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Inside the Pa. court case pitting a genealogist against Ancestry.com

Pennsylvania hired genealogy company Ancestry.com to digitize a sweeping list of historical documents. Now the company claims it owns those digital copies.
By Angela Couloumbis/Spotlight PA

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Local governments still seeking guidance on open meetings rules amid coronavirus outbreak

"This is uncharted territory because this emergency order...involves social distancing directives, and, in a growing number of counties, it involves stay-at-home orders."
By Benjamin Pontz/PA Post


State House votes to allow agency commercial records request fees in Pennsylvania

The additional fees are intended to apply specifically to records that companies are reselling, using to market products, or making money with in some other way.
By Katie Meyer/WITF


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