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“Today in Pa.” Daily Podcast | October 26, 2021

A congressman’s Twitter account was suspended over a post he published concerning former Pennsylvania Secretary of Health, Dr. Rachel Levine. In order to combat a labor shortage seen across the country, one local school district has approved increasing its substitute teacher pay by 110 percent. A state-run program allows for seniors to get matched with those looking for affordable housing. And the remains of an Indigenous man hundreds of years old are discovered in a school in Philadelphia.

Those are the stories we cover in the latest episode of “Today in Pa.,” a daily weekday podcast from PennLive.com and hosted by Claudia Dimuro. “Today in Pa.” is dedicated to sharing the most important and interesting stories pertaining to Pennsylvania that lets you know, indeed, what’s happening today in Pa.

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