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网页Spotlight PA investigation spurs call for more oversight of who can be a medical marijuana doctor. by Ed Mahon. A proposal could clarify eligibility for physicians, and it’s intended “to protect the health and safety of the patients” in Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program, two lawmakers say. PA Local.
Inside the Secret Service failures behind Trump rally shooting
网页2024年8月20日 · The Secret Service immediately surround former President Trump after he was shot during his campaign stop at the Butler Farm Show grounds on Saturday, July 13, 2024. Ralph LoVuolo / Special to the Butler Eagle. He’d warned them. Butler Township Police Officer Drew Blasko paced angrily along the AGR building, where just minutes before a …
Pa. redistricting maps: Search now to see your old and new …
网页2022年3月16日 · The U.S. Supreme Court in March declined a request to block the map’s usage for this year’s primary election. In a separate process, a redistricting panel in February approved final state House and Senate maps that could fundamentally reshape the legislature. The boundaries survived nine legal challenges and will be used for the primary ...
Are Democrats Losing Pennsylvania? See Latest Voter Registration …
网页2024年5月7日 · HARRISBURG — For the first time in at least 16 years, the Democratic and Republican parties in Pennsylvania are within half a million registered voters of one another. Since 2008, Democrats’ registration edge over Republicans has steadily shrunk — from a 12% advantage in April 2008 to about a 4% advantage in April 2024, according to a ...
Abortion is legal in PA: everything you should know.
网页2024年1月26日 · Some of Pennsylvania’s abortion restrictions stem from Planned Parenthood v. Casey, a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision related to a law Pennsylvania passed in 1982. The law imposed the parental consent requirement for minors to get abortions, the 24-hour waiting period, and a requirement that people seeking abortions get spousal consent.
5 things to know about the minimum wage debate in Pa.
网页2021年3月11日 · HARRISBURG — For a seventh straight year, Gov. Tom Wolf is calling for an increase in Pennsylvania’s minimum wage, which has stayed at $7.25 since 2009 — one of the lowest rates and one of the longest stretches without a hike in the country. Unlike those previous efforts, though, Wolf does so this time against the backdrop of a historic ...
50 PA school districts will get $32M to ease property tax burden ...
网页2024年8月14日 · HARRISBURG — Fifty Pennsylvania school districts with serious property tax burdens will receive an extra $32 million as part of a sweeping effort to overhaul education funding in this year’s budget. The supplements, which range from $50,000 to $5 million, target districts with high local taxes compared to the wealth of their residents.
PA Gov. Josh Shapiro hires executive staff • Spotlight PA
网页2023年1月19日 · HARRISBURG — Newly minted Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is stocking his executive staff of advisors, mediators, and policy experts with political veterans and loyal allies. Unlike department secretaries, the Democrat’s top staffers won’t need to be confirmed by the state Senate. But they have some of the most important jobs in the new ...
A court just struck down Pennsylvania’s mail voting law. Here’s …
网页2022年1月29日 · Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters.. Updated, March 1: The state Supreme Court has ruled the law will remain in place for now, pending additional action by the justices.
PA attorney general results: Sunday, DePasquale win primary
网页2024年4月23日 · HARRISBURG — Eugene DePasquale has emerged victorious from a competitive, five-way Democratic primary for Pennsylvania attorney general, while party-endorsed candidate Dave Sunday won the two-man contest for the Republican nomination. The Associated Press called the race for DePasquale at 10 p.m. on Tuesday.