Politics
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Tim Walz brings joy and hope to Pennsylvania teachers
Teachers across Pennsylvania are feeling extra motivated about the start of the school year. In less than three months, they could see Tim Walz, a former teacher, be elected vice president.
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PA House Democrats campaign in Delaware County on reproductive freedoms across the commonwealth
House Speaker Joanna McClinton and Democratic lawmakers campaign on protecting reproductive rights in Delaware County. Democrats regained control of the Pennsylvania House in 2022 with a one-seat majority and are looking to expand that majority in November.
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Philadelphia retired nurse: I’m saving tens of thousands thanks to a Harris-backed drug cap
Democrats are fighting to cap soaring prescription drug costs for Americans of all ages
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Opinion: Republicans want to repeal the modern family
From Project 2025 and JD Vance all the way down to state lawmakers, a growing number of far-right Republicans are waging war on modern families. Whether it’s attacking child care programs, encouraging women to stay in abusive marriages, or making it harder for same-sex couples to adopt, the modern right is fighting to repeal the…
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CHIPS Act to help Allentown residents with child care, transportation to boost jobs
Allentown was one of six finalists to receive funding from the CHIPS and Science Act’s Recompete program. That funding will help address employment barriers, transportation challenges and childcare costs.
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Inside Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos
One centerpiece of that program is dozens of never-before-published videos created for Project 2025’s Presidential Administration Academy. The vast majority of these videos — 23 in all, totaling more than 14 hours of content — were provided to ProPublica and Documented by a person who had access to them.
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Apprenticeship programs fast track help for nursing students, thanks to Biden-Harris funding
Nursing is a demanding job in the best of times. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, long hours, illness and stress caused many caregivers to burn out and leave the profession. Pennsylvania’s rural hospitals were especially hard hit, with vacancy rates of 28 percent for nursing support staff and 26 percent for registered nurses. But there’s…
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Biden-Harris administration wants to make it easier to cancel subscriptions and bypass chatbots
The White House wants to end corporate practices that it says wastes consumers’ time and money, such as forcing customers to wait on hold for refunds, placing unnecessary barriers on canceling subscriptions, and making it difficult to access or submit health insurance claims.
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JD Vance says he wants to help families, but missed vote to expand child tax credit
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance proposed more than doubling the federal child tax credit to $5,000 over the weekend, but recently missed the chance to vote for an expanded credit—an effort his fellow Senate Republicans blocked.
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Billionaire CEO with history of sexist comments donated to Scott Perry and Rob Bresnahan
Congressman Scott Perry and Rob Bresnehan both received $6,600 from investment banker Ken Fisher and his wife, Sherrilyn Fisher. Fisher cost his firm nearly $4 billion in 2019 for a history of making sexist and racist comments.
