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WEBSep 9, 2024 · BY: Peter Hall - September 6, 2024. Immigrants and asylum seekers detained at a former federal prison in rural Pennsylvania are subject to physical and psychological abuse, lack adequate access to health care, and face retaliation for standing up against mistreatment, a report released this week titled “In the Shadow of the Valley” claims.
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WEBSep 11, 2024 · BY: Ashley Murray - September 3, 2024. The Democratic presidential candidate will stump in Portsmouth for expanding the tax deduction to $50,000 on business start-up costs, up from $5,000, a campaign official said on background Tuesday. Harris will also propose a standard deduction for businesses as a …
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WEBSep 1, 2024 · BY: Special to the Capital-Star - July 17, 2024. Here in Allegheny County, we see only the most bare-bones forms of inclusion and integration of those directly impacted by schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses, whether in county and city policy contexts, civic life more broadly, or the training and education of counselors, social ...
Shapiro endorses 20 Democratic Pennsylvania House candidates
WEBSep 9, 2024 · Pennsylvania Capitol Building in Harrisburg, Pa. (Photo by Amanda Berg for the Capital-Star). Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Monday he was endorsing 20 Democratic state House candidates in the upcoming election. Democrats currently hold a single-vote majority in the state House after flipping the chamber in …
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WEBThe Pennsylvania Capital-Star is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site dedicated to honest and relentless coverage of state government, politics and policy. The nearly 13 million people who call the commonwealth home depend on their interests being safeguarded by one of the nation’s largest, most expensive, and often inefficient and corrupt full-time state legislatures. The actions […]
Pa. court agrees to revive ballot dating lawsuit; RNC wants state ...
WEB1 day ago · A group of voter rights organizations has asked a Pennsylvania court to revive its lawsuit challenging Philadelphia and Allegheny counties’ disqualification of mail-in ballots that are returned to election officials on time, but without a handwritten date on the return envelope. The 10 ...
In a big year, here’s how Pa.’s progressive groups are making their ...
WEBMar 8, 2022 · With the 2022 midterm elections just months away, progressive organizations across the commonwealth say they hope to influence public policy and legislation ranging from the environment, housing, gun violence, health care, gift bans, equitable pay, food and water quality protections, fracking, and voters’ rights legislation.
Pa. court sides with plaintiffs in K-12 school funding case
WEBFeb 7, 2023 · A Pennsylvania judge has declared the state’s system to pay for K-12 public schools unconstitutional, marking a victory for plaintiffs in a landmark trial to reform education funding. In an order filed Tuesday, Commonwealth Court President Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer said that the General Assembly has failed to uphold its constitutional ...
Pa. House introduces marijuana legalization bill as momentum for ...
WEBJun 24, 2024 · A bipartisan pair of representatives announced plans to introduced a bill to legalize marijuana in Pennsylvania. The bill is largely similar to a bipartisan Senate bill that has been stalled since its introduction almost a year ago. “Smoking marijuana should not be a crime,” said the bill’s co-sponsor, Aaron Kaufer (R-Luzerne).