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CBS Philly
March 19, 2018
HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) — A proposed state Constitutional amendment to reduce the size of Pennsylvania's legislature has made it through the House again, but that doesn't mean there's smooth sailing ahead for supporters. Before it goes to voters, the proposed state Constitutional amendment must beÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 19, 2018
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Several truck driving groups have filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Turnpike and the state Department of Transportation over toll increases. The lawsuit filed Thursday claims the increases violate federal commerce law and hinder a citizen's constitutional right to travel.
CBS Philly
March 19, 2018
HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) — State lawmakers continue to grapple with legislation that would update Pennsylvania's organ donation laws. State lawmakers have been trying for years to improve the law to make more organs available for transplant – without success. In the current two-year legislativeÃâà...
All Access Music Group
March 17, 2018
CUMULUS MEDIA has flipped frequencies for two of its HARRISBURG, PA outlets. Country WZCY (NASH FM) is moving from 106.7 to 93.5, now the former home of Top 40 clustermate WWKL, which alters its slogan to HOT 106.7 as a result of the move. The swap enables HOT 106.7 to take advantage ofÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 17, 2018
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Conor Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone each could see a primary contest in new congressional districts after they battled for an existing district in southwestern Pennsylvania. Lamb's campaign said Friday that he's seeking a full term in Congress in a new districtÃâà...
WSKG.org
March 17, 2018
HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) — Lawyers for state Representative Tarah Toohil have released additional abuse allegations against a fellow GOP lawmaker—along with portions of a House investigation into the matter. Toohil's team said they want to “correct the record” on how credible House leaders haveÃâà...
WSKG.org
March 17, 2018
HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) – A potentially unprecedented conflict is unfolding in Pennsylvania's House of Representatives. After alleged abuse, one Republican lawmaker has been granted a restraining order against another. Representative Tarah Toohil says fellow Republican Representative NickÃâà...
WTOP
March 17, 2018
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) — A Pennsylvania official said no “legitimate claims or complaints” of voter fraud have come up since Tuesday's closely contested U.S. House race in the state, countering several false stories that cited invalid votes and a court decision throwing the election results out.
The Daily Meal
March 17, 2018
Harrisburg, PA (RestaurantNews.com) Arooga's Grille House & Sports bar is pleased to announce today its latest collaboration with Yext, the leading Digital Knowledge Management platform whose mission is to provide companies control of their online profiles across hundreds of their integrated partnersÃâà...
All Access Music Group
March 17, 2018
CUMULUS MEDIA has flipped frequencies for two of its HARRISBURG, PA outlets. Country WZCY (NASH FM) is moving from 106.7 to 93.5, now the former home of Top 40 clustermate WWKL, which alters its slogan to HOT 106.7 as a result of the move. The swap enables HOT 106.7 to take advantage ofÃâà...
Tribune-Review
March 16, 2018
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor faces a legal challenge over his residency that aims to derail his re-election campaign. A petition filed this week in Commonwealth Court alleges Democratic Lt. Gov. Mike Stack violated election rules by claiming he resides in his mother's home inÃâà...
Alton Telegraph
March 10, 2018
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A request to stop Pennsylvania elections officials from using a map of the state's congressional districts produced by the state Supreme Court last month was in the hands of a three-judge federal panel Friday, at the same time a similar effort was pending before the U.S. SupremeÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 10, 2018
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The race for a newly redrawn congressional district based in suburban Philadelphia's Montgomery County is drawing a familiar face, former Congressman Joe Hoeffel. The Democrat said Saturday that he's running and aims to compile the 1,000 signatures he needs by the MarchÃâà...
WHYY
March 9, 2018
Shown is the Pennsylvania Capitol building Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo). Democrats hoping to claw their way out of a deep minority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives got some good news this week when their candidates filed petitions toÃâà...
Seattle Times
March 9, 2018
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's luck with an aggressive expansion of casino gambling has hit the skids for the moment. Owners of the state's most expansive casino licenses didn't bid in Friday's auction of the fifth mini-casino license authorized under a four-month-old state law aimed at scrapingÃâà...
Seattle Times
March 9, 2018
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania state lawmaker who says a fellow lawmaker pulled a gun on her and threatened to kill her has gotten a restraining order against him. State Rep. Tarah Toohil alleges that fellow Republican Rep. Nick Miccarelli pointed a gun at her in 2012 and on anotherÃâà...
