Free rides take $104M toll on Pennsylvania Turnpike finances
CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — More than $104 million in Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls went uncollected last year as the agency fully converted to all-electronic tolling, with the millions of motorists who don't use E-ZPass having a nearly 1 in 2 chance of riding without paying under the “toll-by-plate” license plate camera …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Free rides take $104M toll on Pennsylvania Turnpike finances
CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — More than $104 million in Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls went uncollected last year as the agency fully converted to all-electronic tolling, with the millions of motorists who don't use E-ZPass having a nearly 1 in 2 chance of riding without paying under the “toll-by-plate” license plate camera …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Philly health official forced to resign over MOVE cremations
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia's top health official was compelled to resign Thursday after the city's mayor learned partial human remains from the 1985 bombing of the headquarters of a Black organization had been cremated and disposed of without notifying family members.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Pennsylvania voters to decide racial equity amendment
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Protests over George Floyd's killing at the hands of Minneapolis police were raging across the country last June when a Democratic lawmaker took to the floor of the Pennsylvania Senate to argue for greater protections against racial discrimination.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Philly health official forced to resign over MOVE cremations
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia's top health official was compelled to resign Thursday after the city's mayor learned partial human remains from the 1985 bombing of the headquarters of a Black organization had been cremated and disposed of without notifying family members.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Pennsylvania voters to decide racial equity amendment
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Protests over George Floyd's killing at the hands of Minneapolis police were raging across the country last June when a Democratic lawmaker took to the floor of the Pennsylvania Senate to argue for greater protections against racial discrimination.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Pennsylvania voters to decide racial equity amendment
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Protests over George Floyd's killing at the hands of Minneapolis police were raging across the country last June when a Democratic lawmaker took to the floor of the Pennsylvania Senate to argue for greater protections against racial discrimination.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Philly health official forced to resign over MOVE cremations
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia's top health official was compelled to resign Thursday after the city's mayor learned partial human remains from the 1985 bombing of the headquarters of a Black organization had been cremated and disposed of without notifying family members.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Philly health official forced to resign over MOVE cremations
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia's top health official was compelled to resign Thursday after the city's mayor learned partial human remains from the 1985 bombing of the headquarters of a Black organization had been cremated and disposed of without notifying family members.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Philly lawyer Sprague, active in civic affairs, dies at 95
Richard A. Sprague, a prominent Philadelphia lawyer who prosecuted murderers, won high-stakes civil lawsuits and was deeply influential in state and city political and civic affairs, died Saturday evening, his family announced.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Philly lawyer Sprague, active in civic affairs, dies at 95
Richard A. Sprague, a prominent Philadelphia lawyer who prosecuted murderers, won high-stakes civil lawsuits and was deeply influential in state and city political and civic affairs, died Saturday evening, his family announced.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Vaccine passports are latest flash point in COVID politics
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Vaccine passports being developed to verify COVID-19 immunization status and allow inoculated people to more freely travel, shop and dine have become the latest flash point in America’s perpetual political wars, with Republicans portraying them as a heavy-handed intrusion into personal freedom and private health choices.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Philly lawyer Sprague, active in civic affairs, dies at 95
Richard A. Sprague, a prominent Philadelphia lawyer who prosecuted murderers, won high-stakes civil lawsuits and was deeply influential in state and city political and civic affairs, died Saturday evening, his family announced.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Vaccine passports are latest flash point in COVID politics
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Vaccine passports being developed to verify COVID-19 immunization status and allow inoculated people to more freely travel, shop and dine have become the latest flash point in America’s perpetual political wars, with Republicans portraying them as a heavy-handed intrusion into personal freedom and private health choices.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Vaccine passports are latest flash point in COVID politics
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Vaccine passports being developed to verify COVID-19 immunization status and allow inoculated people to more freely travel, shop and dine have become the latest flash point in America’s perpetual political wars, with Republicans portraying them as a heavy-handed intrusion into personal freedom and private health choices.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Vaccine passports are latest flash point in COVID politics
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Vaccine passports being developed to verify COVID-19 immunization status and allow inoculated people to more freely travel, shop and dine have become the latest flash point in America’s perpetual political wars, with Republicans portraying them as a heavy-handed intrusion into personal freedom and private health choices.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Vaccine passport efforts draw opposition from GOP lawmakers
