The 17th Congressional District is one of the nation’s most evenly divided. It straddles communities that represent weaknesses for each party: affluent suburbs repelled by Trump and working-class and rust-belt communities alienated by Democrats. And it offers a case study in how politicians reach out to voters who’ve been drifting away from their party – without alienating their base.
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Research shows supply of more housing, even if it’s just luxury apartments, decreases pressure on the overall market.
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Longtime Steelers defensive end Cam Heyward will enter the team's record book when Pittsburgh hosts the New York Giants. Heyward will play in his 202nd regular-season game, breaking a tie with Hall of Fame defensive back Donnie Shell for the most by a defender in team history.
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Nurses at UPMC's Western Psychiatric hospital announced a new union contract Sunday.
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Overdose reversal drugs could play a major role in continuing a downward trend of fatal opioid overdoses. But some harm reduction experts warn that certain new reversal agents are too potent and could increase negative side effects.
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Utility customers applying for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program — commonly known as LIHEAP — can now check a box that will allow their information to be shared with participating gas and electric utilities.
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Officials duplicate the ballots to ensure they can be scanned and counted by election equipment. The original ballot is preserved in this process.
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Water, oil and workers is all it will take to get the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant back up and running, according to the plant’s owners. That, plus months of training, inspections and regulatory approval.
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The president criticized what he called an "appalling surge of antisemitism" amid the war in Gaza. The 2018 attack claimed the lives of 11 worshippers from Dor Hadash, New Light and Tree of Life congregations, which shared space in the synagogue in the heart of Pittsburgh's Jewish community.
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Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scotty Perry is facing a tough reelection race this year. He is being challenged by Democrat Janelle Stelson, a former TV news anchor who is well-known in a House district that includes Harrisburg and its surrounding communities.
WESA spoke with six current or former luxury apartment dwellers to understand why they chose to rent in such a building and their thoughts on the overall experience.
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An investigation is underway after election workers identified about 2,500 voter registration forms containing false names, suspicious handwriting, questionable signatures, incorrect addresses or other problematic details.
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Democrats are defending their 9-8 advantage in the state’s 17-seat delegation and the parties view five Pennsylvania races as competitive.
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Fifty years ago, Philadelphia prison officials ended a medical testing program that had allowed a University of Pennsylvania researcher to conduct human testing on incarcerated people, many of them Black.
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President Joe Biden made a brief visit to fire up union activists for Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday, while Pittsburgh native Mark Cuban stressed what she offered for business.
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An increasing percentage of Centre County residents have college degrees, and they're spreading out in the county rather than just clustering in State College, which is home to Pennsylvania State University.