John Finnerty
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Ending cash bail plan emerging as new front in Pa. criminal justice reform
Pennsylvania could end the practice of jailing people simply because they can’t come up with cash bail under legislation announced by a state senator from Philadelphia. → Read More
Wolf extends stay-at-home order statewide
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf extended his stay-at-home order statewide Wednesday, hours after state officials announced that nearly 1,000 new patients had tested positive for coronavirus, pushing the statewide total → Read More
LCB resumes online liquor sales, state stores still closed
HARRISBURG – While Pennsylvania’s state-run liquor stores remain closed as part of the statewide business shutdown, online sales through the Liquor Control Board website resumed Wednesday, Gov. Tom Wolf said. → Read More
UPDATE Governor orders non-life-sustaining businesses to shut down tonight; See list of trades affected
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf ordered all businesses deemed “non-life-sustaining” to close their physical locations Thursday night as the state ramped up its efforts to control a coronavirus outbreak. → Read More
Prison guards union calls for state action to make prisons safer
HARRISBURG – The union representing state corrections officers on Wednesday called on the Department of Corrections to take action to better protect those working in the state prison system. → Read More
LGBT protections sought in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG – A new campaign to call for civil rights protections for those in the LGBT community launched Monday as lawmakers pledged to renew the effort to pass legislation to → Read More
Bill to increase penalties on human-traffickers and their customers heads to governor
HARRISBURG – Legislation to stiffen the penalties for those who profit from human trafficking as well as patrons who visit businesses that exploit trafficking victims is heading to Gov. Tom → Read More
Redistricting fix sought before 2020 Census
HARRISBURG — Proponents of changing the way the state draws its congressional and legislative district boundaries hope the General Assembly takes up the issue this spring so that the new → Read More
Shapiro, lawmakers back controversial measure to fight Medicaid fraud
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers at the Capitol on Monday to back a plan to enact reforms intended to combat Medicaid fraud. → Read More
Federal tobacco law eliminates Pennsylvania's military exemption
HARRISBURG – The new federal law barring tobacco sales to anyone under the age of 21 is stronger than the Pennsylvania law passed in November because it eliminates an exemption → Read More
From Bondage to Freedom | Lawmaker proposes reparations for state mistreatment of black community
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s history of legislation dealing with race is a mixed bag, researchers say. → Read More
State House OKs Sunday hunting
HARRISBURG — The state House voted 144-54 to end the state’s long-standing ban on Sunday hunting. → Read More
State rolling out work zone speed cameras
HARRISBURG — The state plans to start using speed cameras to get motorists to slow done in work zones. → Read More
Wolf: Pennsylvania is ready for legal marijuana
HARRISBURG – Gov. Tom Wolf said he thinks Pennsylvanians are ready for the state to legalize adult recreational use of marijuana based on the responses from the public prompted by → Read More
RNC Notebook: Kasich skips breakfast that might have been awkward
The breakfast speaker for Pennsylvania's delegation to the Republican convention was a no-show Wednesday. → Read More
Half of Pennsylvania's congressional delegation skips convention
HARRISBURG — Barely half of the Pennsylvania Republicans in Congress have made the short trip into neighboring Ohio to attend the party's convention. → Read More
RNC Notebook: Trump Jr.'s surprise stop; Octogenarian miscreants
The list of big-name Republicans who've visited breakfast gatherings of the Pennsylvania delegation to the Republican National Convention show how important Donald Trump's campaign considers the Keystone State. → Read More
RNC Notebook: Pa. delegate has Terrible Towel at the ready
Mike McMullen, of Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, has always made a point of showing his Steeler pride at the GOP's national gatherings. → Read More
Pennsylvania lawmakers move to put wine bottles in grocery stores
HARRISBURG — Two weeks ago, Gov. Tom Wolf called for "freeing the six-pack." Lawmakers are now giving him the chance to liberate the wine bottle, as well. → Read More
Pa. lawmakers eye tighter limits on abortions
HARRISBURG — Lawmakers are debating whether to outlaw abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy and ban a procedure that abortion rights advocates contend is the safest option in certain → Read More