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Pennsylvania Democrats approach 2024 election with slimmest voter registration advantage in decades
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Parks Department Readies to Take Over Beach Drone Program

The city’s Parks Department is moving to take over the beach drone surveillance program recently launched by Mayor Eric Adams, a memo shared with THE CITY shows. The sky-high technology, which keeps an electronic eye on sharks and swimmers, is currently overseen by the city’s police, fire and emergency management agencies. All three had officials […]
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State issues final guidance for school cellphone ban

The guidance is more strict than the current policies in place in many public schools. It’s unclear whether there could be consequences for school divisions that don’t comply.
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4 things to know about the Postal Service plan to slow rural mail delivery

This is an issue that, literally, hits home for those in rural areas, but the candidates aren’t talking about it.
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9th District: Griffith says he likes to ferret out government problems; Baker says Griffith is invisible in the district

In Virginia’s most Republican congressional district, a Democrat is taking on the longtime incumbent.
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Virginia Republican Party tells Lynchburg GOP it can’t censure or expel mayor and vice mayor

There’s been a long-running dispute between two Republican factions on council.
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Southwest Virginia moms face big challenges with maternity care

Almost half of all counties in Virginia do not have full access to maternity care.
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Lynchburg City Council divided over possible salary increase; more …

From elsewhere: Judge to rule later in lawsuit over Virginia’s exit from clean-air program. Lynchburg School Board meets to discuss options for Sandusky Elementary. Wise County prosecutor: Local case load is huge, and costly.
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How a Syracuse police officer crashed department cars 12 times and remained on the force

Officer William Coleman has become one of the department’s highest paid officers despite having his driving privileges revoked twice.
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