Political lines, Oath Keepers, unpaid bills, fatal finds, strike watch, felony chase, and satanists eye school dress codes. It's Thursday. Welcome to PA Post.
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» COURT CASE: A state House committee has voted along party lines to challenge in court a state regulatory panel's recent decision upholding the Wolf administration's school mask rule, PennLive reports.
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ANTI-GOVERNMENT: A Rolling Stone report on Oath Keepers who joined the anti-goverment militia using their government emails includes mention of a Pittsburgh police officer who signed on with the far-right group while "highlighting his experience as a firearms instructor" and promising to spread the word to his students.
PSERS PAY: Republican State Treasurer Stacy Garrity hasn't approved several payments to big law firms hired to help Pennsylvania's largest pension navigate a sprawling law enforcement probe. The Inquirer reports Garrity, a member of the PSERS board, declined to elaborate on the refusals, but sources say she and others aren't happy with the firms.
DEATH INQUIRY: Fatal overdoses and suicides would be investigated by government-sanctioned "review teams" — with family permission — under a bill approved by a state House committee this week. The goal is to find ways of preventing similar deaths in the future, and the Morning Call reports the idea is not without precedent in Pennsylvania.
TEACHER STRIKE: Scranton teachers who've been working without a new contract since 2017 say they will strike next week unless there's a breakthrough in negotiations, WNEP reports. The announcement followed the district's tentative approval of a budget with no tax increase and no pay hike. Teachers say they're owed millions in retroactive pay.
TIMELINE: A day-by-day map of Civil War military movement shows a brief Confederate invasion of south central Pennsylvania in June of 1863, otherwise known as the run-up to the Battle of Gettysburg.
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ANTI-GOVERNMENT: A Rolling Stone report on Oath Keepers who joined the anti-goverment militia using their government emails includes mention of a Pittsburgh police officer who signed on with the far-right group while "highlighting his experience as a firearms instructor" and 
PSERS PAY: Republican State Treasurer Stacy Garrity hasn't approved several payments to big law firms hired to help Pennsylvania's largest pension navigate a sprawling law enforcement probe. The Inquirer reports Garrity, a member of the PSERS board, declined to elaborate on the refusals, 
DEATH INQUIRY: Fatal overdoses and suicides would be investigated by government-sanctioned "review teams" — with family permission — under a bill approved by a state House committee this week. The goal is to find ways of preventing similar deaths in the future, and the Morning Call reports 
TEACHER STRIKE: Scranton teachers who've been working without a new contract since 2017 say they will 
CHASE LAW: Pennsylvania's GOP-controlled Senate has approved legislation 
