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The Pennsylvania House passed four judiciary bills this week. Each would increase penalties on certain offenses.

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The Pennsylvania House passed four judiciary bills this week. Each would increase penalties on certain offenses.

President Joe Biden recently toured a Pfizer plant in Kalamazoo, Mich., where workers are churning out millions of lifesaving vaccines.
Pennsylvania voters are notorious for having an independent streak, backing Barack Obama in 2008, Donald Trump in 2016, and Joe Biden
Pennsylvania drivers already pay one the highest gas taxes in the nation every time they fill up their tank.
"I believe in a Republican Party and a conservatism that is about opportunity for everyone."
A miscreant hocking a loogie at a police officer could find himself behind bars.
Gov. Tom Wolf announced this week a series of COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted or altered starting April 4.
The buzz at the World Health Organization may be “vaccine hesitancy..."
The following is taken from a March 16 speech by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
President Joe Biden kicked off his “Help is Here” tour touting his $1.9 trillion spending plan at a stop in Delaware County with high hopes.
In the United States, more than 98.2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered thus far.
My name is Elmo Golden, and I live in Tampa. But for 17 years, my home was the GEO Group's correctional facility in South Bay, Florida.
Where I live things are beginning to turn green with a hint of spring.
Residents of nearby Cheltenham Township say their experience with the company could be used as a cautionary tale.
Pennsylvania has one of the highest rates of COVID-related nursing home deaths in the nation.
Leo Knepper of the Citizens Alliance of Pennsylvania talks about the Pennsylvania state budget and more.
To mark the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 classroom lockdown, local parents gathered outside Norristown High School.
Earlier this month, Delaware Valley communities sued the state over their right to choose to ban the sale and use of plastic bags.
How does the Delaware Valley, best known for leafy suburbs and white-collar commuters, remain a hub of manufacturing jobs and growth?
Local leaders from Delaware County were joined by a bipartisan group of federal and state officials at a Thursday press conference.