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Tom Riese

Reporter · US

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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Tom Riese | WESA

    Pa. Health Department reverses course on new disease-tracking guidance, for now (opens the original)

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    Updated September 29, 2026 at 9:26 AM EDT Pennsylvania's Department of Health has rescinded a 502-page proposal that could've given the agency more control over how it tracks and investigates the spread of diseases — and that spelled out the measures officials can take in response. Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration sought to "modernize" the state's public health regulations in the midst of a recent measles outbreak. But Republicans bristled at the proposed rules, arguing that they represented a

  2. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Tom Riese | WESA

    Pa. skill game industry has fingers crossed lawmakers regulate machines by next month (opens the original)

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    Skill game manufacturers and businesses that host the machines say they're holding out hope that state lawmakers can agree — before Oct. 13 — on a framework to regulate the devices that can be found in social clubs, convenience stores and small shops. If that deadline is not met, law enforcement can begin seizing skill game kiosks next month. For more than a decade, small businesses have relied on the revenue generated by the machines, said Jeff Millay, a leader at Miele Group, a skill game manu

  3. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Tom Riese | WESA

    After Parton's death, renewed push in Pa. to expand her book program (opens the original)

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    After the death of legendary musician Dolly Parton, literacy advocates say Pennsylvania has a chance to honor her legacy – and to help kids with reading. More than half of states, but not Pennsylvania, have allocated funds to the Parton's Imagination Library since the performer founded it in East Tennessee in 1995. The program sends out free books each month to kids ages five and under, in partnership with local nonprofits. "Dolly's father couldn't read or write, but she says he was the smartest

  4. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Tom Riese | WESA

    Shapiro, Pa. officials continue to fight Trump mail-in ballot rules (opens the original)

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    Pennsylvania has joined the second round of a court fight against President Donald Trump's attempts to overhaul mail-in ballot procedures, with Gov. Josh Shapiro signing onto another multistate lawsuit and its Department of State pressuring federal officials to substantiate claims about the number of noncitizens on voter rules. "I'm suing the Trump Administration to stop their unconstitutional attempt to change the rules and restrict mail-in voting," Shapiro announced Wednesday in a mid-afternoo

  5. Article · Aug 3, 2026 · Tom Riese | WESA

    Conservative activists turn to Pa. juror records to purge non-citizens from voter rolls (opens the original)

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    A group of conservative activists says it's found a way to get a behind-the-scenes look at Pennsylvania elections in order to root out potential voter fraud: by reviewing lists of people disqualified from jury duty and comparing the names with those on the county's voter rolls. Only U.S. citizens are eligible to serve as jurors in U.S. courts; People who are not U.S. citizens are disqualified from jury duty — one of several reasons a potential juror may be disqualified. Other reasons include bei

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