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Republican Stacy Garrity’s first campaign speech of 2026 was all about Gov. Josh Shapiro
The frontrunner for the GOP gubernatorial nomination mentioned the sitting governor by name at least 30 times.
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Want a chance at a $450 bottle of whiskey? How to enter Pa. lottery.
Up for grabs are 1,434 bottles of whiskey from the Van Winkle set, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection and E.H. Taylor line, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board announced. Commonwealth residents and liquor license-holders have until 5 p.m. Jan. 16 to enter the contest.
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More than 250 are on strike at Parker Lord’s Erie County plant. HeresWhy
Union workers at the Parker Lord facility in Summit Township — more than 250 of whom went on strike Jan. 10 — say the company has an offer on the table that will provide them raises of about 3% in each year of a five-year contract.
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‘Joe Dirt’ tribute takes top prize in Pennsylvania Farm Show mullet contest
The short-in-the-front, long-in-the-back coiffure, once the province of Canadian hockey players and hair metal bands, attracted about 150 competitors and more than a thousand spectators for the day’s “mane” attraction.
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Want to see frozen waterfalls in PA? Try these 7 gorgeous winter hikes
Waterfalls in Pennsylvania become sparkling ice sculptures when the temperature drops below freezing.
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Eagles’ season-long issues apparent in playoff loss to 49ers, sideline spat between Sirianni, Brown
A.J Brown dropped a third-down pass and was slow to get off the field when coach Nick Sirianni chased down the moody wide receiver on the sideline.
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Book ban debate heats up over French book in Lebanon County schools
Residents recently spoke up at a Palmyra Area School Board meeting with concerns that the board could reject a popular French language reader because it contains “fringe topics.”
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Pa. lawmaker pitches ‘Golden Girls’ bill to reverse aged housing laws
state Rep. Tarik Khan is proposing a bill that would prevent “arbitrary limits on unrelated roommates, except where true health and safety standards apply.”
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Pa. Pennie enrollment drops as Congress wrestles with health insurance subsidy vote
Thousands of Pennsylvanians have left the state’s only Affordable Care Act marketplace, Pennie, following sharp increases in monthly premiums due to expiring enhanced federal subsidies.
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Federal budget bill would raid fund for cleaning up abandoned coal mines
Pennsylvania, with the most abandoned sites in the nation, would likely be hardest hit by cuts, experts say.
