State House lawmakers approved background checks to purchase any type of firearm in Pennsylvania.

WITF’s Jaxon White reports the proposal passed Tuesday faces long odds of passing the state Senate.

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As Congress faces the deadline to pass a federal budget, more than 100,000 government workers in the commonwealth are bracing for a shutdown.

WITF’s Jaxon White reports that Governor Josh Shapiro says he hopes Washington lawmakers can reach a deal, but that Pennsylvania is ready if they don’t.

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Planned Parenthood agencies nationwide can no longer bill Medicaid for providing basic medical care due to Congressional Republicans’ tax and spending law. 

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports central Pennsylvania’s clinics will keep their doors open even as the cuts are reducing access to care around the country.

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Democrats say Pennsylvania’s richest man is trying to buy the outcome of the state’s Supreme Court retention race this year. 

WITF’s Jaxon White reports from a protest outside the offices of TikTok investor Jeffrey Yass.

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House Democrats are renewing their efforts to reform gun ownership laws in Pennsylvania amid several recent high-profile gun deaths — including conservative activist Charlie Kirk and the three Northern York County Regional police officers killed by a gunman.

WITF’s Jaxon White reports the bills are advancing largely along party lines. 

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Lawmakers are looking for ways to combat depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress — especially among veterans and first responders. 

WITF’s Jaxon White reports state House members are considering psychedelics as a potential treatment.

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Pennsylvania’s governor Josh Shapiro says President Donald Trump and his allies are making partisan claims about who is responsible for political violence in America.

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports on Shapiro’s call for bi-partisan denunciation of political violence.

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The White House is touting a new $50 billion program to aid rural health care, included in the Republican Party’s tax and jobs cut law passed in July.

WITF’s Jaxon White reports it is unclear how much Pennsylvania stands to gain from the program. 

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Pennsylvania's new Hemp & Cannabis Guild hopes to unite growers and retailers under a single advocacy banner.

WITF's Jaxon White reports on the aspirations of the group's 30 members across the state. 

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The vast majority of Americans reject political violence. 

Studies show 98 percent of Americans across the political spectrum do not support murder as a political tool, like the killing of Charlie Kirk, a conservative political activist.

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