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Pennsylvania lawmakers are back in session, as House Democrats are unveiling a spending plan that could test Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro's ability to manage a politically divided Legislature in his freshman year. House Democrats on Monday teed up a spending plan that goes well beyond what Shapiro proposed for the fiscal year starting July 1.
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Pittsburgh SWAT officers described the team’s entry into the synagogue and apprehension of the suspect.
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The president's signature came hours after he outlined the economic stakes that leaders faced and declared that a crisis had been averted.
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Environmental groups sent a letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm warning that a lack of transparency in an $8 billion clean hydrogen program leaves communities “entirely in the dark.”
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The Three Rivers Arts festival has a new Downtown footprint, with its mage stage relocated to Fort Duquesne Boulevard at Stanwix.
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Raising the debt ceiling allows the government to pay for already-incurred expenses, thereby preserving the credit of the federal government. House Republicans used the threat of not raising the debt ceiling to extract concessions from the White House on items they couldn’t prevent otherwise.
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