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@penncapital-star.comThe Department of Justice announced that four Pennsylvania residents had been charged with noncitizen voting, part of the Trump administration’s nationwide crackdown on election crimes ahead of the 2026 midterms.
From @votebeat.org
@penncapital-star.comThe fall of 2026 is a moment of energy centrality, when geopolitics unfolding far away shows up in Americans’ everyday lives.
@penncapital-star.comCommentary: What girls hear when a Pennsylvania lawmaker calls women 'more costly to hire' • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
@penncapital-star.comThe electricity grid operator for a broad swath of the mid-Atlantic and Midwest warned this week that warm weather and maintenance outages could push the system close to its limits.
@penncapital-star.comThree weeks before Election Day, the Trump administration’s sprawling project to send sensitive personal information on millions of voters to the Department of Homeland Security has been declared illegal by a federal judge.
From @statesnewsroom.com
@penncapital-star.comCommentary: Pennsylvania's GOP members of Congress are failing us on measles. • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
@penncapital-star.comICYMI: If confirmed, it would mark the sixth measles-associated death in Pennsylvania this year. That’s the most in a single year since 1991, when there was an outbreak in Philadelphia.
@penncapital-star.comAs candidates debate public safety ahead of the midterm elections, a new assessment of the nation’s historic homicide decline suggests there is no single explanation for the drop — and that some widely discussed enforcement strategies may have played little role.
From @stateline.org
@penncapital-star.comThe U.S. has long welcomed foreign-educated physicians as a way to ameliorate its doctor shortage. Already, an estimated 102 million Americans live in communities that don’t have enough primary care providers, according to the Health Resources and Services Administration.
From @stateline.org
@penncapital-star.comA new study shows that rates for black lung disease in Appalachia are surging. At the same time, the Trump administration is putting regulations that could reduce miners’ exposure to the dust associated with the disease on hold.
@penncapital-star.comReposted by @penncapital-star.com"We were going to wait until the very last minute to pull the machines. But since we heard about the fines and how strict they were going to be, we got them out as soon as possible.” -- Tory Kiefner is club manager at the VFW in Dillsburg, where they removed five skill games machines last week.
@penncapital-star.com"We were going to wait until the very last minute to pull the machines. But since we heard about the fines and how strict they were going to be, we got them out as soon as possible.” -- Tory Kiefner is club manager at the VFW in Dillsburg, where they removed five skill games machines last week.
@penncapital-star.comPennsylvania’s hydrogen projects were supposed to create jobs and slash emissions. Now, they’re in limbo.
@penncapital-star.comCommentary: What girls hear when a Pennsylvania lawmaker calls women 'more costly to hire' • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
@penncapital-star.comIf confirmed, it would mark the sixth measles-associated death in Pennsylvania this year. That’s the most in a single year since 1991, when there was an outbreak in Philadelphia.
@penncapital-star.comICYMI: The lawsuit is over EPA's repeal of most greenhouse gas emissions standards for coal- and natural gas-fired power plants.
@penncapital-star.comICYMI: Environmental groups and citizens are urging Pennsylvania regulators to increase the minimum amount of protective buffer space between gas wells and homes, schools and water sources.
@penncapital-star.comICYMI: In a letter to the court late Thursday, Chief Deputy Attorney General Susan E. Affronti noted the request from three state lawmakers came only two business days before the deadline after which the slot machine-like games will become illegal.
@penncapital-star.comICYMI: The constitutional right to counsel is one of the cornerstones of American democracy. But a constitutional right without adequate funding is merely a promise on paper.
@penncapital-star.comICYMI: The Chester County Health Department, which is leading the response to the exposure, says anyone unvaccinated or unable to prove their vaccination status must stay away from the school and school functions for 21 days.
