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Pa. elections officials accepted gifts, travel from voting machine companies, report
Democratic Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said Friday that accepting the gifts is wrong, even if officials took no action in return
One nation under who? New poll paints perilous picture for American pluralism | John L. Micek
America has a bunch of foundational myths — George Washington and his famed cherry tree; the belief that anyone can get ahead if they just work hard enough; and the stubborn belief that our occasionally sputtering constitutional republic is still more exceptional than any other nation on Earth. They’re core to our conception of ourselves […]
Federal judge tosses Pa. kids’ challenge to Trump’s climate change policies | Friday Morning Coffee
Justice is not only blind, it is occasionally cranky, too.
Pa. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, Michigan Dem push EPA to regulate PFAS in drinking water
U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Dan Kildee, D-Mich., wrote for help to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y.
As U.S. hate group activity hits a new high, the Southern Poverty Law Center tracked 36 hate groups in Pa. in 2018
Pennsylvania-based hate groups ranging from Holocaust deniers and neo-Nazis to white nationalists and the Ku Klux Klan all popped up on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s radar last year, providing a fuller picture of hate group activity in the Keystone State. You can view the full list of hate groups active in Pennsylvania here. You […]
Activists were allegedly attacked, threatened during protest at Philly councilwoman’s campaign event, report
The events were captured on video by supporters of Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, according to a published report.
Scotty, can you hear them? Indivisible group says U.S. Rep. Perry isn’t answering town hall invite | Thursday Morning Coffee
What if they threw a Congressional town hall and no one came?
Another flawed case: Pa’s death penalty is broken and lawmakers need to abolish it | John L. Micek
(*Updated: The headline for this story has been updated to accurately reflect that, while Orlando Maisonet’s death sentence has been vacated, he has not yet been exonerated) Why does Pennsylvania even bother having a death penalty anymore? There’s another reason to ask that question this week with news that, because of prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective […]
What we talk about when we talk about ‘workforce development’ | Wednesday Morning Coffee
Direct from the Island of Misfit Buzzwords.
Pa’s Dominican-Americans celebrate their own Independence Day
They gathered Tuesday in the state Capitol rotunda.
Latino, community leaders in York announce second annual Latino Health Summit
YORK, Pa. — Political and community leaders, as well as healthcare executives from across this south-central Pennsylvania city gathered Tuesday to announce their effort to address health disparities among Hispanic-Americans in Pennsylvania. The second Latino Health Summit will be held April 17-18 at the York Expo Center. It’s being co-sponsored by the advocacy and professional […]
New Jersey just went to a $15/hr minimum wage. Here’s why Pa. could be next | Tuesday Morning Coffee
Good Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Workers in the Garden State may have just given Pennsylvania lawmakers a glimpse of what they can expect as the debate over Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed minimum wage increase revs up as we get deeper into the spring and early summer. As Vox reports, New Jersey has now become the fourth state […]