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The lyrics to ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,’ and James Weldon Johnson on how it came to be
Pennsylvania Capital-Star via Yahoo News· 1 day agoMy brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, and I decided to write a song to be sung at the exercises. I wrote...
Swing-state legislatures diverge on election-year gun measures
Pennsylvania Capital-Star via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoIn Pennsylvania, lawmakers are still debating measures that would ban sales of untraceable guns and...
Trump to return to Philadelphia for rally on Temple’s campus
Pennsylvania Capital-Star via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe visit will be Trump’s fourth to the state in 2024 and second to Philadelphia this year. The post...
Pennsylvania’s inadequate funding of public defenders is unconstitutional, ACLU suit claims
Pennsylvania Capital-Star via Yahoo News· 7 days agoFor decades, Pennsylvania has left counties to pay for attorneys to defend people facing criminal...
RNC brings nationwide effort to recruit poll workers and poll watchers to Bucks County
Pennsylvania Capital-Star via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe Republican National Committee brought its new nationwide campaign aimed at recruiting 100,000...
Pittman: Pennsylvania budget negotiations need ‘a kick in the pants’ to meet June 30 deadline
Pennsylvania Capital-Star via Yahoo News· 2 days agoCommonwealth Court President Judge Renee Cohn Jubelirer ruled last year that the funding disparity...
Pennsylvania AG sues Pittsburgh company Leda Health over its at-home rape kits
Pennsylvania Capital-Star via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe kits are intended to allow assault survivors to collect DNA evidence of their assault, rather...
Editor’s Note
Pennsylvania Capital-Star via Yahoo News· 6 days ago538.com’s prediction model shows Wisconsin as tied with Arizona and Pennsylvania for the most competitive state in this year’s presidential election. The...
Louisiana will face lawsuit over Ten Commandments school displays
Pennsylvania Capital-Star via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoThe four groups bringing the lawsuit issued a joint statement that said, in part, the new law...
Philly has the country’s highest STI rates. Improving sex ed in schools could lower them.
Pennsylvania Capital-Star via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoThis is up from fifth place in 2023 and puts Philadelphia ahead of four cities that previously rated...