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Apr 9, 2025
The U.S. Steel roller coaster is continuing its wild ride. On Monday, the White House put out a memo that reset the clock on the question of selling the American steel manufacturer...
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Apr 2, 2025
Please just stop. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Susan Paradise Baxter ruled Pennsylvania’s election boards cannot invalidate mail-in ballots because they don’t have dates on...
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Mar 27, 2025
Just when you think Pennsylvania has decided to zig, it zags. The November election proved the state’s reputation as swingy as a circus trapeze. Keystone State voters have blown...
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Mar 26, 2025
The legend of lobbying is that it began in a Washington, D.C., hotel when people would wait for Ulysses S. Grant, pressing the president for political favors. The reality is Grant...
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Mar 20, 2025
There are few things in life that are more important than water. We need it to drink. We need it to clean. We might need it to control a heating system or a power plant or to run a...
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Mar 18, 2025
There are few things in life that are more important than water. We need it to drink. We need it to clean. We might need it to control a heating system or a power plant or to run a...
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Mar 17, 2025
If you want to know how political power is ebbing and flowing in Pennsylvania, take a look at Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. Pennsylvania’s politics swing like the clapper of...
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Mar 4, 2025
UPMC Memorial in York County is a hospital. A hospital is a place where life or death struggles take place every day. It is usually a cardiac arrest or a stroke or an anaphylactic...
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Feb 27, 2025
On Sunday afternoon, after 46 hours of dancing and months of fundraising, Penn State celebrated what is the university’s proudest moment each year. The total of money pulled in for...
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Feb 11, 2025
Pittsburgh City Council is taking steps to make sure it gets the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Council last week unanimously passed legislation that would change...
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Feb 5, 2025
Gov. Josh Shapiro laid out a plan for cooperation in his budget address Tuesday. Heading into his third budget negotiation, he outlined priorities that might be consensus builders...
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Jan 23, 2025
Commitments are agreements. They are an acknowledgment of accord. When a couple gets married, both parties agree to the love and honor, sickness and health vows. When that couple...
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Jan 22, 2025
Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives is once again locked in a tie. The chamber has reflected the paper-thin margins of state politics since 2023 — or more precisely, since...
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Jan 20, 2025
The Butler Farm Show grounds shooting will have a lasting impact on the U.S. Secret Service. That was evident from the moment the first shot rang out and when Donald Trump clutched...
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Jan 15, 2025
Independence Health is trying to stop some bleeding in 2025. The regional health network continued to show financial losses in 2024. Independence was created in 2023 by stitching...
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Jan 14, 2025
Is the future of U.S. Steel at a fork in the road? More than a week after blocking the almost $15 billion sale of U.S. Steel to Japanese-based Nippon Steel, President Joe Biden’s...
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Jan 3, 2025
On Wednesday, New Orleans was primed for a party. That’s not surprising. The city starts celebrating Mardi Gras on Monday for an event that doesn’t take place until March 4. The...
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Jan 2, 2025
Where does Pennsylvania go from here politically? It can be hard to predict. That’s what makes Pennsylvania a swing state. The Democratic and Republican strongholds are well known,...
Apr 9, 2025The U.S. Steel roller coaster is continuing its wild ride. On Monday, the White House put out a memo that reset the clock on the question of selling the American steel manufacturer...