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A law that aims to protect those who take steps to prevent opioid overdoses from discrimination by insurance companies unanimously passed the Pennsylvania House Insurance Committee on Tuesday.
After a bruising Presidential election and a slew of fights over control of Congress and the state legislature, maybe you thought 2025 would at least be largely free of bitterly partisan election battles.
Donald Trump’s second presidential victory is widely viewed as an existential threat to already narrowing abortion and reproductive rights. But more than two years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade and stripped the federal constitutional right to abortion, legal advocacy organizations and activists have already been fighting to uphold laws in state courts, often characterized as the new frontline for abortion access.
‘What can you pass on the minimum wage? … I think that’s a conversation that needs to be out in the public,’ House Majority Leader Matt Bradford said
A special election will be held March 25 for the state House seat left vacant by Rep. Matthew Gergely’s death on Sunday.
York County District Attorney Dave Sunday took the oath of office on Tuesday to become Pennsylvania’s Attorney General.
Attorney General Michelle Henry, along with community partners, on Tuesday announced that the Office of Attorney General has received a multi-million dollar grant from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation to be used for Operation PA STRIKE — an initiative to educate the public on human trafficking and to investigate traffickers.
The new year carries high stakes around the Commonwealth for policing and criminal justice, as 18 counties will elect a District Attorney while 32 will also conduct elections for Sheriff.
