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PA Senate advances plan to move 2024 presidential primary
A bill approved by the chamber would move the primary to March 19.
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Google makes largest donation to date to Philadelphia reentry nonprofit
The funding will support services for women at Ardella’s House
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5 former PA governors back repeal of closed primaries
All of the state’s living former governors say unaffiliated voters should be able to vote in party primaries.
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Five for Friday: Summer Storylines
Revisiting the most significant storylines from the summer season
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Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw resigns
Outlaw’s departure comes just months before the city elects a new mayor
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Internal document sounds the alarm for Democrats in Bucks County Commissioners race
A polling memo expresses concerns with voter registration and fundraising numbers for Democrats in the county
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Five for Friday: Congressional Competition
Congressional matchups to watch in the commonwealth going into 2024
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In letter to Biden, PA mayors push president to act on immigration
Six mayors from across the state are calling on Biden to take executive action on immigration.
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Business leaders, lawmakers hope for bipartisan action on permitting reform
One lawmaker said the state has a “rare and unique opportunity” to act now.
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Senate lawmakers will return this month to continue work on state budget
A GOP spokesperson said the chamber will return on Aug. 30.
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Philadelphia Republicans appeal decision to allow Working Families Party candidates on the ballot
The appeal comes less than a week after a judge ruled in favor of City Councilmember Kendra Brooks and her running mate Nicolas O’Rourke
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Two years later, Marc Fogel remains in Russian prison
The Pennsylvania teacher’s case and lawmakers’ attempts to bring him home
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Philadelphia’s Working Families Party: A tale of two ballot challenges
Two City Council candidates from the Working Families Party will remain on the ballot while the WFP’s city commissioner candidate suspends his campaign
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Philadelphia Republican Seth Bluestein announces Forward Party affiliation
The Republican City Commissioner joins a pair of Harrisburg lawmakers in taking the party’s pledge
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‘Today is a day to celebrate’: PA officials tout universal school breakfast program
All schools in the commonwealth will be able to provide free breakfast to students beginning this year.
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Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board sued – by one of its own
Allegheny County Councilmember Bethany Hallam is demanding fellow board members attend meetings rather than send a surrogate
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Shapiro weighs in on Trump indictment: ‘Our democracy survived’
The governor addressed the former president’s latest charges during a visit to Northeast Philadelphia
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What to know about PA’s 21st House District race
Democrat Lindsay Powell and Republican Erin Connolly Autenreith will face off in September for the vacant seat.
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The Jan. 6 criminal case tracker
An in-depth chronicling of the ever-growing number of Pennsylvanians charged and convicted of crimes committed during the 2021 insurrection.
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