Author: Angela Alleman
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State Bill Adds Protection For Sex Assault Victims
Megan Rogers Pittsburgh Tribune-Review A bill nearing a final vote in the state Senate allows judges to grant protection from abuse orders to sexual assault victims in civil cases. Sexual […]
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Budget Season May Bring Passage Of Other Pa. Laws
Associated Press State lawmakers will soon return to the Pennsylvania Capitol with the state budget as the top order of business, accompanied by three marquee issues: liquor system privatization, public […]
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Pa. Bill Would Extend Honor To Tomb Guard
Alfred Lubrano Philadelphia Inquirer Pasquale Varallo had always feared cemeteries. Then, when he was serving in the Army in 1948, he was assigned to, of all places, Arlington National Cemetery, […]
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Pennsylvania’s Acting Welfare Chief Has ‘Big Stuff’ On Plate
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Beverly Mackereth has come a long way since her time as a social worker at the York County Blind Center, aiding visually impaired clients in finding services. Or […]
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60 Flags Line National Cemetery’s Roads In Tribute To Veterans In Memorial Day Service
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Wearing her late husband’s Army cap, Florence Komar bent down and kissed his gravestone Sunday in the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies. “I’m here because it’s Memorial Day […]
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Americans Gather To Honor Fallen Service Members
Associated Press Americans planned to gather at cemeteries, memorials and monuments nationwide to honor fallen military service members on Memorial Day, at a time when combat in Afghanistan approaches 12 years and the ranks […]
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Rendering Proper Honor: Thousands Attend Memorial Day Service At Fort Indiantown Gap
Harrisburg Patriot-News In a moving tribute staged under glorious sunny skies and effused with the pageantry of military colors, patriotic songs and solemn invocations, thousands of veterans, families and special […]
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PA GOP Chairman Statement Honoring Memorial Day
HARRISBURG — Republican Party of Pennsylvania Chairman Rob Gleason released the following statement in honor of Memorial Day: “On behalf of the Republican Party of Pennsylvania, we honor the brave […]
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The Real Voter Suppression Of 2012
John Fund National Review The 2012 election season was filled with angry cries of “voter suppression,” almost all of them regarding attempts by states to require voter ID and otherwise […]