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Pennsylvania House OKs $100 million for adult mental health services
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A proposal to allocate $100 million in federal funds to pay for adult mental health programs easily passed the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Wednesday, a plan built on the recommendations of a state commission charged with issuing suggestions for coordinated...
Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania
LNP/LancasterOnline. May 31, 2023. Editorial: Pa. lawmakers ought to pass legislation to help people keep their electricity on when summer temperatures rise First, there’s the good news: “Local gasoline and heating oil prices are projected to go down in the short...
Ex-federal prosecutor to run for Pennsylvania attorney general
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former federal prosecutor who led sweeping corruption investigations in Allentown and Reading said Wednesday that he is running for Pennsylvania attorney general, becoming the second Democrat to seek the office that will become vacant after next year's election. ...
Growing budget fight in divided Legislature could test Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania state lawmakers returned to session Monday for a weekslong slog to the budget deadline, as House Democrats advanced a spending plan that could test whether Gov. Josh Shapiro can manage a politically divided Legislature in his freshman year. It...
DePasquale to run for Pennsylvania attorney general in 2024
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Eugene DePasquale, Pennsylvania's former two-term auditor general, said Thursday that he will run for state attorney general, an office that played a critical role in rebuffing Republican attempts to overturn President Joe Biden's win over Donald Trump in the 2020 election....
Teachers leaving their jobs at an accelerating rate in Pennsylvania, new study finds
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Teachers are leaving their jobs at an accelerating rate in Pennsylvania, amid fears of a nationwide exodus of burned-out teachers and a collapse in enrollment in recruitment programs that is making teachers increasingly difficult to replace. A new analysis by...
Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 27, 2023. Editorial: Don’t punish medical marijuana drivers without cause Pennsylvania drivers can be charged with a DUI, regardless of demonstrated impairment, if marijuana is detected in their system. Some tests can detect marijuana...
GOP field in Pennsylvania Senate race still wide open as hard-right state lawmaker says he won't run
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A hard-right Pennsylvania state lawmaker said Thursday night that he will not challenge Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, leaving the GOP field wide open as Republican Party officials try to recruit a strong candidate in the moderate battleground state to help capture a Senate...
Illinois Catholic clergy abuse report could draw lawsuits, reforms but new charges unlikely
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois' attorney general has ended a five-year investigation into sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy in the state, releasing a nearly 700-page report that revealed the problem was far worse than the church acknowledged in 2018 at the start of the state's review. ...
Pennsylvania high court appears split over plan to force power plants to pay for carbon emissions
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Justices on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court indicated Wednesday that they are likely to have split opinions on whether a governor has the right to force power plant owners to pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, or whether he first needs approval from a...
