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Gene J. Puskar/APUnion Pacific is seeking to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad in the United States, and potentially trigger a final wave of rail mergers across the country. -
Evan Vucci/AP PhotoThis week on Political Pulse, host Tom Shortell and political scientist Chris Borick discuss how President Trump is attempting to redefine citizenship, including challenges to century-old legal findings.
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Douglas Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, will stop in Allentown on Thursday as part of a tour around parts of the country with U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona. -
Lawmakers this year approved an additional $79M for high-quality preschool programs.
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Gov. Tom Wolf this week unveiled a plan to provide pardons for people who have been convicted of minor, non-violent marijuana crimes. It could affect thousands in the Lehigh Valley
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When Pa. Act 101 was passed in 1988 it did not anticipate the 'throw-away culture' we have now.
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Frances Wolf says hunger should never be what holds a person back from succeeding in higher education.
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Consumer prices should ease in about 6 months, experts say, after the supply bottleneck goes away.
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A new scholarship program between East Stroudsburg University and the Bethlehem Area School District is sending two graduating seniors to college, full tuition paid.
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Microplastic contaminants have been found in 53 waterways in Pennsylvania, including in the Lehigh River, according to clean water advocacy group PennEnvironment.
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U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Montgomery) said the Supreme Court would turn pregnant people into 'second class citizens' if the draft becomes the official court ruling.
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GOP gubernatorial candidates strongly support keeping or expanding Pa.’s abortion restrictions, while House and Senate leadership isn’t ruling out bills to do that.
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Some states, like West Virginia and Ohio, have 'trigger bans' that would immediately ban the procedure.
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The four will be listed alongside 98 others who have died in the line of duty since the state police agency’s founding in 1905.
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The ID will be required to board an airplane in the U.S., enter a military base and enter a federal facility.
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The average hourly wage for direct support professionals is under $15.
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Low polling numbers have kept Alex Khalil out of debates and largely out of public view.
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Yesterday, Netflix laid off some of its staff, many of them recently hired women of color. They were working on its new fan-focused website.
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Actor Jason Sudeikis says he never meant for his former fiancée to be served papers in front of thousands of spectators. But how did that happen? A process server explains the mechanics of the system.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is focusing specifically on child and adolescent mental health, Levine said.
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The U.S. assistant secretary for health, who will speak at Texas Christian University, says physicians need to be more vocal in fighting politically motivated attacks on vulnerable trans youth.
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It comes as the Lehigh County DA plans to station detectives at mail-in ballot drop boxes.
