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							<title><![CDATA[PA Gov. Attacks Lawmakers' Sensible Election Reforms]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Benefield</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After the 2020 election, many Pennsylvania voters were left confused, frustrated, and distrustful. A new and inefficient mail-in balloting process, unrealistic and shifting voting deadlines, and often non-binding guidance from state government led to varied experiences across precincts...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fight Against PA Guv's Powers Reflects Bipartisan Trend]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Benefield</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Since last spring, many governors have used the pandemic to assume emergency powers, giving them wide-ranging authority to, among other things, shut down businesses, close schools, and enforce stay-at-home orders.
Unfortunately, many abused this authority, wielding unilateral powers...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pennsylvania Doesn't Have a Friend in Tom Wolf]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Benefield</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is under renewed scrutiny for his bungled nursing home policy and a subsequent coverup to avoid a Justice Department investigation. Questionable gubernatorial leadership, though, isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t limited to the Empire State. Just look south to Pennsylvania, where...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pennsylvania Will Reflect Voter Mood During Biden Presidency]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/01/23/pennsylvania_will_reflect_voter_mood_during_biden_presidency_145101.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Benefield</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In his inaugural address, President Biden focused on a message of unity as the nation confronts overwhelming challenges, including the COVID-19 crisis, economically devastating lockdowns, and cultural unrest.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
Biden sought to diffuse the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s combustible mood, presenting a...]]></description>
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