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Petition supports Chester County school official suspended for berating abortion protesters
More than 40,000 people have signed an online petition in support of a suspended Chester County school administrator. Zach Ruff, t ...
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Anti-Trump protests planned for International Workers’ Day
May 1 is International Workers’ Day, when unions traditionally stage protests and celebrations. This year, it’s taking ...
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New data shows steep decline in Norristown violent crime rate
Norristown, the beleaguered seat of Montgomery County, is getting safer, according to new numbers released by the borough’s police ...
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Berks County wins appeal over license for center housing immigrant mothers and children
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services was wrong to revoke the child care license from a center housing immigrant mothers and chil ...
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Reacting to proposed Planned Parenthood cuts, Governor Wolf holds joint event with Cecile Richards
Seated in the lobby of Planned Parenthood in Warminster, Bucks County, a patient who only gave the name “Shay” said as an uni ...
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Four families held at Berks detention facility win temporary delay from deportation
What happens when a child brought into the country illegally earns legal status, but the parent who brought that child hasn’t? ...
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Tentative deal averts protest by Delaware County Memorial Hospital nurses, staff
Nursing and support staff at Delaware County Memorial Hospital called off a protest Wednesday morning, after reaching a tentative agreeme ...
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Fearing crackdown on labor, Chester County mushroom growers urge hybrid status for immigrant workers
Chris Alonzo’s family has been in the mushroom-farming business for three generations. As the president of Pietro Industries ...
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ListenU.S. high court denies petition by women held in Berks immigrant detention center [updated]
The U.S. Supreme Court has ...
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Bucks County lawyer launches addiction awareness ‘blitz’
Doylestown attorney Robert Whitley didn’t set out to orchestrate a countywide addiction conversation. But sitting in the pew ...
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Moderate Republicans in N.J., Pa. squeezed by attack ads from both sides on health care
After a bruising fight over House Speaker Ryan’s plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, Congress is in recess. But area Re ...
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ListenPhiladelphia Dems line up to challenge Meehan in 2018
Two Democratic candidates have thrown their hats in the ring to try to unseat the Republican U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan in Pennsylvania ...
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