(Harrisburg, PA- AP) A bill that would give pension increases to more than 60,000 retired school and government workers passed the Pennsylvania House by a comfortable margin on Tuesday, although opponents warned it would saddle taxpayers with a $1 billion bill. The 135-67 vote sent the measure to the Republican majority state Senate as the current two-year legislative…
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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, hands off an order of fries after working alongside an employee during a visit to McDonald’s in Feasterville-Trevose, Pa., Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool) FEASTERVILLE-TREVOSE, Pa. (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump manned the fry station at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania…
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FILE – Chester County, Pa., election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots at West Chester University in West Chester, Pa., Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File) ATLANTA (AP) — The latest method of voting to fall into the political crosshairs is the way overseas voters — including members of the military stationed abroad —…
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Through MCC’s MOMobile programs, advocates meet parents and families for pregnancy, parenting, and community reproductive health education. Parents and families can also receive baby items to help with their child’s development. (Maternity Care Coalition) Danielle Smith – Keystone State News Service About one in eight new mothers reports symptoms of postpartum depression, according to the Centers…
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CARNEGIE, PA — Today, Navy and Iraq War veteran Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) announced a $750,000 grant for the Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania, Inc. to conduct veteran suicide prevention work across Western Pennsylvania. This grant comes from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (SSG Fox…
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Georgia K. Wickline, 88, passed away on October 1, 2024. She was born on August 1, 1936, a daughter of the late Laura Vogler Merriman and Dale Merriman. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her grandparents, Clyde and Effie Merriman, and Sarah and Charles Vogler. She is survived by her…
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Joyce Marie Funkhouser, 92 formerly of New Brighton and more recently of Monaca, passed away peacefully on September 3, 2024, at Cambridge Falls Senior Living of Wampum. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harold and Helen (Dishler) Chandler, her husband Donald Funkhouser, her sister Susan Boettner, and her brother Harold Chandler, Jr.. She…
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Charles J. Mitsak, passed away August 11, 2024, in Tucson, Arizona after a long illness. He was born on October 11, 1946, a son of the late Dimitri & Julia Mitsak. He was born and raised in Sewickley. He is survived by his loving son, Ezra Michael Mitsak of Austin, Texas, grieving siblings Michael Mitsak,…
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FILE – FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks during a hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill, March 11, 2024, in Washington. Wray is set to testify about the bureau’s investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, with lawmakers at a congressional hearing likely to press him for fresh details about…
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Gloria Jean (Bobrick) Cecchetti, 76, of Tarentum, PA passed away on July 23, 2024, in Kane Community Living Center, Scott Twp. She was born on September 23, 1947, the daughter of the late William & Mary (Gaydos) Bobrick. Gloria is survived by her four children, Joel Cecchetti (Leonor) Houston, Texas; Nicole Cecchetti, Richard Cecchetti Houston,…
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