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These suburbs started closing their streets on weekends during the pandemic, and they might never stop

PHILADELPHIA -- When Orbi Bitraj sees weekend crowds now flocking to Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, on summer nights — some stumbling upon his corner Italian restaurant for the first time, others arriving in groups for reserved tables — he feels an immense sense of gratitude.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signs executive order to protect abortion-seekers traveling from other states

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania has joined New York, New Jersey and Connecticut in offering protections for out-of-state women seeking reproductive health services, including abortion, as roughly half of U.S. states ban or work to impose restrictions on abortion.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pennsylvania town ‘broke the law’ by hiring police officer who killed Tamir Rice

The Pennsylvania attorney general says that the town of Tioga hired Timothy Loehmann without performing a required background check

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Austin Davis raised more than any other Democratic House Rep. in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Democratic candidates and officeholders have raised $67.1 million during the 2022 election cycle. Among state House candidates and officeholders, Austin Davis has raised more than any other Democrat.

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Addiction medication in Pennsylvania’s jails is often inadequate or nonexistent, new report finds

PHILADELPHIA — Treatment for opioid addiction in Pennsylvania jails is so haphazard that one woman went into withdrawal waiting for access to medication. A man was refused medication because staff said he hadn’t shown enough “motivation to be sober.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pa. Legislature approves constitutional amendment that residents don't have right to an abortion; another would require voter ID

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s General Assembly approved five proposed constitutional amendments Friday, including one that would declare Pennsylvanians do not have any rights “relating to an abortion,” as well as another to require voters to provide government ID to cast a ballot.

Tribune News Service

Democrats hope abortion can help them keep hold of suburban voters, but Republicans say it’s still all about inflation

PHILADELPHIA — Days after the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion, Rep. Susan Wild went to a rally in Easton, where a woman held an 8-month-old. She lamented that the child “had more rights eight months ago than she does now,” Wild recalled.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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3 months in prison for Pennsylvania businessman caught up in Dorothy Brown probe

Donald Donagher Jr. pleaded guilty in October to one count alleging he made payments designed to reward Brown when she was Cook County Circuit Court clerk.

Chicago Sun-Times

Pa. Senate advances constitutional amendments to restrict abortion, require voter ID

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania state Senate approved five proposed constitutional amendments Friday afternoon, including one that would declare Pennsylvanians do not have any rights “relating to an abortion,” as well as another to require voters to provide government ID to cast a ballot.

Tribune News Service

Used-car buyers in Pa. will have protections under a new lemon law — but dealers may not know what's expected of them yet

With its clusters of used-car dealerships along Lincoln Highway and Route 13 in Lower Bucks, Doylestown and Quakertown, Bucks County has passed Pennsylvania's first county-level used-car lemon law. The new law, which takes effect Jan. 1, offers minimum guarantees to consumers who purchase used vehicles over seven model years old…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pa. Senate GOP committee advances late-night amendment to restrict abortion, require voter ID

HARRISBURG, Pa. — After 11 p.m. Thursday night, members of a state Senate committee advanced a constitutional amendment that would declare Pennsylvania residents do not have "any rights relating" to abortion, as well as a provision to require voter IDs when casting a ballot in the state.

Tribune News Service

Dispatcher who didn't send ambulance charged in 2020 death

A Pennsylvania 911 operator faces involuntary manslaughter and other charges for failing to send an ambulance to the rural home of a woman who died of internal bleeding about a day later

The Independent UK

Dr Oz mocked for filming Pennsylvania Senate campaign ad from his New Jersey mansion

Pennsylvania Republican appeared to film a recent video at his house in New Jersey

The Independent UK

Officer who killed Tamir Rice quits after outcry over his hiring by small town

Timothy Loehmann, who shot 12-year-old in 2014, had been recruited as small Pennsylvania town’s sole police officer

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Seven Pennsylvania lawyers involved in Trump's legal fight to overturn 2020 election are hit with ethics complaints

PHILADELPHIA — A legal advocacy group formed in hopes of disbarring and disciplining lawyers who aided Donald Trump's push to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election filed complaints Thursday with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court against seven lawyers in the state for their involvement in the former president's legal efforts.

Tribune News Service

John Fetterman signals he should be back 'on the campaign trail soon'

PITTSBURGH — As it nears two months since he suffered a stroke, Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee in one of the country's most important U.S. Senate races, is signaling that a return to the campaign trail may not be too far away.

The Independent UK

Police officer who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice is hired as cop in Pennsylvania

‘I was under the understanding, through our police committee and our Borough president, that they did an extensive background check on him,’ mayor says

Tribune News Service

Group of Pa. Republican leaders bucking party to endorse Democrat Josh Shapiro for governor

In what analysts are calling an unprecedented move in an era of extreme hyperpartisanship, a group of Republican leaders — including a number of former officials who have been stalwarts of Pennsylvania's GOP establishment for decades in Harrisburg and Washington — is bucking their party to endorse Democrat Josh Shapiro…

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Pennsylvania senate president raises $3,321 this election cycle

According to campaign finance reports filed with the Pennsylvania Department of State, Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman has raised $3,321 and spent $23,059 between Jan. 1, 2021, and Jun. 16, 2022. Fetterman currently serves as the president of the state senate.

Tribune News Service

With state climate action in the spotlight, Gov. Wolf's carbon rule takes effect

Pennsylvania's fossil fuel power plants began having to comply with Gov. Tom Wolf's hallmark climate rule on Friday, one day after a U.S. Supreme Court decision restricted federal regulators' tools for cutting greenhouse gas pollution across the power sector nationwide.

Tribune News Service

Pa. Senate race between Fetterman and Oz may break advertising spending records

PITTSBURGH — Insiders expect the U.S. Senate race between Mehmet Oz and John Fetterman to be one of the most expensive of all time in Pennsylvania — perhaps even surpassing the spending in 2016 when Republican Pat Toomey defended his seat — and the main battleground may be the airwaves.

Benzinga

Innovative Industrial Properties Expands Real Estate Partnership With Green Thumb Industries At Pennsylvania Property

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (NYSE: IIPR) entered into an amendment of the lease with Green Thumb Industries Inc. (OTCQX: GTBIF) (CSE:GTII) The lease amendment in Danville, Pennsylvania, provided $55.0 m

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Josh Hawley became a symbol of the Jan. 6 insurrection. He hasn’t come up in the hearings

WASHINGTON — The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol has presented a lot of evidence about the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Benzinga

Biden On Visit To Spain Says 'May Not Go Back' To US — Twitterati Says It's Okay To Stay Put

President Joe Biden visited Spain this week and joked that he may not go back to the United States while meeting with King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia. What Happened: Biden, who was born in Pennsylvania and moved to Delaware as a young boy, shared a joke while meeting the…

Daily Mirror

Woman, 21, shot dead after angry punter is kicked out then fires gun at building

Jailene Holton, 21, had been persuaded by friends to go on the rare night out at Philly Bar and Grill in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when she was inadvertently shot in the head

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