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Gov. Josh Shapiro delivers his budget address for the 2024-25 fiscal year to a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate in the Rotunda of the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Pa. home repair and energy efficiency program resuscitated in Shapiro’s budget proposal

The program can pay for improvements that help Pa. homes adapt to climate change and lower their carbon emissions.

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More Philly Democratic ward volunteers bounced from their positions after backing WFP candidates

Could the moves limit progressive Dems involvement in getting out the vote for Biden in November?

1 year ago

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., discusses next steps for the foreign aid package for Ukraine and Israel on the day after the bipartisan Senate border security bill collapsed, at the Capitol in on Wednesday.
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Senate GOP blocks border bill, Democrats shift focus to Israel and Ukraine aid

After four months of bipartisan talks on border security Senate Republicans backed off backing changes to the Biden administration's policies they demanded.

1 year ago

Gov. Josh Shapiro speaking at a podium
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Pennsylvania
Inside Climate News

In his first year as governor, Josh Shapiro forged alliances with the natural gas industry, angering environmentalists who once supported him

Pa.’s Democratic governor has sought to regulate natural gas development and embrace it at the same time, a sharp contrast to his approach to fracking as attorney general.

1 year ago

Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign rally on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, in Spartanburg, S.C.  (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
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‘None of these candidates’ takes the Nevada Republican primary, dealing Haley a blow

Nikki Haley was the only major candidate left in Nevada's presidential primary election but even that advantage did not help her clinch a win in the contest.

1 year ago

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Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?

Since the 2022 Supreme Court decision, most Republican-controlled states have new abortion restrictions in effect, including 14 that ban it at every stage of pregnancy.

1 year ago

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during the U.S. Conference of Mayors' Winter Meeting in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024.
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House fails to pass articles of impeachment for Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas

Republicans failed to advance impeachment articles for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas but left open the possibility of revisiting the vote at a l

1 year ago

President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, Pa.
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Biden wins Nevada’s Democratic presidential primary

As the incumbent president, Biden had been expected to carry the "first in the West" state-run primary. Meanwhile, some GOP voters described a new voting system as confusing.

1 year ago

Gov. Josh Shapiro speaking at a podium
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Shapiro’s budget plan includes $161 million in funding to SEPTA amid budget shortfalls

“Based on our discussions with SEPTA, if you adopt my proposal they will not cut service or raise fares,” Shapiro told lawmakers Tuesday.

1 year ago

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Gov. Shapiro renews push to raise Pa.’s minimum wage: ‘It’s a shanda’

The minimum wage in Pennsylvania has remained at $7.25 an hour for the past 15 years, while Delaware and New Jersey are on track to hit $15 an hour.

1 year ago

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Gov. Shapiro renews Pennsylvania marijuana push

“It’s time to catch up,” he told lawmakers in Tuesday’s budget address.

1 year ago

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) shakes hands with Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, at Diwan Annex, in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024.
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Qatar gets ‘positive’ response from Hamas on cease-fire plan as group reiterates its broader demands

In its own statement, the militant group reiterated its demand for an end to the war, something Israel has thus far ruled out.

1 year ago

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., plans to bring up a stand-alone bill with aid to Israel after rejecting a bipartisan senate border deal. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Congress devolves into chaos over border and national security funding

After months of bickering Congress remains completely unable to agree on any legislation on border security or aid to Israel and Ukraine.

1 year ago

Gov. Josh Shapiro delivers his budget address for the 2024-25 fiscal year to a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate in the Rotunda of the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2024.
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Pennsylvania

Pa. Gov. Shapiro seeks billions for schools and development in budget that envisions legal weed

For public schools, of the $1.1 billion increase, about $872 million would go toward helping the state’s poorest districts provide a better education for its students.

1 year ago

King Charles III departs the London Clinic after receiving treatment for an enlarged prostate on Jan. 29. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
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King Charles is being treated for cancer

King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and began treatment Monday, Buckingham Palace says.

1 year ago

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