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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 5h

Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the only Democrat to vote against advancing the measure.

From @statesnewsroom.com

US Senate rejects restriction of military strikes on vessels in the Caribbean • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

The U.S. Senate failed to advance Wednesday night a resolution designed to curb the president’s power regarding military actions abroad after the Trump administration ordered four strikes on boats in ...

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 6h

100 days in and Pennsylvania is still the only state in the country without some form of spending plan in place for 2025-2026 fiscal year.

From @petehallpa.bsky.social, @iankarbal.bsky.social, and @ejprev.bsky.social

House Democrats send new budget proposal to Senate on 100th day of impasse in Pennsylvania • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Pennsylvania is the only state in the country without some form of spending plan in place for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 7h

In a letter written to the state’s congressional delegation, Executive Director Kevin F. O’Toole says he’s concerned about the growing presence of sports prediction markets and the “significant threat” it poses on the state’s regulatory framework for gaming.

From @johnlcole.bsky.social

Head of Pa. Gaming Control Board warns against impacts of sports prediction markets • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Kevin F. O’Toole argues sports prediction markets are a significant threat to the state’s framework for gaming.

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 10h

Last month, Treasurer Stacy Garrity offered a stopgap solution in the form of low-interest loans to county governments and head start programs. It has since been expanded.

Now, the Senate passed a bill to allow her department to forgive the interest on those loans.

From @iankarbal.bsky.social

Pa. Senate passes bill allowing the Treasury Dept. to waive interest on budget impasse loans • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Two Democrats, Sens. Lisa Boscola (D-Northampton) and Marty Flynn (D-Lackawanna), joined every Republican in supporting the measure.

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 11h

Air traffic controllers are essential to the functioning of the nation’s air transportation system and must continue to work during a shutdown, though they are not paid while it is ongoing.

From @statesnewsroom.com

Air traffic control staffing steady, but stress during shutdown worries DOT • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

The Federal Aviation Administration reported no travel delays due to staffing levels at U.S. air traffic control facilities Wednesday, following a day of some delays related to above-average absences ...

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 12h

Pennsylvania Democratic U.S. Sen. John Fetterman again voted with Republicans to advance their multi-week funding bill.

From @statesnewsroom.com

Shutdown day eight: Congress standoff unchanged as first missed federal payday nears • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Congress has just one week to break the stalemate and fund the government before active duty military members miss their first paycheck of the shutdown.

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 17h

Policing experts say such events — which are often organized on social media and can draw hundreds of people to block intersections, highways or parking lots for stunt driving — have become increasingly dangerous and difficult to contain.

From @stateline.org

Illegal street takeovers — with stunts and noise — are growing as states try to crack down • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Illegal street takeovers, where drivers block roads to perform stunts, have become an increasing concern in cities across the country.

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 17h

A judge barred the landfill from sending its “leachate” wastewater to treatment plants in the region.

Now the company proposes to treat it on-site and then release it into the Monongahela River.

From @insideclimatenews.org and @reidfrazier.bsky.social

Along the banks of the Monongahela River, fracking waste in a landfill poses a pollution problem • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

What was happening was that microorganisms in the plant’s treatment tanks, which the authority uses to break down sewage, were dying. The treatment plant determined they were getting killed off by was...

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 1d

Standing at Independence Mall, the three members who represent Philadelphia in the U.S. House stood with federal workers and called on President Donald Trump and Republicans to come to the table to negotiate a spending plan to end the government shutdown.

from @johnlcole.bsky.social

Philly’s congressional delegation, union workers, call on Trump, GOP to end the government shutdown • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Union leaders are unhappy with Democratic U.S. Sen. John Fetterman’s support of GOP spending plans to reopen the government.

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 1d

A Montgomery County lawyer who’s made a career out of suing telemarketers has been dealt a loss in a case seeking damages from Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Matt Bradford over pre-recorded calls to his constituents.

From @petehallpa.bsky.social

Federal appeals court nixes lawsuit over state House Democratic leader's robocalls • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

“Such communications related to the health, safety and general welfare of the people clearly serve the ‘public good,'" the judges said.

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 1d

With hotter temperatures come more heat-related workplace injuries — about 28,000 injuries each year, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Environmental Health.

From @stateline.org

Hotter temperatures mean more workplace injuries, study finds • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

With hotter temperatures come more heat-related workplace injuries — about 28,000 injuries each year, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Environmental Health.

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 1d

The state House Insurance Committee passed a measure Monday to protect vaccine access, regardless of the actions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which has recently hired a number of vaccine skeptics to lead its immunization recommendation panel.

From @iankarbal.bsky.social

Pa. House committee vote is the latest move to protect vaccine access amid CDC shakeups • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

The state House Insurance Committee passed a measure Monday to protect vaccine access, regardless of the actions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which has recently hired a number ...

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 1d

A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday in Illinois over Chicago’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to the state before deciding whether to block the move, the judge wrote in an order.

