Ian Karbal, Pennsylvania Capital-Star
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State House advances bill to increase minimum wage in Pennsylvania
The state House is inching closer to passing a bill to raise the minimum wage in Pennsylvania, an outcome long sought by Democrats and opposed by Republicans.
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Job cuts reversed at Pittsburgh lab that certifies nation’s respirators
Federal employees had been preparing to shutter the lab in June.
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Deadline to register to vote in May 20 primaries only two weeks away
The upcoming primaries will determine which candidates advance in a host of local and statewide races that will be held in November.
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Measles cases up in Pa. and some counties lag behind school vaccination targets
In many counties, measles vaccination rates among school-aged children are below 95%, the target for herd immunity. And rates have been declining since the COVID-19 pandemic.
