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Beyond the question about if the shooter at the Trump rally had tried out for his high school rifle team is another question: How common are school shooting teams? We got some answers and put it into context.

A key vote on a local developer’s plans to create retail and housing space in Bakery Square is once again delayed, this time until Sept. 3 due to concerns over parking and sidewalk space.

Also, Pennsylvania delegates to the Democratic National Convention eye a new role.

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The pros and cons of school-sponsored shooting organizations

Reports indicated that Thomas Matthew Crooks, implicated in the July 13 shooting at a Trump rally in Butler, tried out for a school rifle team. Such teams aren’t uncommon in Pennsylvania.

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The attempt to assassinate Donald Trump thrust both Butler County and the Pittsburgh region into the world spotlight. Outside of Butler, regional leaders largely did not weigh in on the potential effects of violence on the region’s trajectory.
Pennsylvania will receive $396 million to cut industrial carbon emissions, which are by far the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the state. The award is the second largest federal investment in the state’s history.
The state Supreme Court grants a limited appeal of the ruling striking down Pittsburgh’s ‘jock tax.’

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