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By Tom Barnes and Timothy McNulty, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Because of the great political interest in the matter, Gov. Ed Rendell says he'll soon decide whether to have a special election to fill U.S. Rep. John Murtha's seat in Congress or whether to hold the election on primary day, May 18.
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By Dan Hardy, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Low-achieving schools could be turned into charter schools or handed over to outside management.
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Jack Wagner's strong state committee showing a surprise to some
By Mike Wereschagin, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Elections are won at the ballot box, not the bank teller's window, and Auditor General Jack Wagner's majority support from the state Democratic Committee over the weekend served as a reminder that the governor's race is just getting started, observers said Monday.
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Veon's top aide will take the witness stand
By Brad Bumsted, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Prosecutors are expected to call former Rep. Mike Veon's chief of staff Jeffrey Foreman to the witness stand today as their second witness in Veon's public corruption trial.
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Feds may close locks to stop carp
By Katherine Skiba, Chicago Tribune
At a White House meeting Monday on the Asian carp threat to the Great Lakes, federal officials said they may seek to close navigational locks on Chicago-area waterways for up to three or four days a week, a move that would restrict cargo shipping and recreational boating.
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 The seventh annual Hal Hovey Award was presented Feb. 3 to Marc Perrusquia, an enterprise and investigative reporter for The Commercial Appeal, the daily newspaper in Memphis Tenn. The award is made jointly by Stateline.org, which is part of the Pew Center on the States, and Governing Magazine for outstanding coverage of state and local government. |
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