Category: Pennsylvania

Praise and Prick: Pennsylvania Pays Churches to Convince Members to Get Vaccinated

April 6, 2022
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Many who have chosen not to get the COVID-19 shots have cited religious objections. Now Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf’s administration wants church leaders to bring vaccination events into churches. Pennsylvania’s public health leaders want to “harness the power of community trust in statewide faith-based organizations” to convince folks to get a COVID-19 shot. That is…

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Mail-In Ballots Fail to Arrive for Pennsylvania Special Election

April 6, 2022
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Mail-in ballots for hundreds of voters in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania failed to arrive for a special election on Tuesday. Slightly over 300 people did not receive the ballots for the election in the 116th Legislative District, which is being held to elect a successor for Republican state Rep. Tarah Toohil, according to local media reports….

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Federal Judge Orders Pennsylvania to Produce Records for Foreigners Registered to Vote

April 5, 2022
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At the urging of an election integrity group, a federal judge ordered Pennsylvania to hand over records showing the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation had allowed foreign nationals to register to vote for decades. The order came the month after a federal court ruled that Illinois violated the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993, when it refused…

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Former Philadelphia Catholic Priest, 84, Sentenced for Lying to FBI in Sex Abuse Case

April 1, 2022
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A former Catholic priest has been sentenced to five years of probation with two years of home confinement and location monitoring, for lying to investigators about not knowing a former parishioner and victim of sexual abuse. Robert Brennan, 84, of Perryville, Maryland, was a priest in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia from 1993 to 2004. He…

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Pennsylvania Judge Reinstates Five Ousted School Board Members

April 1, 2022
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The Pennsylvania judge who ordered Tuesday to remove five elected school directors from the nine-member West Chester Area School board, reinstated them Friday. But the saga is not over; they could be booted again. The five were removed on a technicality. There was a dispute over how much time the school had to respond to…

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Pennsylvania Judge Reinstates 5 Ousted School Board Members

April 1, 2022
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The Pennsylvania judge who ordered Tuesday to remove five elected school directors from the nine-member West Chester Area School board, reinstated them Friday. But the saga is not over; they could be booted again. The five were removed on a technicality. There was a dispute over how much time the school had to respond to…

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Three Brothers Prepare to Exit Military as Religious Exemptions for COVID Shots Denied

April 1, 2022
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The three Misiura brothers have a family history of military service. Their grandfather was a Navy machinist in the Korean War, their father was in the Air Force, and each of the brothers enlisted with pride to carry on the family legacy and support American liberty. But now they feel their liberty is being curtailed…

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1 Police Officer Killed, 2 Injured During Shooting in Lebanon, Pennsylvania: Mayor

April 1, 2022
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A Pennsylvania police officer was killed and two others were wounded when gunfire broke out as they were responding to a domestic disturbance call in Lebanon on March  31, city Mayor Sherry Capello confirmed. The shooting occurred in Lebanon, about 30 miles east of Harrisburg, where officers responded to reports of a domestic disturbance just after 3:35…

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White House Fires Dr. Oz From Presidential Council Amid US Senate Race

March 31, 2022
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U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz, best known among Americans as the daytime TV host of “The Dr. Oz Show,” announced on Wednesday the Biden administration fired him from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. “One week and three different explanations later, President [Joe] Biden finally informed me today why he fired me…

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Judge Ousts Five School Board Members After Pennsylvania Parent Petition

March 31, 2022
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A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday ordered five elected school directors be immediately kicked off the nine-member West Chester Area School board. On Wednesday the same judge, William P. Mahon in the Chester County Court of Common Pleas, vacated Tuesday’s order and scheduled an argument for Friday. It is all in response to a February petition…

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