Republican gubernatorial candidate Stacy Garrity says she would cooperate with President Donald Trump’s administration in running Pennsylvania’s elections.

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Republican Congressman Lloyd Smucker of Lancaster and York counties is suing Lancaster’s newspaper. 

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports Smucker is seeking $250,000 in damages.

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Governor Josh Shapiro is pitching lawmakers a fifty-three-point-three billion-dollar state budget. Increasing public school funding is the big-ticket item. But it’s not the only school policy he has in mind. 

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Republicans in the state Senate say that Governor Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal would threaten Pennsylvania’s financial future if enacted. Among their biggest concerns is pulling money out of the state’s emergency funds. 

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Independent and third-party voters are the fastest-growing voting bloc in Pennsylvania. These voters are barred from participating in the commonwealth’s primaries.

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Pennsylvania’s 67 counties are once again urging state lawmakers to increase funding for technology and staff needed to answer 9-1-1 calls.

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President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security is claiming a newfound authority to enter some immigrant’s homes without a warrant signed by a judge. 

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports Pennsylvania legal experts call the move unconstitutional.

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Pennsylvania lawmakers and consumer advocates are blaming new data centers for rising home energy prices. WITF’s Jaxon White reports from a policy hearing in the state Capitol.

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State Democrats have successfully won more public school funding in the past few state budgets — against pushback from some Republicans.

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Pennsylvania hemp business leaders are embracing statewide calls to regulate their products in the face of an upcoming federal ban. State lawmakers expect to consider restrictions sometime this year. 

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