, who was 74 years old when he was wounded at the president’s campaign rally on…

(The Center Square) – The agency responsible for managing low-income housing for 18,000 residents in Pittsburgh chose a new leader on Thursday who comes with a checkered ethical past. Ivory Mathews will take over the Housing Authority of the city of Pittsburgh, the culmination of…

(The Center Square) – Arguing that the U.S. is “underinvesting in discovery,” U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., is calling for changes to the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, which include increased investments from the federal government. “Rather than cut NIH by nearly 40 percent,…

(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania received low marks in a new assessment of state public-sector worker rights, while two bills the report identifies as potential reforms have remained in committee for more than a year. The state was one of 15 receiving a D in…

(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., says putting AI regulation in the hands of the federal government poses risks and instead offered a different solution that he believes would be better equipped to handle the evolving technology. “I do think the idea…

(The Center Square) – With the November midterm elections only six weeks away, the Trump administration is already implementing ballot security and fraud prevention measures, Acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter told the media Tuesday. Despite a federal judge recently blocking the Trump administration’s…

(The Center Square) – A majority of Pennsylvania lawmakers signed onto legislation that authorizes and expands statutory sanctions, tariffs, and prohibitions on Russia, while also extending existing sanctions on Iran. “For more than four years, the people of Ukraine have stared down Russian aggression and…

(The Center Square) – The ongoing debate around Flock cameras and other automated license plate reading systems, or ALPRs, is garnering attention from elected officials and candidates up and down the ballot. And it’s a topic not solely falling along partisan lines. “I would welcome…

(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., has offered his support for Sean Parnell as chatter continues that he could be a candidate to lead the U.S. Army. “There have been a lot of stories of late about @SeanParnellUSA being considered to be…

(The Center Square) – A proposal from the administration of Gov. Josh Shapiro to overhaul disease regulations has unleashed a flood of public comments and irritated state Republicans, who claim it would allow for warrantless entry into homes and violate the public desire to limit…

(Legal Newsline) – A Pennsylvania woman and Republican National Convention delegate is suing Delaware County and law enforcement officers after she was removed from a polling place in 2024. Vallerie Biancaniello filed her lawsuit Sept. 18 in the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, nearly…

In the mid-1990s, Pennsylvania was plagued with inefficient power generation, soaring prices, and rolling blackouts. Electric rates were 15% higher than the national average, and Philadelphia and Pittsburgh residential electricity prices were among the 10 highest in the country. The Electricity Generation Customer Choice and…

(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania lawmakers seeking to ease the state’s housing shortage have advanced proposals that would facilitate new home construction, but there are residents who worry about losing the affordable housing they already have. For some, affordability is already slipping away. Residents from…

(Legal Newsline) – A group challenging Trump administration policy that prefers giving grants to health-care providers who don’t support gender ideology has lost its lawsuit. Pennsylvania federal judge Jennifer Wilson said Sept. 17 that plaintiffs National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association and Family Health…

(The Center Square) – As the conversation of AI evolving dominates headlines across the globe, Gov. Josh Shapiro delivered an address on Thursday laying out what he thinks is the best path forward. “I am not a doomer. I don’t think it is inevitable that…