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COVID Surge: Central and Northeastern Pennsylvania Hospital Chain Runs Out of Beds
Geisinger is running at 110% capacity across its nine hospitals — overrun with largely unvaccinated COVID-19 patients who represent a quarter to well over half of all admissions.
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No Toll Hikes For DRPA’s New Jersey, Pennsylvania Spans in 2022
A scheduled toll increase for the Ben Franklin, Walt Whitman, Commodore Barry, and Betsy Ross Bridges has been postponed until at least 2023.
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Penn State Hires First Woman, Person of Color to Head School
Neeli Bendapudi, a native of India, is currently the University of Louisville’s president. She’ll take over as Penn State’s next president in June.
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Lawmakers to Take First Steps Toward Mapping Out Pennsylvania’s New Congressional Map
The Republican and Democratic chairs of the Senate State Government Committee plan to introduce a map in the coming days, with committee and floor votes expected in January after a public comment period.
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Justices Take Up Pennsylvania’s Deadly Force Rules for Cops
Current law says police officers attempting to arrest someone can use deadly force in order to prevent death or serious injury to themselves or others.
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Ex-Delaware County Lawmaker Pleads Guilty in Double-Dipping Reimbursements Case
The attorney general’s office accused Margo Davidson, a Democrat, of getting reimbursed for hotel stays, parking, tolls and gas by both her campaign and by the House from 2015 to 2019, and for putting in for reimbursements for hotel stays that never actually occurred.
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Rich? Want to Be a US Senator? Welcome to Pennsylvania!
Carla Sands, Mehmet Oz — best known as the host of TV’s “Dr. Oz Show” — and David McCormick all seem prepared to spend millions of their own dollars to win a Senate seat.
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1st Confirmed Omicron Case in Pennsylvania Reported in Philadelphia
No other details were immediately available, including whether the man was vaccinated against COVID-19 or if he had been traveling. Health officials said contact tracing was underway.
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Wolf Vetoes Permitless-Concealed Carry of Guns
The bill he vetoed Thursday also would have wiped out a law, applying only to Philadelphia, that requires gun owners to get a permit to openly carry a firearm in the city.
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Several TV Stations Pull the ‘Oz’ Show as Host Runs for Senate
The stations were compelled by the FCC’s “equal time” rules that give rival candidates the ability to request matching air time.




















