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WASHINGTON — Think Chris Christie's surprise endorsement of Donald Trump is prompting top Pennsylvania Republicans to pick a candidate?Think again.Most of the state's current and previous GOP policymakers remain on the fence in terms of presidential endorsements.Here are the exceptions, by candidate:

The state Supreme Court will not allow re-argument of a public records case that pits the state Public Utility Commission against a media coalition.The court Friday denied the PUC's request to re-argue the case, which was presented in the fall. Since then, Justice Michael Eakin has been suspended...

CENTER VALLEY — Southern Lehigh School District is gauging whether to introduce a class of full-day kindergarten next year to help students who are behind their peers to catch up.At Monday's school board meeting, Southern Lehigh Superintendent Leah Christman outlined for the board and a large audience...

EASTON – Due to ongoing construction on its premises, the Easton Public Market job fair scheduled for Monday has been relocated to First United Church of Christ, 27 N. Third St., officials said Friday. Applicants and other attendees should enter the church via the side door on Church Street. The...

WILKES-BARRE — Police say a former worker at Mohegan Sun Casino told them he stole about $26,000 to feed his prescription painkiller habit.Online court records don't list an attorney for 41-year-old James Benczkowski but state police say the man confessed to taking the money. Another employee believed...

The operator of Allentown's shuttered Shula's Steak House owes more than $2.2 million to a long list of creditors, according to recently filed bankruptcy court documents.Some such as The Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley, the eatery's former landlord, are out big sums of money — in the landlord's...

Steakhouse Hospitality Associates I LLC, operator of the defunct Allentown location of Shula's Steak House, filed financial statements in federal bankruptcy court this week. Here are the eight entities to whom the company says it owes the most money:Kostas and Jill Kalogeropoulos, managing partner...

BETHLEHEM – Bethlehem has received five "gold medals" for promoting healthy lifestyles as part of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative.The National League of Cities recognized Mayor Robert Donchez for taking steps to improve access to healthy, affordable food and increasing exercise...

PALMER TOWNSHIP — The Palmer Municipal Fire Department wants to open a joint training facility with Palmer Township Police at Riverview Park off Lehigh Drive.Township police already have a shooting range in the area. There are a couple acres to the west of the range that could be used for the building.

HERSHEY (AP) — Penn State President Eric Barron says 1,100 agricultural extension workers across the state could be laid off this spring if the university doesn't receive state government aid hung up in a partisan budget battle.Barron told university trustees at a Friday meeting in Hershey that...