State Sen.-elect Doug Mastriano speaks during a Q&A while running for Congress.
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State Sen.-elect Doug Mastriano speaks during a Q&A while running for Congress.
From The Context, PA Post’s weekday email newsletter:
A Snyder County accountant wants to buy a nearby factory that’s closing — so long as the 900+ people who just lost their jobs there become stockholders, reports John Beauge for PennLive. Details are murky. So, stay tuned. John’s story updates his prior reporting on how the soon-to-be-former owners text messaged workers about losing their benefits, a move that outraged workers already angry over how little notice they got about the shutdown. -Emily Previti, Newsletter Producer/Reporter
Election results, round 2
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State Sen.-elect Doug Mastriano speaks during a Q&A while running for Congress.
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Incoming: three freshman lawmakers, all Republicans, after special elections earlier this week. Doug Mastriano, who ran for Congress in the 13th district last year, won a state Senate seat representing Adams County and parts of Cumberland, Franklin and York counties, reports The Hanover Evening Sun. Joe Pittman will succeed his former boss, retired state Sen. Don White, in the 41st, which includes Armstrong and Indiana, plus some of Butler and Westmoreland, according to this Pennsylvania Capital-Star post. And Butler County voters picked Marci Mustello, whose policy positions are detailed here by The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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Several Harrisburg school board members lost their seats amid an uptick in controversy at the capital city’s long-beleaguered, distressed public school district. This Charlie Thompson story for PennLive includes all the relevant background and voter interviews from Election Day — when the district’s HR director happened to be fired, his colleague Christine Vendel reports.
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Party-backed candidates swept judicial elections throughout the state, according to The Associated Press. The AP also ran a results roundup of key races, most of which were detailed in yesterday’s edition of The Context.
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Philadelphia and Pittsburgh have the most hepatitis A cases, but some other counties appear to have higher rates.
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Philly and Pittsburgh have enough hepatitis A cases to warrant an outbreak declaration by the state Department of Health. Brett Sholtis explains here for WITF.
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A handful of bills targeting charter schools’ application processes and policies on ethics curriculum and real estate are kicking around the statehouse rn. WITF’s Katie Meyer evaluates prospects for passage here.
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You’ve certainly heard the phrase “cap and trade” bandied about. In this video explainer, StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Marie Cusick unpacks the jargon.
