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Pennsylvania officials praise state's new child care rules

Highlights include safety and special- needs preparation. Infants and children are receiving better care at Pennsylvania's day care centers under the first update to the state's child care regulations in 16 years, child welfare...

Pa. state agency heads praise new child-care rules

By MARTHA RAFFAELE • The Associated Press • November 17, 2008 HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Pennsylvania child-welfare officials say recent regulatory changes will ensure that infants and children receive better care at the state's...

Colleges, state grapple over teacher training

Schools say new guidelines are too restrictive. Officials at some Pennsylvania colleges and universities say their authority to shape curriculum is being undermined by changes the state wants in the way elementary and...

State's revenue secretary steps down

Stephen Stetler will be nominated to replace Tom Wolf. Pennsylvania Revenue Secretary Tom Wolf, a possible candidate for governor in 2010, announced Wednesday that he will resign at the end of the month to pursue another...

Obama union support far above average in 4 states

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Barack Obama won the votes of most union members who cast ballots in last week's election, but union members in Pennsylvania, Nevada, Washington and Michigan were especially supportive of the Democratic...

Pa. university presidents get 2% to 11% salary hikes

Compensation still lags peers in other states, officials say. The new salaries are retroactive to July 1, and they range from $189,195 for Mansfield University President Maravene Loeschke to $253,428 for Tony Atwater, president...

Pa. poll: Hillary Clinton supporters go for Obama

By MARTHA RAFFAELE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Many Pennsylvania Democrats who wanted Hillary Clinton to represent their party in Tuesday’s presidential election were won over by Barack Obama, an exit poll by The Associated...

AP Poll: Obama leads or tied in 8 crucial states

Barack Obama leads in four states won by President Bush in 2004 and is essentially tied in two other Republican states, according to new AP-GfK battleground polling that suggests most roads to victory are closed to John McCain....

Obama ahead or tied in 8 key states

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama leads in four states won by President Bush in 2004 and is essentially tied in two other Republican states, according to new AP-GfK battleground polling that suggests most roads to victory are closed to...

AP Poll: Obama leads or tied in 8 crucial states

Barack Obama leads in four states won by President Bush in 2004 and is essentially tied in two other Republican states, according to new AP-GfK battleground polling that suggests most roads to victory are closed to John McCain....

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