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Advocates for women’s and children’s rights say providing free or low-cost access to transcripts in hearings is key to equal justice. Unlike many states, California has in recent years repeatedly failed to guarantee adequate documentations of court proceedings, putting victims of domestic violence at a distinct legal disadvantage. Despite failing for years to make transcripts standard practice, the Legislature may be headed for a breakthrough.

mreuther@sungazette.com Larry Ward stood before a gathering of Pennsylvania College of Technology administrators, faculty and students, community leaders, and member of his family, on a sun-splashed spring afternoon on the grounds of the campus to remind everyone that manufacturing is alive and well in America. Behind him stood the Larry A. Ward Machining Technologies Center, a newly revamped facility thanks to a donation of over $1 million, the largest alumni gift in the school’s history. Ward, a 1966 graduate, made it clear that it was the college he returned to Tuesday that helped mold h...