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Minimum Wage Rally

Minimum Wage Rally

A wage rally was held Today at the Webster’s Bookstore Cafe in State College. At the rally activists business owners and leaders called on state legislature to raise the minimum wage in Pennsylvania to $15 dollars an hour. Those in attendance were State Senator Art...

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Legislators take an educational trip on the Delaware

Legislators take an educational trip on the Delaware

There’s probably no better place to learn about water than on the water. With that thought in mind, state legislators, Delaware River Basin Commission members and others took to the river in the tall ship Kalmar Nyckel September 10 on an educational excursion aimed at...

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Opinion: Biden infrastructure plan lead pipe remediation

Opinion: Biden infrastructure plan lead pipe remediation

Every family in Pennsylvania deserves access to clean, safe drinking water. Unfortunately, in many parts of our commonwealth, particularly in communities in Southeastern Pennsylvania with older infrastructure, we are still struggling to fulfill that promise.

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Free haircuts to start the school year

Free haircuts to start the school year

Barber teachers from the Germantown-based Pennsylvania Barber School provided free haircuts to prepare students for the new school year at the Unity in the Northwest Community Celebration on Saturday, August 28. State Representative Stephen Kinsey and State Senator...

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Masks in School Legislation Introduced in Harrisburg

Masks in School Legislation Introduced in Harrisburg

HARRISBURG, PA — State Senators Nikil Saval (D-Philadelphia) and Judy Schwank (D-Berks County) announced they will soon introduce legislation to support Governor Tom Wolf’s call for mask mandates in the state. Senator Schwank’s forthcoming bill would require general...

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