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January 20, 2020
In The News
Ronald Botch didn’t want to talk about the war when he returned five decades ago from Vietnam, where he suffered a broken pelvis and nerve damage to his leg.
January 14, 2020
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The Democratic-run U.S. House will vote on the Protect the Right to Organize (Pro) Act, the most-comprehensive pro-worker labor law reform bill in decades, by mid-February, top leaders have announced.
January 10, 2020
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Francis E. Walter Dam on the Lehigh River in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains is used to reduce flooding and support recreation. Now, a $3 million study is looking at whether it can accommodate a third mission: combating the effects of climate change.
January 7, 2020
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Both sides of America’s strained political discourse seem to agree: Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani was a dangerous threat.
January 4, 2020
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Buttons bearing the word stigma with a red line through it lay scattered around tables set up for a discussion Friday afternoon on mental health care, hosted by Muhlenberg College for Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, other elected officials and patients and caregivers.
December 16, 2019
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After several meetings this spring with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Lehigh Valley Congresswoman Susan Wild still had concerns about provisions in the new trade pact that was being negotiated with Canada and Mexico, and penned a letter to Lighthizer in June repeating her concerns.
December 12, 2019
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was accused of trying to destroy public education and of inflicting serious harm on students during a heated hearing Thursday.
November 20, 2019
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A new congressional task force, billed as bipartisan but so far dominated by Chicago-area Democrats, has been formed to pressure the Environmental Protection Agency to update its ethylene oxide regulations.
November 1, 2019
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A U.S. House committee passed legislation on Thursday that supporters hailed as a “down payment” on a long-sought goal for progressives: free college education for all.