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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – A bill easing restrictions on youth emergency services volunteers was among 58 measures recently signed into law by Gov. Josh Shapiro.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – As the midterm election approaches, the current session of Congress is nearing an end.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – As the 2026 campaign comes to a close, Gov. Josh Shapiro and Lt. Gov. Austin Davis kicked off a statewide bus tour this weekend.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - A battleground issue for Pennsylvania's 2027-28 legislative session was staked out in Allegheny County Thursday as County Executive Sara Innamorato signed what was billed as the nation's first county-level mandate that employers provide leave for new parents.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - Republicans who want to keep at least one leg of Harrisburg's three-legged governance stool have a "block out the noise" attitude in an election campaign where some think Democrats could grab all three: the Senate, House, and Governor's Office.
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Reporting from The Center Square
Ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats hold the Pennsylvania governorship and state House of Representatives, while Republicans control the Senate. That balance of power is currently holding back something called the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV). But if Democrats take full control, some promise to pass the compact, which would take away Pennsylvania’s important role in presidential elections.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – As the clock is close to running out of the current legislative session in Harrisburg, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in Pennsylvania’s General Assembly have said what they hope to accomplish in the following term.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — The Trump administration is backing a pair of natural gas pipeline projects that industry experts say could lower costs for New York consumers, but the push to bring more gas to the northeast faces legal challenges and opposition from elected officials.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Following a four-day trip to South Korea and Japan earlier this month, U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., emphasized the importance of those alliances for the United States against China and North Korea.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - In what effectively were the waning moments of the 2025-26 legislative session, lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to a policy they had sought for years - a ban of most student cell phones in schools - but other big issues were left on the table, unaddressed.
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