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DNC, Planned Parenthood launch major Pa. blitz ahead of Nov. 2 election | Friday Morning Coffee
A pair of six-figure buys are a reminder that there's no such thing as the off-season in U.S. politics.
Philly Democratic Rep. Kevin Boyle arrested
(*This breaking story was updated at 3:21 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. 9/25/21 with additional information.) State Rep. Kevin Boyle, D-Philadelphia, was arrested Friday for allegedly violating a protection from abuse order. He’s been charged with breaking the order and harassment, according to a court document reviewed by the Capital-Star. Boyle, a six-term state representative from […]
Pa. is reopening, but the pandemic continues in nursing homes. We need help in the state budget | Opinion
We are still dealing with a deadly virus every single day because our resident population continually changes, as does our workforce.
GOP lawmakers in 28 states, including Pa., have introduced more than 100 bills seeking to restrict ballot access | Analysis
After a record turnout in 2020, Republican state lawmakers across the country are making a concerted attack on ballot access.
It was already awkward between Wolf and lawmakers. The Boockvar blow-up just made it worse | Tuesday Morning Coffee
Wolf and lawmakers already had trust issues. Did the gap just get unbridgeable?
Reform, don’t defund, the police. This is why | Opinion
“Defunding police” means something different to everyone, but the common theme involves cutting funding from police department budgets.
In Philly, progressive candidates slug it out with Democratic incumbents
After a wave of retirements from Pittsburgh’s South Side to Reading, many of progressives’ top incumbent targets are headed out the door. It’s left a slate of primary challenges coming at reliably liberal — even progressive — lawmakers more over tone than substance.
Allegheny County Dems facing pushback after making a pair of controversial endorsements
The Pittsburgh Current first reported about controversial posts from South Hills Candidate Heather Kass in mid-January, a day after she paid her $2,500 fee to compete for the committee’s endorsement. Kass jumped in the race a short time after registered Democratic state Rep. Harry Readshaw announced he was retiring. Kass was also supported at that time by Readshaw and South Hills City Councilor Anthony Coghill.
In Hershey, Trump, Pence ask Pa. for ‘4 more years’ as Dems move forward on impeachment
A defiant President Donald Trump rallied the faithful in a critical swing state on Tuesday, even as the majority-Democrat U.S. House pushes ahead with an inquiry that could end with him being just the fourth president in American history to be impeached.
Fraud, transparency and sexual harassment under review as AG DePasquale announces Revenue Dept./Pa. Lottery audit
Auditor General Eugene DePasquale announced plans to audit the Department of Revenue and the Lottery.
In Fox News op-Ed, Pa. Rep. Scott Perry blames ‘deep state’ for Trump impeachment inquiry
With the U.S. House barreling toward an impeachment vote, two of President Donald Trump’s staunchest allies tried to knock the legs out from under that effort, attacking some of the key witnesses that congressional Democrats used to build their case.
Republicans have a problem with suburban voters, Democrats have a problem with rural voters. Where does that leave Pa.’s balance of power?
As Democrats romped through the southeast on election night Tuesday — winning control of every county’s government from Allentown to Coatesville — a long foreseen but sudden reckoning came in coal fields and mill towns around Pittsburgh. Democratic county commissioner majorities holding on in three southwestern counties, once home to blue dog Democrats, were flipped […]