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                Matt Rourke/AP PhotoHere's all you need to know about the 2025 general election in the Lehigh Valley, where scores of local races are on the ballot — including county and municipal offices, plus school boards and Pennsylvania Supreme Court retention questions getting an unusual amount of attention.
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                Courtesy/Dischinat familyNancy Dischinat served as executive director of Workforce Board Lehigh Valley for the past 27 years, helping build an environment of skilled workers that created a sought-out business environment.
 
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                        Local Red Cross volunteers are in Florida helping with Hurricane Helene relief efforts. The Lehigh Valley chapter's executive director says this one is different than other storm system cleanups he's witnessed.
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                        Former Gov. Tom Corbett and two former federal judges said that petitions for recounts and other litigation could cause some Pennsylvania counties to miss the deadline to certify results of the November election.
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                        The state Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public hearing from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 28 in Bethlehem to take public testimony about Keystone Cement Co.’s hazardous waste permit renewal application.
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                        Northampton County’s annual Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Event was held Saturday. More than 1,700 residents registered.
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                        State Rep. Mike Schlossberg and mental health experts advocated for an increased investment in school-based health clinics at a news conference at Hays Elementary School in Allentown on Friday.
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                        With nearly 98% of the city already built out, city officials and partners have had to get creative in bringing forth potential solutions to the broader housing crisis.
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                        What can the Lehigh Valley expect as we head into meteorological fall? Experts have given their long-range outlooks for both temperatures and precipitation, and also weighed in on La Niña.
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                        A fall appreciation event gave those at Miller-Keystone Blood Center the chance to say “thank you” to those who give blood. It’s the first time they’ve been able to host an event like this since the pandemic.
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                        The US is mailing Americans COVID tests again. Here's how to get them
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                        State officials on Thursday gathered at a Lancaster County dairy to announce the theme of the 2025 farm show. The farm show runs from Jan. 4 through Jan. 11 in Harrisburg.
 
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                        Fetterman says he expects to make a full recovery and return to the campaign trail soon.
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                        Students told to attend classes about puberty based on sex assigned at birth.
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                        The problem is getting worse, she says.
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                        Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth Leigh Chapman warns the move may have a 'chilling effect' on voters.
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                        The ACLU of Pennsylvania and several voting rights advocacy groups have asked Martin to drop the plan.
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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.