Pittsburgh is poised to launch a city-run Juneteenth event this year. City Council preliminarily approved a $125,000 contract with Bounce Marketing and Events to put on a festival next month. But the organizer of a long-running Juneteenth festival says he should have been given that money.
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With polls showing a tight presidential race, Democrats are hoping to unite their base behind an issue that once divided them: reproductive rights.
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A new Democratic ad campaign targets one of Trump's most loyal blocs: Rural voters, including in Pa.The ads, part of American Bridge 21st Century's broader $200 million effort to defeat Trump, target exurban and rural areas like Erie, Johnstown and Altoona.
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Ezra Bozeman, incarcerated in Pennsylvania state prisons since a murder conviction in the 1970s, is quadriplegic and in need of specialized care.
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The Wilkinsburg Police Department is upgrading its body cameras, enough for every officer on the force, with the support of more than half a million dollars of federal funding, local and federal officials announced Monday.
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Dr. Cyril H. Wecht spent much of his life pressing his view that more than one shooter was involved in President John Kennedy’s 1963 assassination.
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Primary election results remain unofficial until audits, protests and certification are completed.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro has proposed increasing taxpayer money for child care, but advocates say the ultimate cost needs to be far higher.
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Appliances sold in Pennsylvania would need to meet stricter efficiency standards under a measure passed by the state House.
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Republican state Rep. Dave Zimmerman is pushing state legislators to invite chaplains into public school districts to serve as counselors to students and teachers.
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Pennsylvania's House and Senate are considering legislation that would provide up to 20 weeks of paid family leave through a payroll tax. The proposed measure has bipartisan sponsorship, but some Republicans have vocally opposed it because of the cost to taxpayers.