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Senior reporter for@PennCapitalStar. I cover the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and state government. Follow me @petehallpa.bsky.social
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Does the mail seem slow? You're not imagining it

Does the mail seem slow? You're not imagining it

Elaine Caruso looks forward to getting letters and packages from her children, but lately, they've been takin…

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Monitor your credit, police advise, as pandemic unemployment fraud pops up in the Lehigh Valley

Monitor your credit, police advise, as pandemic unemployment fraud pops up in the Lehigh Valley

A surge in unemployment benefits fraud across the country has arrived in the Lehigh Valley, with checks for a…

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Firing bad cops is harder in Pennsylvania because of a law that ties the courts' hands

Firing bad cops is harder in Pennsylvania because of a law that ties the courts' hands

Pennsylvania courts have little power to change arbitrators' decisions that put problem police officers back …

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Coronavirus recovery stories: Lehigh Valley residents talk about COVID-19 experiences ranging fro...

Coronavirus recovery stories: Lehigh Valley residents talk about COVID-19 experiences ranging fro...

Coronavirus recovery stories from Lehigh Valley residents. Their symptoms ranged from mild, a lost sense of s…

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After 8 days on a ventilator, Bethlehem man who had coronavirus talks about his recovery

After 8 days on a ventilator, Bethlehem man who had coronavirus talks about his recovery

BETHLEHEM - The eight days Chris McMillan spent connected to a breathing machine fighting the coronavirus are…

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On the verge of homelessness, one man's story highlights limited options for low-income seniors

On the verge of homelessness, one man's story highlights limited options for low-income seniors

When Benjamin Cross was evicted from the rundown motel room he had called home for nearly seven years, his fr…

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Being a whistleblower is risky business, making some rich and ruining others, as Lehigh Valley ca...

Being a whistleblower is risky business, making some rich and ruining others, as Lehigh Valley ca...

Whistleblowers trying to expose fraud have received lucrative payouts such as the one given to the Lehigh Val…

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Symptoms of financial stress surfaced before Coordinated Health's sale announcement

Symptoms of financial stress surfaced before Coordinated Health's sale announcement

Had Coordinated Health gone for a checkup in the past year, the doctor may have diagnosed financial headaches…

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'There's such an allure here for you.' Court records reveal the stories of Pennsylvania immigrant...

'There's such an allure here for you.' Court records reveal the stories of Pennsylvania immigrant...

The Trump administration has increased prosecutions of people who illegally reenter the United States, sendin…

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'They're just looking for the American dream,' says Pennsylvania woman whose immigrant husband wa...

'They're just looking for the American dream,' says Pennsylvania woman whose immigrant husband wa...

Azalea Soto's husband has deep roots in the United States: For nearly 25 years, he toiled as a laborer in the…

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Connection between Allentown corruption case and one brewing in Scranton

Connection between Allentown corruption case and one brewing in Scranton

Former Scranton Mayor Bill Courtright, who resigned Monday and pleaded guilty to public corruption charges Tu…

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In Allentown case, state Supreme Court says police can't search suspects just because they're arm...

In Allentown case, state Supreme Court says police can't search suspects just because they're arm...

In a decision throwing out the conviction of Michael J. Hicks of Allentown, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on…

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Paralyzed Whitehall man's lawsuit against constables who shot at him highlights loopholes in law

Paralyzed Whitehall man's lawsuit against constables who shot at him highlights loopholes in law

Four years ago Kevin McCullers was shot and paralyzed by a Pennsylvania constable serving warrants for unpaid…

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Jim Thorpe dispute centers on law designed to prevent plunder

Jim Thorpe dispute centers on law designed to prevent plunder

It was a sweat lodge ceremony in Texas where Jim Thorpe reached out to his grandson through a medicine man. T…

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Sex accusations against ex-Scout leaders revealed

Sex accusations against ex-Scout leaders revealed

In 1974, a Boy Scout accused a Catasauqua scoutmaster of sexually abusing him on trips to Lake Wallenpaupack …

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Allentown bishop, four others knew of 35 allegedly abusive priests

Allentown bishop, four others knew of 35 allegedly abusive priests

Nearly two decades ago, Allentown Bishop Edward Cullen was one of two or three high-ranking clergy present wh…

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Lehigh Valley pair face gun charges linked to NY subway shooting

Lehigh Valley pair face gun charges linked to NY subway shooting

The handgun used by a mentally ill Allentown man to shoot police on a New York subway was bought in Whitehall…

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How Allentown school officials responded to Central Elementary sex allegations

How Allentown school officials responded to Central Elementary sex allegations

A late winter snowstorm threw Allentown's Central Elementary School into a state of chaos, forcing an early c…

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Crocodile Rock faces music industry lawsuit for alleged copyright violations

Crocodile Rock faces music industry lawsuit for alleged copyright violations

Allentown's embattled Crocodile Rock Café faces legal action from the music industry for allegedly violating …

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Consumers claim Anheuser-Busch waters down beer

Consumers claim Anheuser-Busch waters down beer

Some people buy Budweiser for the subtle beechwood aging; others may have an affinity for the Clydesdales. T…

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Firing bad cops is harder in Pennsylvania because of a law that ties the courts' hands

Firing bad cops is harder in Pennsylvania because of a law that ties the courts' hands

Pennsylvania courts have little power to change arbitrators' decisions that put problem police officers back …

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In Montgomery County a Memorial Day coronavirus controversy over American flags

In Montgomery County a Memorial Day coronavirus controversy over American flags

With four close relatives who served in the armed forces buried in the Pennsburg cemetery near her home, Dian…

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