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Democratic control of Pennsylvania's 203-member state House could rest on the outcome of a single race this November, Spotlight PA reports, and political insiders and campaign operatives say there are more than a dozen districts across the commonwealth that could go for either major party.
Democrats have a two-vote majority in the chamber now, pending a special election for a vacant and safely Republican seat in NEPA.
Both parties want the agenda-setting power that comes with a House majority. And while Republicans see opportunity in the western part of the state, Democrats are looking to expand a growing foothold in the southeast.
Read the full report: Pa. election 2024: The state House races to watch as Democrats try to keep the majority. |
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"We’ve developed a culture or a pattern that we have to have a strike to get an agreement. And I think that’s on both sides. … But I would like us not to be known as the most strike-prone transit agency.”
—History-making SEPTA Board Chair Ken Lawrence Jr. on his priorities, from fewer SEPTA labor strikes to curbing smoking and drug use on trains
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RX DESERTS: What happens when a small Pennsylvania town loses its pharmacy? Penn State researchers say Snow Shoe residents reported rationing and sharing their prescriptions.
HIGHER PREMIUMS: A Pennsylvania retiree decided to delay Medicare enrollment for four years because she couldn't afford it at the time. Reuters explains why doing that can be "a costly lifetime mistake."
FATAL FIRE: A fire at an Allegheny County reptile rescue on Monday claimed the lives of 70 animals, including an alligator named Neo that was rescued from the Kiski River Feb. 9 after several months in the wild.
BRIDGE CAMS: License plate cameras are coming to four bridges connecting southeast Pennsylvania to New Jersey. The goal is to track cars connected to crimes, but privacy concerns have followed their use.
GREEN CAMPUS: Delaware County's Swarthmore College is ditching gas-powered heating and cooling for a system that pulls heat from campus buildings in the summer and pumps it back in during winter. |
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ENERGY EXPORTS: President Joe Biden's climate-focused pause on new exports of U.S. natural gas has some Pennsylvania allies — including Democratic U.S. Sens. Bob Casey and John Fetterman — 
BANNED VOTERS: State Sen. Cris Dush (R., Jefferson) wants to 
FILM CREDITS: Gov. Shapiro's administration is providing a