Brooke Schultz | Associated Press
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For nearly 30 years, Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania have approved millions of taxpayer dollars for an anti-abortion program. Gov. Josh Shapiro plans to end the contract.
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Millions of dollars that help local governments manage stormwater runoff are at stake as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court considers a lower court’s decision that a state-owned university was not required to pay because of its tax-exempt status, a decision that also raises questions about whether the charges are even legal.
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Students in shortchanged Pennsylvania school districts plug away while lawmakers dither over fundingEven though the Pennsylvania Supreme Court sided with some of the state's poorest school districts, it could take years for students to benefit from funding changes.
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York County's Republican district attorney jumps into primary race for Pennsylvania attorney generalDave Sunday, York County’s elected district attorney, said Monday that he will run in next year's GOP primary for state attorney general, making him the first Republican to get in the race.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro and Pennsylvania’s politically divided Legislature appear on track to start the state’s new fiscal year without a spending plan in place.
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Pennsylvania’s Democratic-controlled House of Representatives approved a measure that would raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2026 in a close vote Tuesday, a long-held party campaign plank that has run up against Republican legislative majorities for years.
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A new analysis by Penn State’s Center for Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis shows that the rate of teacher attrition in Pennsylvania grew faster in the 2022-23 school year and hit its highest point in a decade of tracking.
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Pennsylvania’s state House of Representatives began debate Monday on the first measure on gun control to see the floor amid a yearslong standstill in the politically divided government.
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Cherelle Parker, the Democrat who will almost certainly become Philadelphia's next mayor, wants to devote resources to recruiting more police and says officers should be able to stop and search pedestrians if they have a legitimate reason to do so.
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The Democratic primary for Philadelphia mayor has become a five-candidate battle between progressives and moderates, with no clear front-runner in sight.