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Vaccine passports being developed to verify COVID-19 immunization status and allow inoculated people to more freely travel, shop and dine have become the latest flash point in America’s perpetual political wars, with Republicans portraying them as a heavy-handed intrusion into personal freedom and private health choices.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
In French woods, rivals take aim at senator's WWI research
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The World War I exploits of Sgt. Alvin C. York netted Gary Cooper a best actor Academy Award and Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano a degree, a book deal — and academic backlash.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
In French woods, rivals take aim at senator's WWI research
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The World War I exploits of Sgt. Alvin C. York netted Gary Cooper a best actor Academy Award and Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano a degree, a book deal — and academic backlash.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
In French woods, rivals take aim at senator's WWI research
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The World War I exploits of Sgt. Alvin C. York netted Gary Cooper a best actor Academy Award and Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano a degree, a book deal — and academic backlash.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
In French woods, rivals take aim at senator's WWI research
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The World War I exploits of Sgt. Alvin C. York netted Gary Cooper a best actor Academy Award and Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano a degree, a book deal — and academic backlash.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Woman accused of helping steal Pelosi laptop freed from jail
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman facing charges that she helped steal a laptop from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the attack on the U.S. Capitol will be released from jail, a federal judge decided Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Woman accused of helping steal Pelosi laptop freed from jail
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman facing charges that she helped steal a laptop from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the attack on the U.S. Capitol will be released from jail, a federal judge decided Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Pennsylvania Capitol closing; more security being added
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday ordered the Pennsylvania Capitol closed for two days next week around the swearing-in of three statewide officials and the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Barriers, police added for Pennsylvania Capitol security
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The agency that protects the Pennsylvania Capitol building said Thursday officials are not aware of specific threats to the facility but are bolstering security measures.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Prosecutors ask judge to order Graham Spanier report to jail
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania prosecutors want a judge to order former Penn State president Graham Spanier to begin serving a county jail sentence for endangering children by the way he responded to a complaint that Jerry Sandusky had attacked a boy on campus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
GOP proposal to elect judges by zone advances by single vote
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A legislative panel on Wednesday narrowly approved a proposal to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to elect state appeals court judges by zone, a movement largely motivated by Republicans' anger over recent rulings from the Democratic-majority state Supreme Court.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
House panel to vote GOP-backed plan to elect judges by zone
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Proposed changes to the Pennsylvania Constitution to temporarily permit lawsuits over child sexual abuse that occurred many years ago and to elect state appeals court judges by zone rather than statewide will be taken up Wednesday by a state House committee.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Democrat gets Pennsylvania Senate seat after GOP court loss
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans who control Pennsylvania’s state Senate said they will stop blocking a Democrat from taking his seat in the chamber after his unsuccessful GOP challenger lost another bid in court Tuesday to overturn the results of the close race.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Republican loses bid to undo Pennsylvania Senate election
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican candidate for a western Pennsylvania state Senate seat lost her latest legal challenge Tuesday after asking a federal judge to effectively overturn a close race she lost to the Democratic incumbent.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Police move to increase security at Pennsylvania Capitol
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Police who guard the Pennsylvania Capitol are working to be more visible and have been coordinating plans with other agencies to secure the building since a violent mob stormed and occupied the U.S. Capitol last week, a Department of General Services spokesperson said Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Pennsylvania lawmaker joins familiar incumbent — her son
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An incumbent Pennsylvania state representative was joined by a familiar face when lawmakers took the oath of office Tuesday — his own mother.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Pennsylvania lawmaker joins familiar incumbent — her son
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An incumbent Pennsylvania state representative was joined by a familiar face when lawmakers took the oath of office Tuesday — his own mother.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
GOP state senator at Capitol during attack urged to resign
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican state senator who was on the scene when a violent mob of fellow Donald Trump supporters commandeered the U.S. Capitol should resign, the top Democrat in the Pennsylvania Senate said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
