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The president visited Northeastern Pennsylvania for the first time in the 2024 election cycle on Tuesday.
The two parties in Pennsylvania’s state House and its congressional delegation are nearly evenly divided, and that won’t change once results are in from next week’s primary election.
An expanded ban on using handheld devices while driving is a step closer to Gov. Josh Shapiro’s desk following a vote Tuesday in the Pennsylvania House.
Pennsylvania drivers are already prohibited from texting while behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. Lawmakers voted 124-77 to pass a bill that has already cleared the state Senate that would make any use of a handheld device a summary offense subject to a $50 fine.
Consumer advocates have long warned that people should proceed with caution when purchasing pet insurance due to language that sometimes excludes more than it includes.
Now, legislators are stepping in to further protect “pet parents” — as they’re commonly known in the pet care industry — from the pitfalls of insurance that can leave owners footing the full cost for expensive medical treatments.
Pennsylvania voters will elect a new attorney general this November, but Democrats and Republicans first must pick their candidates this spring.
The attorney general represents the interests of the state and the public, and defends Pennsylvania’s laws in court. In recent years, the office has defended the results of the 2020 presidential election against numerous attempts to overturn them.
The decision sets up a potential Supreme Court showdown over the swing state’s ballots ahead of the November presidential election
“Within the next several months, the court will be closing the Risperdal, Essure and Elmiron mass tort programs, as the lawyers and self-represented parties work through the remaining cases on the docket,” Judge Joshua Roberts, head of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Complex Litigation Center, said.
At Philadelphia-area hospitals, surgical teams mistakenly left objects inside patients’ bodies more than 200 times over six years. While rare, the error can cause catastrophic harm.
One of the leading causes of death in the United States is preventable medical error. Despite the remarkable advancements in medical technology and the tireless efforts of health care professionals, preventable medical errors persist at an alarming rate. According to a study published in the BMJ (formerly known as the British Medical Journal), medical errors contribute to over 250,000 deaths annually in the United States, making it the third leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer.
An attempt by conservative Pennsylvania lawmakers to overturn a shift to automatic voter registration was dismissed by a federal court on Tuesday, along with their other challenges to actions designed to boost voter registration.
