Russell Vought, a Project 2025 architect, is ready to shock Washington if Trump wins
Politics
August 6, 2024

Russell Vought, a Project 2025 architect, is ready to shock Washington if Trump wins

By By RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russell Vought sounds like a general marshaling troops for combat when he talks about taming a “woke and weaponized” federal government.

Belle Vernon Boy Scouts burn flags in retirement ceremony
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
March 26, 2026
Members of the Fairhope Rod & Gun Club helped scouts from Troop 1543 burn about 100 American flags. Nine young Boy Scouts came together to burn around 100 American flags Wednesday, in a special flag r...
EF hopeful cyber charter school funding reform will benefit district
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
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The Elizabeth Forward Regional Republican Committee also questioned the board about the high school construction. Elizabeth Forward School Board Director Thomas Sharkey shared a study done by the Penn...
Pa. House passes bill to raise minimum wage
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
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The bill would raise the minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $11 per hour starting Jan. 1, 2027, then to $13 in 2028, and $15 in 2029. A proposal to raise Pennsylvania’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by...
Monessen’s GPA to bring ‘The Wizard of Oz’ to life
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
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Monessen School District’s Group for the Performing Arts will head down the yellow brick road for their spring musical. The Yellow Brick Road is leading straight to Monessen this spring as dozens of s...
Pa. House Republicans launch ‘Freedom through Affordability’ Initiative to cut costs
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
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State Rep. Eric Davanzo of Smithton is cosponsoring legislation to suspend the Gross Receipts Tax on electricity and telecommunications. With households across Pennsylvania feeling squeezed by higher ...
Funeral arrangements set for Yough High School students killed in crash
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By By RENATTA SIGNORINI TribLive 
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State troopers are trying to narrow down a timeline leading up to the crash. Felicity Martini was quite the prankster, one of her siblings remembered Wednesday. One time years ago when older brother L...