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Skill Games can coexist with other forms of entertainment in Pennsylvania
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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By State Rep. Manuel Guzman, who represents the 127th Legislative District in the PA House of Representatives As Pennsylvania’s budget negotiations continue, skill games have emerged as a promising source of much-needed revenue to fund critical...
Bipartisan effort seeks legalization of adult-use cannabis in Pennsylvania
Erie County Times - Pennsylvania
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July 10, 2025
Daniel Laughlin, Pennsylvania State Senator from 49th District (R) | Official websiteDaniel Laughlin, Pennsylvania State Senator from 49th District (R) | Official website Senators Dan Laughlin and Sharif Street have introduced a bipartisan bill to...
LGBTQ+ Hotline to End Specialized Support Amid Rising Suicide Rates
Times News Global
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July 7, 2025
Doylestown, Pennsylvania – On July 17, 2025, the national suicide hotline will cease its specialized services for LGBTQ+ individuals, a critical resource that has supported many in crisis. The decision comes from the Substance Abuse and Mental...
Remembering Shanice Clark: A Bellwether of Women’s Basketball
BVM Sports
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July 10, 2025
Shanice Clark, a significant contributor to the Santa Fe Women's Basketball program from 2011-2013, passed away tragically in January 2015 while attending California University of Pennsylvania, shortly after the team won the NCAA DII National...
Plaintiffs in Head Start Case Vow to Challenge New HHS Rule Seeking to Block Some Immigrant Families from Accessing Early Childhood Education
American Civil Liberties Union
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WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a press release announcing a notice of interpretation of a nearly 30-year-old law to restrict access to critical early education programs for immigrant families. The...
Cell phones, plate readers help Jamestown police solve missing Pennsylvania child case
Observer Today
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Jamestown police officers helped resolve the case of a missing child allegedly taken from Sheffield Township, Pa., to Ohio on Sunday. License plate readers and a cell phone ping helped police locate a Sheffield girl who was taken from Sheffield to...
Attacks on Higher Education Are Attacks on All Americans
Scientific American
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July 10, 2025
Attacks on Higher Education Are Attacks on All Americans If Americans don’t fight back against efforts to dismantle higher education, the U.S. will lose lifesaving medical research, innovation that spurs our economy and the ability to freely study...
Medicaid cuts in Trump’s tax bill will ‘devastate’ access to care in rural Pennsylvania
The York Dispatch - Pennsylvania
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Rural Pennsylvania hospitals, heavily reliant on Medicaid, are concerned about the impact of these cuts. Critics warn the cuts will limit access to care and potentially lead to hospital closures. Supporters say the bill reduces government spending...
Ben Healy Delivers a Thrilling Victory for EF Education-EasyPost: Stage 5 of the 2025 Tour de France
Bicycling
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July 10, 2025
Tadej Pogačar started Stage 6 of the 2025 Tour de France with ownership of the yellow, green, and polka dot jerseys. No one expected UAE Team Emirates to defend the lead of the race all the way to Paris, and today they appeared to execute a...
Kathy Rapp blasts house budget plan
Times Observer - Pennsylvania
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State Rep. Kathy Rapp, R-Warren, is blasting the budget bill approved recently largely along party lines in the state House of Representatives. Earlier this week House Democrats passed House Bill 1330, an incomplete spending bill for the 2025-26...
The Department of Homeland Security Says Trump's Immigration Enforcers Are on a Mission From God
Reason Magazine
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July 10, 2025
This week the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a controversial video that lionizes the work of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which it suggests is aimed at delivering divine justice to evildoers. The video quotes Isaiah 6:8,...
‘Big Beautiful Bill’ helps scholarship fund donors
The Jewish Standard
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July 17, 2025
The “Big Beautiful Bill” recently passed by the House and the Senate and signed into law by President Trump includes a provision that allows donors to certain scholarship funds for elementary and high school education expenses to claim a tax...
Woman at son’s Pennsylvania murder trial recounts finding husband’s decapitated corpse
Associated Press
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July 7, 2025
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The mother of a Pennsylvania man accused of shooting and beheading his father described from the witness stand on Monday that she found Michael F. Mohn’s body in a first-floor bathroom. “I believe I screamed,” Denice Mohn...
25 Books By LGBTQ+ Authors You Need to Add to Your Reading List
Marie Claire U.S.
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July 10, 2025
My "to read" list on Goodreads is never-ending. I'm always on the hunt for the next new book that I can snag, read, and rave about before anyone else gets their hands on it. This may be in part due to my obsession with aesthetically-pleasing...
Students in Pennsylvania may soon learn how to spot 'fake news'
The Center Square
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July 10, 2025
(The Center Square) – Amid a flood of online mis- and disinformation, lawmakers in both chambers of the Pennsylvania General Assembly have proposed legislation to help students evaluate the credibility of their sources and empower them with...
‘Semicolon Cafe’ arrives in Falls Church with Korean shaved ice and sandwiches
Arlington Now - Virginia
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July 10, 2025
Around Town Mango bingsoo and sandwich from Semicolon Cafe (staff photo by Katie Taranto) Tiramisu latte from Semicolon Cafe (staff photo by Katie Taranto) Semicolon Cafe in Falls Church (staff photo by Katie Taranto) Inside Semicolon Cafe (staff...
Sussex Tech celebrates new class of Adult Education program grads
Delaware Live
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July 10, 2025
A program focused on helping adults obtain a high school diploma graduated 29 students in this year’s class graduation in late June. The Sussex Tech Adult Education Division, part of Sussex County Vocational Technical School District, offers the...
Full Episode: Trump administration plans to block Chinese ownership of U.S. lands and the Supreme Court keeps Florida immigration law on hold
Spectrum News 13 - Florida
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July 10, 2025
The Trump administration is working to ban sales of farmland to Chinese buyers and other nationals of foreign adversaries, and the U.S. Supreme Court has left in place a hold on a Florida immigration law. Trump administration officials plan to...
First responders sit down with widow of firefighter killed at Butler, Pennsylvania Trump rally
Fox News
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July 10, 2025
The Butler County, Pennsylvania emergency services unit tells its version of the events of July 13, 2024, when would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire at a Trump rally. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! One year after gunfire...
From drama to comedy to kid-friendly performances, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival boasts spectacular showings for all
Morning Call - Pennsylvania
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July 10, 2025
Shakespeare isn’t just for high school literature class anymore. Or at least, that’s what the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival is trying to prove. Halfway through its 34th season, the full breadth of PSF kicks off this week with a production of...