Chadwick Dolgos
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On Monday, Sept. 14, U.S. District Judge William S. Stickman IV ruled that stay-at-home orders and closures of non-essential businesses executed by Gov. Tom Wolf in response to COVID-19 were unconstitutional. Butler County joined Fayette, Greene, and Washington counties, as well as businesses and individuals impacted by the governor’s orders to file a class-action lawsuit…
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Every election cycle, the discussion on term limits is reintroduced into political debate as concerns grow over who is governing our country. While the legal restriction of the number of terms one person may serve in a particular office usually focuses on the federal level, many think term limits for state and local government officials…
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Danny DeVito, Republican candidate for state representative in Pennsylvania’s 45th district, becomes the first GOP candidate in Pennsylvania to endorse the legalisation of recreational marijuana. On Sept. 11, DeVito released an agenda titled “DeVito’s Twenty Points” that will serve as his campaign platform. The platform illustrates his positions on subjects including abortion, criminal justice reform,…
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A Coraopolis resident who alleges the police department there mishandled a 2018 mental health-related call to her home, attended the Sept. 9 council meeting with her husband, parents and friends demanding answers and change. Resident Amanda Papa, who was arrested and spent eight days in the Allegheny County Jail in 2018, demanded answers from the…
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By mid-April. Pennsylvania reported more than 18,000 known coronavirus cases with more than 300 fatalities. There are currently more than 24 million confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide. In Pennsylvania, more than 138,000 cases are reported, with Allegheny County’s total exceeding 10,000. Of those world wide confirmed cases, 3.42% (824,712) have resulted in death while 69.06% (16,651,064)…
