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Whole-Home Repairs Act Rally held on the Capitol steps on May 24, 2022 in Harrisburg, Pa. (Photo by Amanda Berg, for the Capital-Star).

State Rep. Anthony DeLuca, the longest-serving member of Pa. House, has died after lymphoma fight

BY: - October 10, 2022

State Rep. Anthony DeLuca, D-Allegheny, the longest serving member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives has died, the chamber’s Democratic leaders announced Monday.  DeLuca, 85, was fighting lymphoma, a disease he had previously defeated, when he died at his home in Penn Hills outside Pittsburgh. House Minority Leader Joanna McClinton, D-Philadelphia said the House lost […]

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Report: Pandemic exposed deep disparities in health coverage for Pa. kids | Friday Morning Coffee

BY: - November 5, 2021

While threats to safety net programs existed before the pandemic, newly released data shows the pandemic's 'disproportional impacts ... by race and ethnicity on Pennsylvania households with children'

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Report: Pa. has 8th highest number of uninsured kids in the nation | Tuesday Morning Coffee

BY: - November 17, 2020

A new report asks us to imagine the locked door standing between kids and a healthy future. It offers the keys to a solution.