Sean Kitchen is the Keystone’s political correspondent, based in Harrisburg. Sean is originally from Philadelphia and spent five years working as a writer and researcher for Pennsylvania Spotlight.
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More than 52,000 PA workers and retirees’ pensions saved by Biden’s American Rescue Plan
The Biden administration announced last month that over 1 million workers have had their pensions saved by the American Rescue Plan.
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Susan Wild introduces legislation that makes IVF affordable for families
Susan Wild introduced the HOPE with Fertility Services Act will require private insurance plans to cover IVF treatments saving families tens of thousands of dollars.
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Josh Shapiro’s simple message to Trump: Stop “sh*t-talking America”
Josh Shapiro wants Pennsylvanians and the rest of the country to know he’s tired of Donald Trump “shit-talking America.”
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Ahead of debate, Biden team touts Pennsylvania economic progress vs. Trump’s revenge tour
The Biden-Harris campaign is touting Pennsylvania’s economic record ahead of Thursday’s debate with former president Donald Trump.
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PA House expands access to birth control
House Bill 1140 passed by the PA House by a 133 to 69 vote on Tuesday. The bill mandates insurance coverage for all FDA birth control medication and devices.
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442,000 PA seniors to start getting their property tax and rent rebates in the mail
Gov. Josh Shapiro announced on Monday that 442,000 Pennsylvania seniors will start getting their property tax and rent rebates as part of the expanded Property Tax/Rent Rebate program.
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Jill Biden calls on women to not be “shamed back into silence” two years following Supreme Court’s Dobbs Decision
First Lady Jill Biden spoke to voters in Lancaster and Pittsburgh on Sunday, stumping for President Joe Biden and warning voters about how reproductive rights are at stake in the upcoming presidential election.
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Dave McCormick’s hedge fund made bets against American steel companies
Dave McCormick blasted the sale of US Steel the day after it happened, but federal tax forms from 2021 show Bridgewater Associates shorted seven American steel manufacturers, including US Steel.
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Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act helped boost two PA Dairy farmers’ yogurt business. Now its funding is at risk.
The Inflation Reduction Act helped two Northern Pennsylvania sisters expand their dairy farm and Icelandic yogurt business through the Farm Bill. Now that funding is at risk thanks to a Republican controlled US House.
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Record number of PA seniors are applying for Shapiro’s property and rent tax credits program
More Pennsylvania seniors are signing up for their property tax and rent rebates than in past years thanks to Gov. Josh Shapiro expanding the Property Tax / Rent Rebate Program for the first time in nearly 20 years in his inaugural budget.
