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Former PA Governor, US Attorney General Dick Thornburgh Has Died
Thornburgh died in a retirement community outside of Pittsburgh. He was 88.
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Only 2.1 Million People Have Received the Coronavirus Vaccine So Far. That’s Not Enough, Biden Says.
President-elect Joe Biden predicted that “things will get worse before they get better” when it comes to the pandemic.
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Jobless Aid at End for Hundreds of Thousands in Pennsylvania
Applications for the $300 per-week Lost Wages Assistance program must be submitted by 10 p.m. Friday to receive the benefit for six weeks in August and September.
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Judge Rejects Restaurants’ Challenge of Indoor Dining Ban
The judge ruled that Gov. Tom Wolf’s order to halt indoor dining was “sufficiently tethered to the stated public-health objectives.”
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Majority-GOP Legislature Wants to Change Makeup of State Courts in Its Favor
As early as May 18’s primary election, Pennsylvania voters could be asked to overhaul how they elect state Supreme Court justices and appellate court judges.
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SEPTA Union Says Coronavirus Leave Policy ‘Scrooge-like’
The nearly Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority workers represented by the Transport Workers Union Local 234 called SEPTA’s policy “Scrooge-like.”
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Why the NAACP Is Suing Over Planned Highway Changes in Erie
The group says the $100 million project will harm the historically Black neighborhoods around it.
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Biden Picks Pete Buttigieg to Head Transportation
Biden has pledged to spend billions making major infrastructure improvements and on retrofitting initiatives that can help the US battle climate change.
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Pennsylvania Casts 20 Electoral Votes for Joe Biden
“We are the state that returned the dignity and honor to the United States of America,” said the president of Pennsylvania’s Electoral College.
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Supreme Court Rejects Republican Attack on Biden Victory
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory, ending a desperate attempt to get legal issues rejected by state and federal judges before the nation’s highest court.
