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Pennsylvania Perspective for Thursday, July 10, 2025
JD Supra - California
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July 11, 2025
Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro Warns About Medicaid Cuts, Rural Hospital Closures During a press conference in York on Monday, Governor Josh Shapiro (D) sharply criticized Pennsylvania Republicans for supporting a federal reconciliation bill that...
Pennsylvania repeals longstanding ban on Sunday hunting
Observer-Reporter - Pennsylvania
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July 11, 2025
/Local News 1 / 2 J.R. Lindley of Scenery Hill captured a photo of several deer grazing on a 28-acre field where he and his father grow soybeans. The Lindleys have seen as many as 30 deer in the field at a time, which have badly damaged their...
Pennsylvania enacts law to support military family education program
West Montgomery Times - Pennsylvania
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July 10, 2025
On July 7, 2025, House Bill 865 was signed into law as Act 32 of 2025. The bill, initially introduced by Senator Tracy Pennycuick (R-24) and Senator Lindsey Williams (D-38), had been adopted by the state House of Representatives. Pennsylvania...
Pennsylvania Digital Forgery Law Targets AI Scams and Financial Exploitation
Insurance Journal
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July 11, 2025
A new Pennsylvania law intended to crack down on AI-powered fraud and financial crimes makes it a felony to use artificial intelligence to produce non-consensual “forged digital likenesses” like deepfakes or voice clones to injure, financially...
Pennsylvania Mom Stabbed, Beaten Before Her House Was Set on Fire and Her Son Found Burning
Oxygen - New York
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July 11, 2025
When David Hibbs got off the school bus on the afternoon of April 19, 1991, he couldn’t wait to show his mom his honor roll certificate. But he never get the chance to. Just as he was rounding the back of his home in Bristol Township,...
Pennsylvania Democrats Stall Bill That Would Protect Women’s Sports
The Daily Signal - Washington D.C.
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July 10, 2025
Democrats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives have delayed the Save Women’s Sports Act, legislation that would protect girls and women from transgender-identifying males competing in female sports in the Keystone State. The legislation,...
Pennsylvania middle schooler wins Lake Butler 5k
Bradford County Telegraph - Florida
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July 10, 2025
Screenshot BY DAN HILDEBRAN Henry Stewart crossed the finish line at Lakeside Park with a time of 28:05. Eight seconds later, the middle schooler’s mother completed the course at 28:13. Paige Stewart said she grew up in Union County as Paige...
Women's sports protection proposal blocked due to procedural issues
Westmoreland Review - Pennsylvania
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July 10, 2025
State Rep. Jill N. Cooper | Pennsylvania 55th Legislative DistrictState Rep. Jill N. Cooper | Pennsylvania 55th Legislative District In a recent development, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives has faced criticism over the handling of Senate...
Pennsylvania man dies after kayak capsizes at Delaware Water Gap park
The North Jersey Record - New Jersey
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The body of a 54-year-old Pennsylvania man was pulled from the Delaware River July 10 after his kayak capsized in rapids, according to officials at the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. The man, whose identity is being withheld until...
Pennsylvania Could Be 25th State to Legalize Adult-Use Cannabis Under New Bill
Cannabis Business Times
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July 10, 2025
Pennsylvania could be the 25th state to legalize adult-use cannabis under legislation that a pair of bipartisan senators introduced on July 10. Sens. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie, and Sharif Street, D-Philadelphia, who worked together on legalization...
Pennsylvania Democrats warn of job losses under Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill"
WTAE 4 Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania
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July 10, 2025
Pennsylvania Democrats warn of job losses, health care cuts under Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" WESTMORELAND COUNTY JAIL AWAITING HIS TRIAL. ALL WEEK WE’VE BEEN DIGGING INTO WHAT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S SPENDING BILL WILL MEAN FOR OUR AREA. HE...
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education to begin sharing courses
Altoona Mirror - Pennsylvania
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The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, or PASSHE, is one step closer to improving the strength of its schools through sharing advanced courses across institutions. The schools have obtained a $536,000 grant that will support the...
Children's Hospital develops new tool to decode DNA methylation
East Montgomery Times - Pennsylvania
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July 10, 2025
Researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have developed a new tool, the Methylation Screening Array (MSA), to explore DNA methylation-mediated regulation of genes. This innovation is intended to shed light on complex human...
Pennsylvania Dutch Day invites attendees to learn about traditional American language
Lancaster Online - Pennsylvania
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The Amish population in North America nearly doubles every 20 years, according to a 2023 study by Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College. This suggests the number of Pennsylvania Dutch speakers is rising at a...
Gender pay gap still a problem for TX women
Public News Service
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Women who recently graduated from college are earning significantly less than their male counterparts. A new study reveals that women from Texas and other states who earned bachelor's degrees within the past seven years made an average of 18% less...
Religious freedoms are fragile
The Lewistown Sentinel - Pennsylvania
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As Christianity declines in the West, the faith is flourishing in sub-Saharan Africa, which is seeing the fastest growth in Christianity the world over. By 2060, more than 4 in 10 Christians worldwide are expected to live in sub-Saharan Africa,...
Pennsylvania House passes bill updating Keystone STARS for child care providers
Dauphin News - Pennsylvania
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July 9, 2025
State Rep. Tom Mehaffie | Pennsylvania 106th Legislative DistrictState Rep. Tom Mehaffie | Pennsylvania 106th Legislative District Legislation passed by the Pennsylvania House aims to update the Keystone STARS system, benefiting child care...
Pennsylvania man charged with beheading father
Fergus Now - Minnesota
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July 10, 2025
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania man charged with fatally shooting then beheading his father and posting it on YouTube said on the stand Wednesday that the killing was “Plan B” after trying to arrest his father for what he called false...
Hydrogen Storage Takes the Wheel: Verne Inc. Builds Cryo-Compressed Tank Facility in Pennsylvania
Hydrogen Fuel News
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July 11, 2025
Verne Inc., a trailblazer in hydrogen storage tech based out of San Francisco, is gearing up to open a brand-new manufacturing facility in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Right in the heart of the Marcellus Energy Park. This new site will crank out...
Was Louisiana home to a religious German community known for making silk?
The Advocate - Louisiana
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The Germantown Colony Museum stands on the spot where the colony thrived outside of Minden and includes original cabins that belonged to the commune's residents. PROVIDED PHOTO BY LOUISIANA SECRETARY OF STATE They came to Louisiana to build a...