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Gov. Josh Shapiro on Wednesday amplified Democratic concerns that hundreds of billions in cuts to Medicaid under a Republican bill would have catastrophic effects in Pennsylvania. Dan Gleiter | [email protected] Gleiter | [email protected]. Josh Shapiro on Wednesday said a Republican plan to cut hundreds of billions in Medicaid funding and impose stricter work requirements would jeopardize coverage for Pennsylvanians and put already overburdened rural hospitals at risk.

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The reaction Monday to an explosive article about serious concerns over Sen. John Fetterman’s mental health ranged from hoping that he gets help to calling for him to resign. New York Magazine’s story last week detailing Fetterman’s struggles, and the fears expressed by some of his current and former staff members, including his ex chief-of-staff, has rocked the state’s political landscape and fueled speculation about the first-term Democratic senator’s ability to continue serving.

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From the safety of her home in Harrisburg, Alina Sultani watches the unfolding nightmare gripping her homeland, Afghanistan. Since fleeing Kabul in 2021 amid a Taliban takeover, Sultani has kept abreast of the reports of the inhumane treatment and subjugation of girls and women in Afghanistan under regime of religious extremism. In the past four years, Sultani, 25, has secured a job and is studying dental hygiene at Harrisburg Area Community College.

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Pennsylvania agricultural officials are striking a cautious tone in the wake of two Trump Administration measures poised to significantly impact food safety. Officials from the Department of Agriculture are assuring the public that the decision by the White House to reverse federal regulations ensuring the safety of raw milk and poultry will have minimal impact across those industries in the Commonwealth.

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Latino voters are deeply dissatisfied with the Trump administration and its policies, particularly when it comes to immigration and economic issues. That is a snapshot taken by a poll released Monday by a cadre of Latino organizations, including UnidosUS, Voces Unidas, LULAC and Climate Power en Acción.