GOP state senator at Capitol during attack urged to resign
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican state senator who was on the scene when a violent mob of fellow Donald Trump supporters commandeered the U.S. Capitol should resign, the top Democrat in the Pennsylvania Senate said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Split court tosses Pennsylvania victims' rights amendment
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A victims’ rights constitutional amendment that Pennsylvania voters apparently passed by a wide margin was thrown out Thursday by a divided state court that ruled it bundled too many changes together.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Pennsylvania lawmaker joins familiar incumbent — her son
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An incumbent Pennsylvania state representative was joined by a familiar face when lawmakers took the oath of office Tuesday — his own mother.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Pennsylvania lawmaker joins familiar incumbent — her son
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An incumbent Pennsylvania state representative was joined by a familiar face when lawmakers took the oath of office Tuesday — his own mother.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Fight over close race mars first day for Pennsylvania Senate
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A bitter dispute erupted on the floor of the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday when majority Republicans blocked a Democratic incumbent from being sworn in because his GOP challenger has disputed the razor-thin election results.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Fight over close race mars first day for Pennsylvania Senate
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A bitter dispute erupted on the floor of the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday when majority Republicans blocked a Democratic incumbent from being sworn in because his GOP challenger has disputed the razor-thin election results.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Fight over Senate election mars start of legislative session
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A bitter dispute broke out on the floor of the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday when majority Republicans blocked a Democratic incumbent from being sworn in because his GOP challenger has disputed the razor-thin election results.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Pennsylvania legislators to kick off session by taking oath
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Tuesday to be sworn in for the two-year legislative term, facing a still-raging pandemic and a dispute over seating as senator, with Republicans holding large majorities in both chambers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Dick Thornburgh, ex-governor and US attorney general, dies
Dick Thornburgh, who as Pennsylvania governor won plaudits for his cool handling of the 1979 Three Mile Island crisis and as U.S. attorney general restored credibility to a Justice Department hurt by the Iran-Contra scandal, has died. He was 88.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Dick Thornburgh, ex-governor and US attorney general, dies
Dick Thornburgh, who as Pennsylvania governor won plaudits for his cool handling of the 1979 Three Mile Island crisis and as U.S. attorney general restored credibility to a Justice Department hurt by the Iran-Contra scandal, has died. He was 88.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Dick Thornburgh, ex-governor and US attorney general, dies
Dick Thornburgh, who as Pennsylvania governor won plaudits for his cool handling of the 1979 Three Mile Island crisis and as U.S. attorney general restored credibility to a Justice Department hurt by the Iran-Contra scandal, has died. He was 88.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Wolf to let some COVID-19 lockdown measures expire on Monday
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Additional restrictions that were imposed in Pennsylvania almost three weeks ago to combat the COVID-19 pandemic will expire as expected early next week, Gov. Tom Wolf said Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Wolf to let some COVID-19 lockdown measures expire on Monday
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Additional restrictions that were imposed in Pennsylvania almost three weeks ago to combat the COVID-19 pandemic will expire as expected early next week, Gov. Tom Wolf said Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Wolf seeks $145M fund shift to help businesses with pandemic
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday proposed spending $145 million in reserves from a worker's compensation fund to help the hardest-hit businesses cope with the raging coronavirus pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
White House invites GOP lawmakers in Pennsylvania to lunch
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican state senators in Pennsylvania were invited to a White House lunch Wednesday as President Donald Trump persists in talk of overturning his loss in the U.S. Supreme Court and baselessly maintains that Democrats stole the battleground state from him.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
White House invites GOP lawmakers in Pennsylvania to lunch
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican state senators in Pennsylvania were invited to a White House lunch Wednesday as President Donald Trump persists in talk of overturning his loss in the U.S. Supreme Court and baselessly maintains that Democrats stole the battleground state from him.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Wolf seeks $145M fund shift to help businesses with pandemic
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday proposed spending $145 million in reserves from a worker's compensation fund to help the hardest-hit businesses cope with the raging coronavirus pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Court alters police rules for warrantless vehicle searches
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Police must have probable cause as well as “exigent circumstances” in order to legally search a vehicle without a warrant, a divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
High court opening tops Pennsylvania's 2021 judicial races
