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An acid mine drainage treatment system on Nanticoke Creek in Luzerne County, PA. New federal funding will allow more streams tainted by acid mine drainage to be restored. (PA Department of Environmental Protection photo)

‘Mining our Manners’: It’s time for Pa. to clean up its abandoned mines

BY: - May 29, 2023

Pa. leads the nation in abandoned mine lands. It doesn't have to be that way.

U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-17th District (Capital-Star file).

Pa. Rep. Deluzio makes moves to help veterans with bill, new advisory council

BY: - May 23, 2023

U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio has announced the formation of a new advisory council to assist him on veterans’ related issues. 

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Fetterman: ‘Same *s**t, different day,’ with latest Norfolk-Southern derailment | Monday Coffee

BY: - May 15, 2023

Pa. lawmakers renew calls for accountability for freight-hauling giant; bill clears U.S. Senate committee hurdle.

Pa. Rep. Deluzio presents federal funds for child care centers in Allegheny County

BY: - April 12, 2023

'High quality childcare and early education can make a huge difference in the life of any kid,' Deluzio said.

Congressional Dems target Pa.’s Perry, Fitzpatrick for 2024 | Tuesday Morning Coffee

BY: - April 4, 2023

They are among 31 GOP-held seats ID'd as Dems look to retake the House.

Pa. long-term care facilities to share in $14.2M to ease staffing crunch | Wednesday Morning Coffee

BY: - March 29, 2023

The money from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention comes at a pivotal time for the industry.

Pa. Rep. Deluzio meets with nursing home workers who say they’re fighting a staffing crisis

BY: - March 27, 2023

'Every family in Pennsylvania deserves to have safe, reliable care for folks who need it,' Deluzio, D-17th District, said.

U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-17th District (Capital-Star file).

Pa.’s Deluzio joins U.S. House’s bipartisan fentanyl prevention caucus

BY: - March 24, 2023

Congress has to 'fight from all angles to keep this deadly drug out of our communities,' the western Pennsylvania lawmaker said.

Aerial view of the train derailment wreckage in East Palestine. (Screenshot from NTSB B-roll recorded Feb. 5, 2023)

Pa.’s Deluzio teams with N.Y. lawmaker on railroad safety bill

BY: - March 22, 2023

The proposal is companion legislation to a bill now before the U.S. Senate.

At ceremonial swearing-in, Pa. Rep. Deluzio says he’ll be ‘a fighter for western Pa.’

BY: - February 23, 2023

PITTSBURGH — U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio D-17th District, held a ceremonial swearing-in his district on Thursday, telling a gathering at the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters hall in Carnegie that he was committed to bringing union jobs back to the area.  “We need to attack, head on, the raw corporate power that is […]

Pa. officials vow to ‘hold this railroad accountable,’ announce monthly water testing

BY: and - February 16, 2023

U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-17th District, told the Capital-Star that his constituents in Beaver County, just a few miles west of the site of the derailment, had a general sense of fear.

Pa. Rep. Deluzio urges DOJ to take a closer look at Post-Gazette purchase of Pittsburgh City Paper

BY: - February 14, 2023

A subsidiary of the PG acquired the City Paper in January.