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Senate Candidate Parnell Denies Estranged Wife’s Abuse Allegations
The Trump-endorsed candidate testified that he never choked his estranged wife or pinned her down, as she had accused him of doing, and never struck one of their children in a fit of rage.
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Students Barred From Hockey Games After Vulgar Chants at Female Goalie
Armstrong High School students chanted vulgarities at the Mars Area High School team’s female goalie during an Oct. 28 game between the Armstrong River Hawks and Mars Fightin’ Planets.
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Looks Like Another PA Republican is Joining the Governor’s Race
An already crowded GOP field could grow with Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman’s expected announcement that he is running for governor.
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GOP Nets Supreme Court Seat With Brobson Victory
Amid light turnout around the state, Republican Kevin Brobson beat Democrat Maria McLaughlin to serve a 10-year term on Pennsylvania’s highest court.
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Senate Candidate Sean Parnell’s Wife Testifies That He Choked Her and Beat Their Children
Laurie Parnell’s testimony came during divorce and custody proceedings in Butler County court over the custody of their three school-age children.
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State Employees Who Get Vaccinated to Get 5 Paid Days Off
The Wolf administration is offering five days of “verification leave” to state employees who get vaccinated against COVID-19. GOP lawmakers called the decision fiscally irresponsible.
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PA House Moves Bill to Add Seniors to Prescription Drug Program
Officials say it would expand eligibility by about 100,000 people, although some 20,000-23,000 more seniors are expected to enroll.
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Panel OKs to Put Inmates Back in Home Districts For State Elections
The five-person commission voted 4-1 to certify census data that shifts just under 27,000 state prison inmates back to their home districts for the maps that will be used for state legislative elections during the coming decade.
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Bills Seek to Keep PA Lawmakers From Falling Under the Influence… of Lobbyists
Gov. Tom Wolf in 2015 banned employees under his jurisdiction from accepting gifts of any amount, but lawmakers still allow themselves to accept gifts in unlimited quantities from anyone seeking to influence them.
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Republican US Rep. Mike Kelly Under Scrutiny for Stock Purchase
The Office of Congressional Ethics is investigating Victoria Kelly’s 2020 purchase of thousands of dollars of stock in an Ohio steel company that had threatened to shut down a plant in Kelly’s district.




