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Statewide judicial races will be among Pennsylvania's most closely watched election contests in the coming year, with lawyers and judges around the state already lining up supporters and trying to figure out if they can raise enough money to win.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
High court opening tops Pennsylvania's 2021 judicial races
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Statewide judicial races will be among Pennsylvania's most closely watched election contests in the coming year, with lawyers and judges around the state already lining up supporters and trying to figure out if they can raise enough money to win.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Pennsylvania spent $35M on plastic face shields in early '20
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Nearly a third of the $110 million that Pennsylvania spent on personal protective equipment and ventilators in the early months of the pandemic went toward face shields, a relatively niche item for which there wasn’t as much demand as for other kinds, according to an Associated …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Pennsylvania spent $35M on plastic face shields in early '20
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Nearly a third of the $110 million that Pennsylvania spent on personal protective equipment and ventilators in the early months of the pandemic went toward face shields, a relatively niche item for which there wasn’t as much demand as for other kinds, according to an Associated …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Pennsylvania casts 20 electoral votes for Joe Biden
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania on Monday cast its 20 electoral votes for Democrat Joe Biden, the native son whose win in the state last month cemented his victory over President Donald Trump.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Biden electors to convene for vote in Pennsylvania's capital
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's 20 members of the Electoral College will convene in a Harrisburg auditorium on Monday to vote for Democrat Joe Biden, whose win in the state last month helped propel him to victory in the 2020 presidential contest.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
States will start getting COVID-19 vaccine Monday, US says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's first COVID-19 vaccine will begin arriving in states Monday morning, U.S. officials said Saturday, after the government gave the final go-ahead to the shots needed to end an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
States will start getting COVID-19 vaccine Monday, US says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's first COVID-19 vaccine will begin arriving in states Monday morning, U.S. officials said Saturday, after the government gave the final go-ahead to the shots needed to end an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Trucks with first COVID-19 vaccine in US get ready to roll
The first trucks carrying a COVID-19 vaccine for widespread use in the United States were set to pull out of a Michigan manufacturing plant Sunday, with the shots that are critical to stopping the nation's coronavirus outbreak destined to reach states a day later.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Trucks with first COVID-19 vaccine in US get ready to roll
The first trucks carrying a COVID-19 vaccine for widespread use in the United States were set to pull out of a Michigan manufacturing plant Sunday, with the shots that are critical to stopping the nation's coronavirus outbreak destined to reach states a day later.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
States will start getting COVID-19 vaccine Monday, US says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's first COVID-19 vaccine will begin arriving in states Monday morning, U.S. officials said Saturday, after the government gave the final go-ahead to the shots needed to end an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Pennsylvania halts school sports, bans indoor dining
Pennsylvania moved Thursday to temporarily halt school sports and other extracurricular activities, close gyms, theaters and casinos, and ban indoor dining at restaurants as state officials respond to the worsening pandemic with a series of new restrictions.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Some Dems want maskless House GOP lawmakers sworn in last
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A group of Democrats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives wants their adamantly maskless Republican colleagues to be sworn in next month after everyone else, to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Pennsylvania governor says he's tested positive for COVID-19
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said Wednesday he has contracted COVID-19 and is isolating at home, revealing the diagnosis after several members of his security detail recently tested positive for the coronavirus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
After White House test, Pa. senator calls COVID-19 case mild
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican state lawmaker from Pennsylvania revealed Monday that he has COVID-19, confirming the positive test five days after he went to the White House to meet with President Donald Trump and went maskless at a packed public meeting to discuss efforts to overturn President-elect Joe …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Ex-Penn St. president's Sandusky-related conviction restored
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated former Penn State President Graham Spanier's conviction for child endangerment over his handling of a report that former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky had sexually abused a boy in a team shower.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Source: Pa. lawmaker gets a positive test at Trump meeting
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania state senator abruptly left a West Wing meeting with President Donald Trump after being informed he had tested positive for the coronavirus, a person with direct knowledge of the meeting told The Associated Press on Sunday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Trump refuses to accept Biden's win as transition proceeds
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday baselessly claimed anew that he had won the election and uttered repeated falsehoods when he called into an event held by Pennsylvania Republicans to investigate unproven allegations of voter fraud.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Biden certified as winner of Pennsylvania presidential vote
