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The small, state-owned road is a critical connection in an area primed to see significant growth, and people disagree about how best to fix it.
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Those in charge of drawing the state’s congressional and legislative maps have blown the Wolf administration’s Jan. 24 deadline for final versions.
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State authorities say the northeastern Pennsylvania city of Scranton has been removed from a program for financially distressed municipalities after three decades. -
Opponents of abortion rights insist their work won't end even if the Supreme Court decides to dismantle the Roe v. Wade decision establishing the constitutional right to an abortion.
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The state Senate voted Monday to approve a Republican-backed plan that nonpartisan analysts say has a clear GOP advantage.
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Advocates say a national breast milk shortage is putting babies at greater risk for diseases and infections, and milk banks are running low on donations.
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President Joe Biden plans to "discuss strengthening the nation’s supply chains, revitalizing American manufacturing, creating good-paying, union jobs, and building a better America," in a visit to Pittsburgh on Friday, according to the White House.
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act directs $857 million to a long-awaited overhaul of the Montgomery Locks and Dam.
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The report found students were often arrested for simple assault or possession of a small amount of cannabis.
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Pennsylvania has deployed its first pandemic “strike team” of out-of-state health care workers to a suburban Philadelphia hospital under severe strain from COVID-19.
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Pennsylvania’s state prisons are stopping in-person visits for the coming month because their staff has been thinned by coronavirus infection.
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Pending council nomination, Karen Abrams would lead the Department of City Planning, and Heidi Norman would move from acting director of the Department of Innovation and Performance to director.
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Pittsburgh Foundation's Exposure fellowship names its first three artists of color.
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