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Berks County reports 35 late bilingual ballots, most due to late post office delivery
Voter advocates say more has to be done to ensure Spanish-speaking voters are protected.
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As sex abuse lawsuit window closes, long road for victims
Since the law went into effect in December 2019, more than 1,000 suits have been filed in the state, with about two-thirds naming religious entities as defendants.
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Political, religious groups join together in Philly to ‘shine a light’ on antisemitism
Pennsylvania and New Jersey are among the five states with the most antisemitic incidents recorded in 2020, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court says school mask mandate can stay for now
Pennsylvania’s school mask mandate was set to expire on Saturday. Now, the state Supreme Court said the mandate can stay in place while a lawsuit plays out.
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Advocates are turning to the redistricting process to secure political power, but legal and systemic roadblocks pose a significant challenge.
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Dr. Oz, now a Pennsylvania Senate candidate, wants to ‘reignite our divine spark’
Oz, who lived in New Jersey until very recently, registered to vote as a Republican in Pennsylvania in early 2020 using his wife’s parents’ address.
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Indigenous Education: Exploring the history beneath our feet
There is history right beneath our feet, within the very land we stand on. Much Indigenous history is hidden in plain sight.
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State report shows strong natural gas production growth in 2021
After a bruising year in 2020, natural gas production and prices in Pennsylvania are on the rise this year.
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‘Biggest of its kind’: Living shoreline project to save Barnegat Bay beachfront
It’s hoped that steel cages, rocks, shells and 70 million juvenile oysters will finally turn the tide on the massive erosion threatening beaches and beachfront houses.
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Philly’s only Republican city commissioner leaving to take over good government group
In 2020, Schmidt attracted vitriol from his own party when he defended Philly’s election process against baseless fraud allegations.
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Omicron brings COVID-19 vaccine inequity ‘home to roost’
The more COVID-19 spreads among unvaccinated populations, the more possibilities it has to mutate and potentially become more dangerous, prolonging the pandemic for everyone.
5 years ago
Appeals court to weigh Trump arguments to withhold Jan. 6 records
Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected Trump’s claims that he could exert executive privilege overriding Biden, noting “Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not president."
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How a lawsuit against TerraCycle shows the limits of recycling trash in the U.S.
Critics say the way we recycle doesn’t work with plastic waste, which the U.S. produces more of than any other country, sending most of it to landfills.
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Listen 5:05PECO rates are rising as the temperature dips. A cold winter is expected
Philadelphia area residents will see jumps in their heating and electric bills. The Public Utility Commission warns against "sticker shock."
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Two dozen refugees from Afghanistan and elsewhere settling in Delaware, more on the way
Refugees arriving in Delaware from Afghanistan and elsewhere are getting a new start in the First State.
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