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden was certified Tuesday as winner of the presidential election in Pennsylvania, culminating three weeks of vote counting and a string of failed legal challenges by President Donald Trump.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Pennsylvania certifies Biden as winner of presidential vote
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden has been certified as the winner of the presidential election in Pennsylvania, culminating three weeks of vote counting and a string of failed legal challenges by President Donald Trump, state officials said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
County by county, Pennsylvania officials report vote results
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — County election boards across Pennsylvania faced a deadline Monday to certify election results to the Department of State, an important milestone in the tabulation of votes for the presidential contest and other races.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Judge throws out Trump bid to stop PA vote certification
Pennsylvania officials can certify election results that currently show Democrat Joe Biden winning the state by more than 80,000 votes, a federal judge ruled Saturday, dealing President Donald Trump’s campaign another blow in its effort to invalidate the election.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
GOP wins court order on mail ballots in state Senate contest
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — More than 2,000 undated mail-in ballots cannot be counted in a western Pennsylvania state Senate race, an appeals court ruled Thursday, saying handwritten dates “provide a measure of security.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Undated envelopes could decide tight state Senate election
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A neck-and-neck western Pennsylvania state Senate race may hinge on whether the Republican challenger can convince appeals courts that ballots in signed, mail-in envelopes should not count if voters did not also put dates on those envelopes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
State House Republicans vote for election procedures study
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans in the state House on Wednesday pushed forward on party lines a proposal for a review of election procedures in Pennsylvania, although its author insisted he accepts voting results and is not trying to overturn them.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
A rusty Giuliani returns to the courtroom on Trump's behalf
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Rudy Giuliani, representing a client inside a courtroom for the first time in nearly three decades, showed some rust as he tried to make the case that President Donald Trump has been robbed of reelection.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
A rusty Giuliani returns to the courtroom on Trump's behalf
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Representing a client inside a courtroom for the first time in nearly three decades, Rudy Giuliani showed some rust as he tried to make the case that President Donald Trump has been robbed of re-election.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
In court, Giuliani argues to block Biden win in Pennsylvania
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, returned to federal court Tuesday after a long hiatus to accuse Democrats in control of big cities of hatching a nationwide conspiracy to steal the election, even though no such evidence has emerged in the two weeks since Election …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Trump campaign lawsuit in Pennsylvania vote heads to court
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — A hearing on the Trump campaign's federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Pennsylvania officials from certifying the vote results remains on track for Tuesday after a judge quickly denied the campaign's new lawyer's request for a delay.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Trump campaign lawsuit over Pennsylvania vote heads to court
A hearing on the Trump campaign's federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Pennsylvania officials from certifying the vote results remains on track for Tuesday after a judge quickly denied the campaign's new lawyer's request for a delay.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Trump campaign lawsuit over Pennsylvania vote heads to court
A hearing on the Trump campaign's federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Pennsylvania officials from certifying the vote results remains on track for Tuesday after a judge quickly denied the campaign's new lawyer's request for a delay.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Republicans face court setbacks, Trump law firm steps down
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Republicans suffered setbacks to court challenges over the presidential election in three battleground states on Friday while a law firm that came under fire for its work for President Donald Trump’s campaign withdrew from a major Pennsylvania case.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
US appeals court rejects effort to block late ballots in PA
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal appeals court in Philadelphia on Friday rejected an effort led by a Republican congressional candidate to block about 9,300 ballots that arrived after Election Day.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Federal court rejects effort to block late-arriving ballots
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal appeals court in Philadelphia on Friday rejected an effort led by a Republican congressional candidate to block about 9,300 ballots that arrived after Election Day.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Tally may bring challenges under Pennsylvania recount rules
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania counties ground through ballot counting Tuesday, a week after voting concluded in a high-turnout battleground election that tested a new vote-by-mail law, as President Donald Trump sought to reverse a winning margin for former Vice President Joe Biden.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Trump campaign sues to block Pennsylvania election result
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign launched a lawsuit to stop the certification of the election results in Pennsylvania, suing Monday as counties continued to sort through provisional ballots and mail-in ballots nearly a week after the election in the battleground state.
