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WEB5 days ago · BY: Peter Hall - September 6, 2024. Immigrants and asylum seekers detained at a former federal prison in rural Pennsylvania are subject to physical and psychological abuse, lack adequate access to health care, and face retaliation for standing up against mistreatment, a report released this week titled “In the Shadow of the Valley” claims.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court tosses lower court's decision on mail …
WEB3 hours ago · The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Friday threw out a lower court’s decision finding the requirement for voters to write the date on mail-in ballots to have them counted unconstitutional. In a two-page order, the state’s highest court said the lower Commonwealth Court lacked jurisdiction to hear ...
Shapiro endorses 20 Democratic Pennsylvania House candidates
WEB4 days ago · Pennsylvania Capitol Building in Harrisburg, Pa. (Photo by Amanda Berg for the Capital-Star). Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Monday he was endorsing 20 Democratic state House candidates in the upcoming election. Democrats currently hold a single-vote majority in the state House after flipping the chamber in …
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WEBThe Pennsylvania Capital-Star is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site dedicated to honest and relentless coverage of state government, politics and policy. The nearly 13 million people who call the commonwealth home depend on their interests being safeguarded by one of the nation’s largest, most expensive, and often inefficient and corrupt full-time state legislatures. The actions […]
Here’s what’s still outstanding in Pennsylvania’s budget
WEBOct 20, 2023 · It would also provide $100 million for adult mental health programs, $24 million for increased medical assistance dental reimbursements, $75 million for school repairs, $7.5 million for the first-ever state contribution to the cost of public defenders, and $10 million to bolster Philadelphia’s bid to attract the FIFA World Cup in 2026.
Government & Politics Archives - Pennsylvania Capital-Star
WEBSep 2, 2024 · BY: Ashley Murray - September 3, 2024. The Democratic presidential candidate will stump in Portsmouth for expanding the tax deduction to $50,000 on business start-up costs, up from $5,000, a campaign official said on background Tuesday. Harris will also propose a standard deduction for businesses as a …
Commentary - Pennsylvania Capital-Star
WEBSep 1, 2024 · BY: Special to the Capital-Star - July 17, 2024. Here in Allegheny County, we see only the most bare-bones forms of inclusion and integration of those directly impacted by schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses, whether in county and city policy contexts, civic life more broadly, or the training and education of counselors, social ...
New Pa. budget includes $140M boost to state's Property …
WEBJul 14, 2022 · Government & Politics; Labor; New Pa. budget includes $140M boost to state’s Property Tax/Rent Rebate program Pennsylvanians living with a disability, widows who are aged 50 and older, and residents 65 or older can qualify
Criminal Justice Archives - Pennsylvania Capital-Star
WEBJul 19, 2024 · BY: Peter Hall - August 14, 2024. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Oct. 8 in an appeal that could bring hope for freedom to more than 1,000 people serving life in prison without the possibility of parole for murders they didn’t commit. The court in February agreed to consider the case of Derek Lee, who is serving life ...