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        <title>Kim L. Ward</title>
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			<title><![CDATA[State seeks to unload 23-acre prison site]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sns-mct-state-seeks-to-unload-23-acre-prison-site-20130514,0,3913615.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-14 04:44:02</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The state wants to sell the 123-acre parcel containing the soon-to-be-closed state prison in Hempfield, a site that Westmoreland County officials said Monday would be good for an office park or another kind of job-creating, taxpaying business. 

"I want...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thursday Morning Coffee: The five things you need to know this morning.]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sns-mct-state-seeks-to-unload-23-acre-prison-site-20130514,0,3913615.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-01-10 16:27:25</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The state wants to sell the 123-acre parcel containing the soon-to-be-closed state prison in Hempfield, a site that Westmoreland County officials said Monday would be good for an office park or another kind of job-creating, taxpaying business. 

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			<title><![CDATA[Wednesday Morning Coffee: Former Sen. Jane Orie appeals her sentence.]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sns-mct-state-seeks-to-unload-23-acre-prison-site-20130514,0,3913615.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-09-12 16:22:53</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The state wants to sell the 123-acre parcel containing the soon-to-be-closed state prison in Hempfield, a site that Westmoreland County officials said Monday would be good for an office park or another kind of job-creating, taxpaying business. 

"I want...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Commission approves legislative maps that return Kasunic to Somerset County]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/da-ot-new-state-maps-approved-kasunic-in-burns-wozniak-out-20120608,0,7442045.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-06-08 14:34:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[New Pennsylvania legislative maps were approved Friday afternoon keeping Sen. Rich Kasunic in Somerset County and moving Rep. Frank Burns and Sen. John Wozniak out.

 

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission approved the maps with a 4-1 vote Friday...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[With attention on Sandusky, Legislature to take up child abuse bills next week.]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-06-15 16:22:41</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[New Pennsylvania legislative maps were approved Friday afternoon keeping Sen. Rich Kasunic in Somerset County and moving Rep. Frank Burns and Sen. John Wozniak out.

 

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission approved the maps with a 4-1 vote Friday...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[He's back: Kasunic would assume all of Somerset County under new redistricting plan]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/da-ot-new-plan-gives-kasunic-all-of-somerset-county-20120413,0,6704149.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-04-13 13:19:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[State Sen. Rich Kasunic lost Somerset County entirely in a court-rejected redistricting proposal submitted late last year.

With the deck freshly reshuffled, the Dunbar Democrat stands to gain not only his existing territory &mdash; approximately 85...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[New (old) district maps make state races in Somerset County unlikely]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/da-ot-no-general-assembly-races-in-primary-20120217,0,4037951.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-02-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[It appears there will be no local primary races for General Assembly seats.

Based on the 2001 district maps, state Reps. Carl Walker Metzgar, R-Allegheny Township, and Frank Burns, D-East Taylor Township, will not have primary opposition on April 24....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court tosses out new state House, Senate maps]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/da-ot-supreme-court-tosses-out-new-state-house-senate-maps-20120125,0,169819.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-01-25 18:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Although Wednesday&rsquo;s Supreme Court decision on the General Assembly&rsquo;s maps has left more questions than answers, one thing is clear: The court found the plan &ldquo;contrary to law.&rdquo;

Pennsylvania&rsquo;s highest court ruled Wednesday to...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chamber holds legislative update]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-01-12 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Business leaders and elected officials gathered Thursday for a legislative update held by the Somerset County Chamber of Commerce.

About 75 people packed the Somerset Country Club to hear what the elected officials had to say.

The event began with...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[The top stories of 2011]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/da-ot-the-top-stories-of-2011-20111230,0,2607522.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2011-12-30 18:14:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[1. The 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, was chosen as the top story of the year by the Daily American news staff.

The Flight 93 National Memorial was dedicated on Sept. 10. Vice President Joe Biden and former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Final redistricting plan approved with small changes in Somerset County]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/da-ot-final-redistricting-plan-approved-with-small-changes-in-somerset-county-20111212,0,1533503.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2011-12-12 20:55:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A plan to redraw state House and Senate lines was approved by the Legislative Reapportionment Commission Monday with a 4-1 vote.

The new maps outline 50 Senate districts and 203 House districts for the 2013 session. As expected, Somerset County lost...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kasunic still out on new Senate map]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-12-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Another draft of proposed state Senate districts was released by Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi.

Although the draft gives Democratic Sen. John Wozniak more of Somerset County, it still leaves Democratic Sen. Rich Kasunic completely out of the...]]></description>
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