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Lawsuits' threat looms as Pennsylvania vote count grinds on
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign launched a lawsuit to stop the certification of the election results in Pennsylvania, suing Monday as counties continued to sort through provisional ballots and late-arriving mail-in ballots nearly a week after the election.
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Pennsylvania vote counters' toil to extend into next week
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden's
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Biden edges into lead as Pennsylvania count nears finish
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania vote counters edged closer to wrapping up their tallies Friday, with mail-in votes giving Democrat Joe Biden a narrow lead in the fight for the state's cache of 20 electoral votes.
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Elections chief: Pennsylvania making good headway in count
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania had hundreds of thousands of ballots left to count Thursday, a number that state officials expected to dwindle rapidly as Democrat Joe Biden and Republican President Donald Trump fought to the end for the White House.
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Pennsylvania anticipates quick progress on vote counting
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania had hundreds of thousands of ballots left to count Thursday, but the state’s elections chief signaled the number was expected to dwindle rapidly as Democrat Joe Biden and President Donald Trump fought to the end for the White House.
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US Rep. Lamb declares victory in uncalled Pennsylvania race
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Hundreds of Pennsylvania political candidates and their supporters followed vote counting closely Wednesday, watching
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Not just president: Many Pennsylvania races await winners
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Hundreds of Pennsylvania political candidates and their supporters followed vote counting closely Wednesday, watching
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Voters in pivotal Pennsylvania keep nation on edge of seat
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Legal challenges and a mountain of uncounted ballots promised a long watch Wednesday to find out who the people of Pennsylvania chose as president, even as a host of other major races in the state — including for several congressional seats, statewide officers and the Legislature …
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Voters in pivotal Pennsylvania keep nation on edge of seat
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Legal challenges and a mountain of uncounted ballots promised a long watch Wednesday to find out who the people of Pennsylvania chose as president, even as a host of other major races in the state — including for several congressional seats, statewide officers and the legislature …
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Many voters, few glitches, some suits as Pennsylvania votes
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) —
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Lots of voters, few big glitches as Pennsylvanians hit polls
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Voters thronged to polling places around Pennsylvania on Tuesday, adding their choices to the millions of mail-in ballots already cast, and both government officials and fair-election monitors said serious problems were few.
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Missing ballots puzzle western Pennsylvania county officials
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The state’s top elections official said Thursday she wants federal postal authorities to help figure out why some ballots that were mailed out by a western Pennsylvania county have not been delivered to voters.
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Pennsylvania county will evaluate discarded military ballots
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Nine military ballots that authorities said were mistakenly discarded by a contracted elections worker in a northeastern Pennsylvania county have been linked to specific voters and can be considered for counting in the Nov. 3 presidential election.
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Democrats hope to ride spending wave to state House majority
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — National political winds, strong fundraising and heavy spending by outside groups are fueling Pennsylvania Democrats' hopes that they can pick up the nine seats they need to retake control of the state House of Representatives after a decade in the minority.
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Democrats hope to ride spending wave to state House majority
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — National political winds, strong fundraising and heavy spending by outside groups are fueling Pennsylvania Democrats' hopes that they can pick up the nine seats they need to retake control of the state House of Representatives after a decade in the minority.
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House fails to override Wolf's restaurant capacity veto
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The state House narrowly failed Tuesday to override last week's veto by Pennsylvania's governor of a bill that would have let restaurants reopen at full capacity in some circumstances.
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House fails to override Wolf's restaurant capacity veto
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The state House narrowly failed Tuesday to override last week's veto by Pennsylvania's governor of a bill that would have let restaurants reopen at full capacity in some circumstances.
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Justices review priest abuse lawsuit's ruling on time limits
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's highest court on Tuesday grappled with whether a woman's lawsuit on claims of sexual abuse by a priest decades ago should be allowed to proceed — a lower-court ruling that has launched many
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Wolf vetoes bill to let restaurants operate at full capacity
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed a Republican-sponsored bill Friday that would have let restaurants and bars reopen at up to full capacity, saying it would have jeopardized public health and safety.
