News
PA Poll Reinforces Theory Of Democrats’ 2018 Wave
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HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) — A new poll from Muhlenberg College is giving Democrats reason to feel hopeful about their midterm chances in November.
Government
Independent Fiscal Office Assesses PA Governor’s Budget Proposal
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HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) — The commonwealth’s Independent Fiscal Office has released its yearly assessment of Governor Tom Wolf’s budget proposal.
Energy
Sunoco Says Mariner East 1 Is Safe; PA Officials Say Slow Down
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HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) — More than a month after the Mariner East 1 pipeline was shut down over safety concerns, representatives for Sunoco say they’ve found no problems, and that they’re looking forward to getting the natural gas liquids pipeline running again.
Government
After PA House’s Marathon Gun Hearing, Fundamental Differences Remain
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HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) — State House lawmakers have completed their final session in a two-week series of Judiciary Committee hearings on gun violence.
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Despite Governor’s Opposition, PA House Passes Medicaid Work Requirements
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HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) — State House lawmakers have voted to create work requirements for able-bodied people to get Medicaid coverage.Such requirements weren’t federally permitted for Medicaid until the Trump administration changed the policy several months ago.
Elections
PA Senate President Appeals Decision Ordering Him To Pay 29K
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HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) — Lawyers for Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati have filed an appeal to a federal court decision that the Republican must personally pay more than $29,000 for legal fees in a high-profile redistricting case.
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Governor Opposes Medicaid Work Requirements Passed By PA House
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HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) — State House lawmakers have voted to create work requirements for able-bodied people to get Medicaid coverage.
Government
Medical Marijuana Rule Change Will Let PA Patients Vape
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HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) — Soon, medical marijuana patients in Pennsylvania won’t just be limited to taking oil, pill, and liquid forms of the drug. Starting in late summer, they’ll be able to get marijuana in its dry leaf form– but will technically be limited to using it only in a vaporizer.
Government
Down Syndrome Abortion Ban Passes PA House
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HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) — State House lawmakers have passed a contentious bill that would make it a crime for doctors to perform an abortion for the sole reason that a fetus is diagnosed with Down syndrome.
Crime and Justice
After Critical Report, PA Police Review Their Role In ICE Deportations
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HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) – Pennsylvania’s state police force is reviewing its interactions with the federal immigration and customs enforcement, in the wake of a series of investigative reports questioning the legality of troopers using traffic stops to detain people in the country illegally. It’s still not clear how law enforcement agency will change their procedures, or when. An investigation by ProPublica and the Philadelphia Inquirer found the Philadelphia Immigration and Customs Enforcement office–which oversees Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia–arrests more undocumented immigrants without criminal convictions than any other ICE office in the country. Unlike police in many other states, Pennsylvania state troopers don’t have official partnerships with ICE –nor do they have limits on questioning people about their legal status. It’s largely up to individual troopers to decide whether to question people about their immigration status or contact ICE agents.