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'The Principles Should Endure': Sen. Pat Toomey on Fusionism, Tariffs, and What's To Blame for FTX's Collapse

After two terms in the Senate as a champion for free markets and limited government, Pennsylvania's Republican senator is heading into retirement.

Reason

2023 NFL draft order: Seahawks now on pace for 2 picks in top 12 overall

To be fair, the Seahawks aren't looking much better than Wilson themselves.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Josh Shapiro is aiming for a reset with Pa.'s Republican legislators as he prepares to become governor

Josh Shapiro is about to inherit a state government so divided that the parties can't even agree who controls the Pennsylvania House.

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For Jews, Shapiro's big win is a high note amid antisemitism

Josh Shapiro will be taking office as Pennsylvania’s next governor in January after running a campaign in which he spoke early and often about his Jewish religious heritage

The Independent UK

Seahawks: Updated 53-man roster going into Week 16

Here's the team's updated 53-man roster going into their Week 16 game against the Chiefs.

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What the Jan. 6 report says about key Pennsylvania Republicans

PHILADELPHIA — Former President Donald Trump had extensive communications with top Pennsylvania Republicans in the weeks leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, as part of his effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to an 814-page report released late Thursday by a House committee.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Thirty-four of 37 Pennsylvania State Senate committee chairs raised less money than the average member this cycle

Elections for 26 of 49 seats in the Pennsylvania State Senate took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Republicans held a 27-22 majority heading into the election.

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Forty-three of 54 Pennsylvania House committee chairs raised less money than the average member this cycle

Elections for all 203 seats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives took place on Nov. 8, 2022.

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How executive whistleblowers made $8 million by turning in their company

A pair of former executives at Malvern, Pennsylvania-based BioTelemetry accused their former employer of illegally outsourcing Medicare and military heart-patient reviews to India after they left the company — and now stand to collect millions of dollars as whistleblowers.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

These tech firms live-track this year's 'fastest-ever' Santa with NORAD data

With the world population topping eight billion for the first time, "Santa is flying faster than ever; we estimate he's traveling over Mach 7 this year" — seven times the speed of sound, more than a mile per second — "to hit all those datapoints around the world in one…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial: Jan. 6 committee report is clear: Trump must be held accountable

In mid-December 2020, after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Texas lawsuit challenging the presidential election results in Pennsylvania and three other battleground states, a livid Donald Trump turned to chief of staff Mark Meadows and — in a rare moment of truth — admitted he had lost the election.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

New bridge to open in place of collapsed Pittsburgh span

Pennsylvania officials say a newly built bridge to replace the one that collapsed in Pittsburgh will open to traffic by the end of December

The Independent UK

The 2022 Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Florida Senate campaigns raised over $500 million. Where did that money come from?

Most of the money raised in Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Florida came from outside the state. Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock raised more money than any other federal candidate in the 2022 midterm elections.

USAFacts

‘Grow your own’ programs train high schoolers to become teachers

PHILADELPHIA -- Imere Williams wanted to be a teacher at least since the fourth grade.

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2023 NFL draft order: Seahawks hold 2 picks in top 15 overall

Meanwhile, the Seahawks' loss to the 49ers put their own pick at No. 15.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial: A school district's indefensible treatment of LGBTQ students

The Central Bucks School District is one of the wealthiest school systems in Pennsylvania. That will come in handy since the district is paying a lawyer $940 an hour to defend a federal complaint of its own making.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Shrinking availability of ‘small-dollar’ mortgages hurts low-income home buyers

In Philadelphia, about a third of owner-occupied homes were valued at less than $125,000 in 2021. But that year, only about 2% of mortgages made in the city were the type generally used to purchase properties in this segment of the market, according to an analysis by the Federal Reserve…

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Pennsylvania Lets Polluter Resume Drilling in Protected Zone, Outraging Residents in Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’

Order was quietly signed on the same day that residents celebrated the energy company’s plea deal on charges of environmental crimes.

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Seahawks: Updated 53-man roster going into Week 15

Here's the updated 53-man roster by jersey number going into Week 15.

Tribune News Service

Rudy Giuliani likely committed misconduct over 2020 election, DC Bar panel finds

Attorney disciplinary regulators recommended Rudy Giuliani be disbarred after a Washington, D.C., Bar committee announced a preliminary finding that he likely violated at least one attorney practice rule in pressing Donald Trump’s failed legal challenge to President Joe Biden’s 2020 win in Pennsylvania.

The Independent UK

Serial killer extradited to Michigan for cold case murder of pregnant woman who disappeared 17 years ago

Truck driver Harold David Haulman allegedly confessed to the murder of Ashley Parlier in Michigan in 2005, the fourth homicide he has been linked to

The Independent UK

Two injured and gunman dead in shooting at Pennsylvania medical facility

Police say it appears shooting outside a doctor’s office was a domestic incident

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Joseph N. DiStefano: Pennsylvania's family-owned farms are thriving, and big commercial farms are taking notes

Pennsylvania farmers "do better in recessions," said Tom Jordan, head of the lenders who finance farm, real estate, and small-business deals across most of the state for Univest.

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An update on 153 state legislative leadership roles

Welcome to the Thursday, December 15, Brew.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Immigration officials denied a son's wish to visit his sick father in Philly. The man has now died

PHILADELPHIA — Robert Barkat died at a nursing home in Yeadon, Pennsylvania, this week, his last and only wish unfulfilled — to see his son one more time.

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