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Wolf vetoes bill to let restaurants operate at full capacity
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed a Republican-sponsored bill Friday that would have let restaurants and bars reopen at up to full capacity, saying it would have jeopardized public health and safety.
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Deadline looms to defuse Pennsylvania's budget time bomb
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Months after passing a partial budget that avoided some hard decisions, Pennsylvania's Legislature and governor face a deadline at the end of November to finish the job and plug a multibillion-dollar deficit.
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Prosecutor says police justified in fatal Lancaster shooting
A police officer acted appropriately last month in shooting to death a Lancaster man who was wielding a knife at the officer and chasing him after his sister called 911 for help, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
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Pennsylvanians to pick 3 statewide row office holders Nov. 3
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Voters next month will decide who should be Pennsylvania's highest-ranking law enforcement official and oversee an agency with about 250 lawyers and a budget approaching $190 million.
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Pennsylvanians to pick 3 statewide row office holders Nov. 3
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Voters next month will decide who should be Pennsylvania's highest-ranking law enforcement official and oversee an agency with about 250 lawyers and a budget approaching $190 million.
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Trump declares disaster as Wolf shuts schools indefinitely
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The president declared a major disaster in Pennsylvania on Monday night, capping off a day that saw nearly 700 new cases as Gov. Tom Wolf extended the closing of schools and nonessential businesses indefinitely.
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Jobless claims swamp Pennsylvania amid rise in virus cases
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Pennsylvania rose by 50% to more than 1,600 cases, while record numbers of state residents filed for unemployment compensation, Gov. Tom Wolf's administration said Thursday.
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Governor extending stay-at-home order to two more counties
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf's administration reported more coronavirus-related deaths in Pennsylvania on Wednesday and ordered residents of Lehigh and Northampton counties to stay home, with few exceptions, as more of the state is put under the directive in an effort to slow the virus' spread.
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Pennsylvania lawmakers vote to delay primary election
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania lawmakers voted Wednesday to delay the state's primary election by five weeks to June 2, potentially past the spike of the state's spreading coronavirus cases.
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Wolf reopens gun shops, orders more residents to stay home
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Even as he ordered residents of another county to stay at home, Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday quietly allowed gun shops to reopen on a limited basis during the coronavirus pandemic after several justices of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court urged him to do so.
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Wolf retrenches sweeping order, amid complaints, lawsuits
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Under fire from business groups and Republican lawmakers and facing lawsuits over a broad shutdown order designed to slow the spreading of the coronavirus, Gov. Tom Wolf's administration defended its actions as critical to preventing hospitals from being overwhelmed, but it also made a series of …
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Governor orders 1000s of businesses to shut down over virus
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf issued a sweeping shutdown order to tens of thousands of “non-life-sustaining” businesses Thursday, decreeing they must close their physical locations by 8 p.m. to slow the spread of the coronavirus or face enforcement by state police and other government agencies.
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Governor orders Pennsylvania schools closed for 2 weeks
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — All schools in Pennsylvania will be closed for two weeks, Gov. Tom Wolf announced Friday as the state takes sweeping measures aimed at slowing the spread of the new coronavirus.
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Governor closes schools in Philly suburb hit by virus
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday ordered schools and other facilities closed in Montgomery County, a Philadelphia suburb of more than 800,000 people hard-hit by the COVID-19 outbreak, as he discouraged large gatherings of people statewide and canceled prison visits.
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Proud of their Southern heritage?
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Sandusky gets at least 30 years
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Sandusky found guilty on 45 of 48 counts
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Official: Paterno didn't do enough to stop abuse
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Foreign students protest Hershey working conditions
HERSHEY, Pa. - Foreign students working at a candy warehouse protested conditions and pay for a second day Thursday, chanting on Chocolate Avenue under streetlights shaped like Hershey's Kisses, arguing that they were employed under the guise of a cultural exchange but toil away in what amounts to a sweets …
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