Allentown Morning Call
March 9, 2018
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Democrats hoping to claw their way out of a deep minority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives got some good news this week when their candidates filed petitions to get on the ballot in 180 of the chamber's 203 districts. The flood-the-zone strategy, inspired in part by aÃâà...
WSKG.org
March 9, 2018
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his office in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke). HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) — Republican state lawmakers wrapped up three weeks of annual budget hearings by tearing into Governor Tom Wolf's administration forÃâà...
Seattle Times
March 1, 2018
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania election officials said Wednesday that there is no evidence to back up a claim that more than 100,000 noncitizen immigrants had been registered to vote in the state, responding to a conservative group's lawsuit in federal court. The Department of State, in aÃâà...
Seattle Times
March 1, 2018
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is giving the Democratic voters who successfully challenged Pennsylvania's congressional map a few days to weigh in on whether the new districts should be put on hold. Alito called Wednesday for a response to the request for a stay madeÃâà...
ABC27
March 1, 2018
FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2015, file photo, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, center, accompanied by state House Minority Leader Rep. Frank Dermody, right, D-Allegheny, and state Rep. Joe Markosek, left, D-Allegheny, discuss state budget negotiations at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. Pennsylvania's highÃâà...
ABC27
February 28, 2018
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – There are new rules for people who hunt deer in parts of Lancaster, Lebanon, and Berks counties. The Pennsylvania Game Commission has established a disease management area in 346 square miles of northeastern Lancaster County, southeastern Lebanon County, andÃâà...
ABC27
February 27, 2018
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Since she was a young child, Millersville University freshman Evelyn Days has been worried about her family's financial situation. She grew up with seven siblings in a single parent home and worried how that was going to impact her education. “No child should be limited inÃâà...
Tribune-Review
February 19, 2018
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's high court issued a new congressional district map for the state's 2018 elections on its self-imposed deadline Monday, all but ... HARRISBURG, Pa. ( @AP ) — Pennsylvania court issues new congressional district map for 2018 elections; map almost certain to face GOPÃâà...
TIME
February 16, 2018
(HARRISBURG, Pa.) — A Pennsylvania couple has pleaded guilty in a case in which prosecutors say three children were so starved for food they peeled paint off the walls to survive. Joshua and Brandi Weyant pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of aggravated assault, conspiracy, false imprisonment,Ãâà...
WHYY
February 15, 2018
A man walks down a hall toward the light of the Capitol rotunda, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster). Competing proposals to redraw Pennsylvania's congressional districts in a high-stakes gerrymandering case are rolling in ahead of a court-ordered deadline. The state Supreme Court posted fourÃâà...
FOX43.com
February 3, 2018
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Jumping into yet another year of the Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg, the largest consumer sports and outdoor show in the world. It's the 5th year of the show produced by the NRA, and officials say there is something for everyone in the family to do. Whether you're a man,Ãâà...
Police News
February 1, 2018
The Lower Paxton Township Police Department is now accepting applications for the position of police officer. Preliminary applications and all accompanying documentation for the position of police officer may be obtained at www.lowerpaxtonpd.org. Interested applicants must return a completedÃâà...
Voice of America
January 31, 2018
Editor's Note: This is one of a series of occasional reports from this area. HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA --- "Yes, there exists this fear — the fear that this can happen [again]," said Raul, a 31-year-old Mexican national and longtime resident of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A fear of reprisal led to his requestÃâà...
witf.org
December 31, 1999
Paul Mango, a former health care systems consultant from suburban Pittsburgh and a first-time candidate, answers questions from the panel during a debate between Republican gubernatorial candidates at Harrisburg Area Community College in Harrisburg, Pa., Thursday, March 1, 2018. (Photo: ChrisÃâà...
The Times Herald
December 31, 1999
HARRISBURG >> Pennsylvania's highest court overstepped its authority in drawing new congressional district lines and did not give state lawmakers enough time to produce a map of their own, eight Republican congressmen said in a lawsuit filed Thursday. The complaint in Harrisburg federal courtÃâà...
CBS Philly
December 31, 1999
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A new congressional map in Pennsylvania on Friday survived a request from eight of the state's Republican congressmen that federal judges throw it out immediately, but the case remained far from settled days before candidates will start collecting signatures to get on theÃâà...
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