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Pennsylvania training mentally ill inmates to help others on the cellblock
Way up in Northeastern Pennsylvania near the New York state border, SCI Waymart houses the state’s most seriously mentally ill pris ...
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Listen13 Pennsylvanians a day died of overdoses in 2016
In Pennsylvania, the number of people dying from drug-related overdoses rose nearly 40 percent in 2016, according to a new report from th ...
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ListenSessions again moves to cut funds for sanctuary cities like Philadelphia
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is once again moving to cut some funding for so-called “sanctuary cities” like Philadelph ...
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AG Jeff Sessions to visit Philadelphia and talk sanctuary cities
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will be in Philadelphia Friday morning to speak to federal, state and local law enforcement abou ...
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Telemundo offering free legal advice amid Trump immigration crackdown
The Spanish-language network Telemundo is responding to the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration by setting up p ...
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Effort underway to help Philly neighborhoods hit hard by opioids
A notorious heroin encampment along the Conrail tracks in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood has drawn national attention — a ...
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ListenAhead of Pa. medical marijuana rollout, crash course on new therapy set for health workers
Some patients in Pennsylvania could be able to get prescriptions for medical marijuana early next year. In the meantime, many doctors, ph ...
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Weekly Toomey protests could give Democrats a boost in 2018
Almost every week, Terry Baraldi uses her Medicare card to get a discounted $1 train ride from her home in Landsdowne, Delaware County, t ...
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ListenPa. prisons offering inmates addiction treatment on their way out, but is it working?
By now, you’ve probably seen the ads on billboards and buses for Vivitrol — a drug that blocks the effects of alcohol and opioids ...
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ListenPhiladelphia black police group endorses Krasner for DA
Democratic candidate for Philadelphia district attorney, Larry Krasner, has sued the city’s police department 75 times — and ...
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Casey reintroduces bill banning gun sales after hate crime; Pulse survivor says ‘dig deeper’
Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Bob Casey is trying again on a bill to keep anyone who has committed a hate crime from buying guns. Casey, ...
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Commonwealth Court: Philly beverage tax is legal
Philadelphia’s tax on soda and other sweetened beverages is legal under state law, a panel of Pennsylvania appeals court judges rul ...
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