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News Articles: Pennsylvania

A patron stands in front of a shelf of wine bottles at The Liquor Store.Com in Brooklyn, N.Y., last March.

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  • Business

Why Liquor Shortages Caused By The COVID-19 Pandemic Persist In Some States

Some producers can't source glass bottles, the cost to import liquor has gone up, and there is a shortage of truck drivers. Also, it just takes a long time to make some types of booze.

September 22, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Route 206 in Somerville, N.J., remained largely under water on Thursday. Similar scenes played out across the state and its neighbors.

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  • Weather

The East Coast Begins To Clean Up After Historic Storm Ida Kills 48 People

After a major storm hit the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, with heavy rain, flash floods and tornadoes, multiple states now turn their attention to recovery.

September 03, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Adult Spotted Lanternflies outside the Berks County Services Building in Reading, PA Monday afternoon. The Spoted Lanternfly is an invasive species from Asia.

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  • Environment

Agriculture Officials Really Want Those Spotted Lanternflies Gone, Gone, Gone

Pennsylvania officials are giving the following advice to those who encounter the pesky invasive insects: "Kill it! Squash it, smash it ... just get rid of it."

August 24, 2021
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Lucky searches a tree for spotted lanternfly eggs. The insects often lay them in hard-to-reach places.

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  • Animals

Pennsylvania Turns To Man's Best Friend To Sniff Out Spotted Lanternfly Infestation

Spotted lanternflies are beautiful but can exact a huge toll on agriculture. To help reduce their numbers, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture started a canine lanternfly-tracking program.

December 11, 2020
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By:
  • Caroline Gutman

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  • Elections

Where Presidential Election Votes Are Still Being Counted

After notching narrow victories in Michigan and Wisconsin on Wednesday, Joe Biden holds a lead in the march to 270. All eyes are on four key states: Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada and North Carolina.

November 06, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker,
  • Jess Eng,
  • and 2 more
John Hansberry with the Philadelphia City Commissioners Office runs a sorting machine at the city's mail-in ballot sorting and counting center on Oct. 26.

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  • Elections

Philadelphia Gears Up For Unprecedented Attention To Its Vote Count

President Trump has claimed, with little evidence, the city's election system is corrupt. His critics say the president is trying to suppress turnout. But voters have registered in record numbers.

November 02, 2020
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By:
  • Jeff Brady
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, pictured at a news conference in March, criticized Republicans on Tuesday for celebrating a federal judge's ruling that called some of the state's pandemic response measures unconstitutional.

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  • National

Pennsylvania Officials Stand By Pandemic Response After Judge Rules Against Orders

The governor and health secretary want residents to guard against the virus as a federal judge calls stay-at-home and business closure orders — since lifted — unconstitutional.

September 15, 2020
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
President Trump is having to face the reality that his approach to the coronavirus crisis has hurt him politically. This week he decided to change course, at least for now.

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  • Analysis

Trump Bends To Reality, Buckles Under Political Pressure

After months of denying the severity of the coronavirus pandemic, and with cases on the rise again and his poll numbers nosediving, Trump is doing an about-face on some key measures.

July 25, 2020
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
A voter casts a mail-in ballot at a drop box in West Chester, Pa., prior to the June 2 primary election. Statewide, Pennsylvania saw a nearly 18-fold increase in mail-in voting in the primary compared with 2016.

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  • Elections

'Swing County, USA' Prepares For Unprecedented Influx Of Ballots By Mail

Voting by mail is easier now across the U.S. Officials in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley, a swing region in a critical state, are making changes to manage the time-consuming process of counting ballots.

July 21, 2020
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu,
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • and 1 more

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