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Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. February 25, 2023. Editorial: The burden of Pennsylvania taxes It’s great to make the top half of a list. If you’re talking about public school test scores or high net income, that’s the place to be. Even on a more...
Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania
LNP/LancasterOnline. February 19, 2023. Editorial: In Elaina Smith’s memory, we offer a plea for justice for victims of sexual and domestic violence In August 2021, Jason Shackelford pleaded guilty under a negotiated plea agreement to indecent assault, terroristic...
Pennsylvania governor blocks death penalty, calls for repeal
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro said Thursday he will not allow Pennsylvania to execute any inmates while he is in office and called for the state's lawmakers to repeal the death penalty. Shapiro, inaugurated last month, said he will refuse to sign execution...
Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Daily News/Inquirer. February 5, 2023. Editorial: Keep Glen Mills Schools closed The state rightly shut down the reform school in 2019 after The Inquirer exposed decades-long child abuse and cover-ups. The decision to reopen lacks real assurances that...
Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania
LNP/LancasterOnline. January 18, 2023. Editorial: The Shapiro transition team failed the transparency test. Let’s hope the Shapiro administration does better. We congratulate Gov. Shapiro on his inauguration as Pennsylvania’s 48th governor. We hope that with Lt....
Pennsylvania passes 'forever chemicals' drinking water limit
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania has enacted a statewide drinking water limit on two forms of highly toxic chemicals, nicknamed “forever chemicals.” The rule, published earlier this month in the official register of state government agency actions, sets a limit of 14 parts...
Shapiro keeps gift ban for employees stricter than law
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Josh Shapiro said Friday that he will keep in place a ban on executive-branch employees receiving gifts of influence that is stricter than state law, but relax some provisions under his predecessor. Under Shapiro's new executive order, the roughly 80,000...
Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 10, 2023. Editorial: Don’t let bipartisan experiment in Pa. House unravel An experiment in bipartisan government in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is less than a week old, and cracks are beginning to appear. If the...
Shapiro takes oath of office as Pennsylvania's new governor
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Josh Shapiro took the oath of office Tuesday to become the 48th governor of Pennsylvania, placing his hand on a stack of three Jewish Bibles at an inaugural ceremony outside the state Capitol to cap his blowout win in November’s election. Shapiro,...
Pennsylvania governor tops state record of pardons granted
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has issued more than twice the amount of pardons granted by any of his predecessors, with at least a quarter of them targeting non-violent marijuana offenses, his administration announced Thursday. Wolf, a Democrat, signed his...
