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Number of uninsured kids to rise in Pennsylvania as Medicaid cuts loom

HARRISBURG — Upcoming changes to Medicaid are poised to increase Pennsylvania’s number of uninsured children and reverse decades of efforts to provide health care to poor families in the state, advocates warn. Last year, Congress and the Trump administration approved legislation creating ...

Patton fire

Patton, Carrolltown, Hastings and Ashville volunteer fire companies and Hastings and Carrolltown ambulances were dispatched to a house fire at 709 Palmer Ave. in Patton at 12:03 p.m. on Sunday. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

House GOP criticize Dems for transgender bill delays

Pennsylvania House Republicans criticized their colleagues across the aisle for once again sidelining three bills that would bar transgender girls and women from competing in sports during a Monday House Health Committee meeting. State Rep. Kathy Rapp, R-Warren, the minority chairwoman, led ...

Western Pa. revolutionized energy extraction

Editor’s note: America would not be the nation it is today without its vast stores of natural resources. But those resources would have done us little good without individuals and companies willing to take risks. Much of that happened in Western Pennsylvania, where leading developments in ...

Altoona Redevelopment Authority tables sale of ICE facility

The Altoona Redevelopment Authority on Friday tabled action on the potential sale of the former Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Chestnut Avenue near Juniata Gap Road so the purchase opportunity can be advertised more widely. The authority had advertised a request for proposals ...