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Jan 17, 2025 · Pennsylvania Senate announces new committee chairs BY: John Cole - January 17, 2025 Four freshman senators have been tapped to serve in leadership roles on the state Senate’s standing committees for the 2025-2026 session, although most committee chairs in the Republican-controlled chamber will be unchanged from the previous session.
Can Pennsylvania craft the perfect cannabis law?
2 days ago · Gov. Josh Shapiro said Tuesday that he recently met with cannabis dispensary owners from Maryland, Ohio, New York and New Jersey. He wanted to ask them how many of their customers at stores near the Pennsylvania border …
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Jan 17, 2025 · Pennsylvania Senate announces new committee chairs BY: John Cole - January 17, 2025 Four freshman senators have been tapped to serve in leadership roles on the state Senate’s standing committees for the 2025-2026 session, although most committee chairs in the Republican-controlled chamber will be unchanged from the previous session.
Casey and McCormick trade barbs in final debate for Pennsylvania …
With control of the U.S. Senate hanging in the balance, three-term Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and GOP challenger Dave McCormick met Tuesday night in Philadelphia for their final debate before the November election. The two continued the themes of their first meeting on Oct. 3, with McCormick seeking to portray Casey as weak and […]
The top 5 stories from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives …
Dec 23, 2024 · In their second year controlling the Pennsylvania House of Representatives after more than a decade as the minority party, Democratic lawmakers had some success. That included tackling maternal morbidity among women of color, finally banning texting while driving and shifting the state’s energy ...
Pennsylvania ends U.S. Senate recount after Casey concession
Nov 22, 2024 · Pennsylvania counties end their Senate race recounts after U.S. Sen. Bob Casey's concession to Republican Dave McCormick.
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Jan 9, 2025 · MLK’s ‘beloved community’ has inspired social justice work for decades − what did he mean? BY: Capital-Star Guest Contributor - January 20, 2025 By Jason Oliver Evans, University of Virginia Since 1983, when President Ronald Reagan signed Martin Luther King Jr. Day into law, many Americans have observed the federal holiday to commemorate the life and legacy of the civil rights leader ...
The top 5 Pennsylvania Senate stories of 2024
Dec 24, 2024 · This year’s legislative session saw fewer new laws passed than any session in more than a decade, attributable in part to the partisan divide between the Democrat-controlled House and the Republican-controlled Senate. But there were some substantial pieces of legislation and changes to the budget that made it to the …
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Oct 3, 2024 · The Pennsylvania Capital-Star is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site dedicated to honest and aggressive coverage of state government, politics and policy.