From @statesnewsroom.com

Trump deployment of troops to Democratic states targets Illinois • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday in Illinois over Chicago’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to the state before deciding whether to block t...

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 1d

The Pennsylvania prison population increased 2.5% from 2022 to 2023, going from 37,910 prisoners to 38,860.

From @stateline.org

US prison population rises for second straight year • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

The nation’s prison population grew for the second consecutive year in 2023, reversing more than a decade of steady decline.

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 1d

The federal government is raising the required oxygen level in an urban stretch of the Delaware River near Philadelphia to improve conditions for fish and humans, but the move faces pushback from wastewater utilities.

From @insideclimatenews.org

Amid rollbacks on protections, the EPA goes the other way on Delaware River water quality • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

The federal government is raising the required oxygen level in an urban stretch of the Delaware River near Philadelphia to improve conditions for fish and humans, but the move faces pushback from wast...

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 2d

State lawmakers are considering changing the legal definitions of child abuse and neglect to avoid prosecuting people who allow children in their care to engage in certain activities independently.

From @ejprev.bsky.social

Bill targets child protective services overreach in Pennsylvania • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Pa. lawmakers are considering changing state statute to avoid prosecuting people who let kids engage in certain actives independently.

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 2d

The sprawling structures, some larger than 1 million square feet, could play a role in answering the commonwealth’s demand for renewable energy over the next decade.

From @petehallpa.bsky.social

Warehouse roofs could help Pennsylvania meet renewable energy goals, House panel hears • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

“Commercial rooftop solar is a great example of environmentally beneficial land use,” said Victoria Moroney of ForeFront Power.

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 2d

In Oregon, federal District Judge Karin Immergut broadened her order Sunday night barring the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard troops to Portland.

The edict came after Trump and Hegseth defied a temporary restraining order.

From @statesnewsroom.com

Trump troop deployment to Oregon, Illinois intensifies confrontation with Democratic-led states • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

The White House slammed a President Donald Trump-appointed federal judge Monday for blocking the deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon, as hostilities escalate between the administration and D...

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 2d

Last month, Kilmar Abrego Garcia was transferred from a facility in Virginia to the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, Centre County 189 miles away.

From @statesnewsroom.com

Trump administration wants to remove wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, now held in Pa., to Eswatini • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to produce evidence within 48 hours on its efforts to again deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, this time to the southern African country of Eswatin...

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Tim Lambert @timlambert-pa.bsky.social · 2d

With the changes at CBS News making headlines, I figured I'd pop in with a reminder that you can support a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom in Pennsylvania.

The @penncapital-star.com doesn't rely on ratings, paywalls, cable carriage fees or ads -- just donors like you.

Donate • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 2d

Pennsylvania officials say they have few options to prop up federally-funded food assistance programs that are expected to run out of money quickly if the federal government shutdown drags deeper into October.

From @ejprev.bsky.social and @iankarbal.bsky.social

Pennsylvania officials have few options as WIC funding runs low amid federal government shutdown • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

States can use their own money for WIC and get reimbursed after the shutdown. But Pennsylvania's state budget impasse complicates matters.

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 2d

Traditional tribal healing practices are diverse and vary widely, unique from tribe to tribe. Many include talking circles, sweat lodge ceremonies with special rituals, plant medicine and herb smudging, along with sacred ceremonies known only to the tribe.

From @stateline.org

Tribal traditional healing gets Medicaid reimbursement in 4 states • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

For the first time, traditional tribal healing practices can be reimbursed by Medicaid at tribal health facilities in four states: Arizona, California, New Mexico and Oregon.

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 2d

As state-level Republicans increasingly embrace mail voting, it appears voters are starting to as well.

For this November’s election, at this point, about 12,000 more Republican voters have requested mail ballots than did for the last municipal election in 2023.

From @votebeat.org

Amid crosstalk from Trump, Pennsylvania Republicans encourage mail voting • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Republicans are sending voters a different message on mail-in voting as they work to unseat three state Supreme Court justices this November, a historically difficult feat that will require turning ou...

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 2d

Pennsylvania’s vote-by-mail law has been the subject of a seemingly endless stream of court cases since casting an absentee ballot without an excuse became an option in 2020.

So what has changed with voting by mail since last November’s presidential election?

From @petehallpa.bsky.social

Court decisions on voting by mail in Pa. keep coming; What do they mean for voters? • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

The state Supreme Court has heard two cases scrutinizing county election officials’ handling of flawed mail-in ballots.

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 2d

Pennsylvania officials say they have few options to prop up federally-funded food assistance programs that are expected to run out of money quickly if the federal government shutdown drags deeper into October.

From @ejprev.bsky.social and @iankarbal.bsky.social

Pennsylvania officials have few options as WIC funding runs low amid federal government shutdown • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

States can use their own money for WIC and get reimbursed after the shutdown. But Pennsylvania's state budget impasse complicates matters.

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