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Harris campaigns in Johnstown and Wilkes-Barre: 'Listening as …
WEBHarris was interrupted briefly by protesters during her roughly 20-minute speech in Wilkes-Barre; but shouts of “war criminal” and “free Palestine” were drowned out by supporters chanting “Kamala.” “Listen, now is the time to get a hostage deal and a cease-fire and we have been working around the clock to get that done,” Harris said in response to the protesters, “and I ...
Pa. court agrees to revive ballot dating lawsuit; RNC wants state ...
WEB1 day ago · A group of voter rights organizations has asked a Pennsylvania court to revive its lawsuit challenging Philadelphia and Allegheny counties’ disqualification of mail-in ballots that are returned to election officials on time, but without a handwritten date on the return envelope. The 10 ...
Pennsylvania Supreme Court: Mail-in ballots with missing or …
WEB1 hour ago · The ongoing saga of whether mail-in ballots without the proper date on the external envelope should or should not be counted may not yet be over, but Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court on Thursday sought to clear up confusion about its …
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WEBSep 9, 2024 · BY: Peter Hall - September 6, 2024. Immigrants and asylum seekers detained at a former federal prison in rural Pennsylvania are subject to physical and psychological abuse, lack adequate access to health care, and face retaliation for standing up against mistreatment, a report released this week titled “In the Shadow of the Valley” claims.
Philadelphia opens newest permanent satellite election office on ...
WEB2 days ago · PHILADELPHIA— To mark National Voter Registration Day, Lt. Gov. Austin Davis was on hand for the opening of a satellite election office that Philadelphia City Commissioners say will make voting more accessible for city residents. “This is what democracy looks like,” Davis said Tuesday at the office in West Philadelphia. “It’s about expanding access to make sure that every person has ...
Pa. environmental, education and labor advocates celebrate 'solar …
WEBSep 9, 2024 · The Solar for Schools legislation provides $25 million in state funding that can cover up to half approved school solar projects. But the real hope is that that money will serve as a bridge allowing approved school districts to access even more funding provided by the federal government
Harris campaign launching weekend get-out-the-vote drive in ...
WEBSep 6, 2024 · Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is launching a voter mobilization drive across Pennsylvania this weekend, with Election Day now just 60 days out and the first presidential debate Tuesday in Philadelphia. The campaign will host some 500 events including canvass launches, phone banks, trainings, and community events, with some national Democrats visiting the state […]
Despite the risks, Pennsylvania races into the carbon capture era
WEBAug 8, 2024 · “Declaring a nonexistent technology to be in the public interest defies logic, yet that is what SB 831 does,” wrote the grassroots Better Path Coalition of the bill in a July 16 letter to Shapiro, co-signed by the leaders of 30 organizations plus 18 individuals. “The bill strips Pennsylvania landowners of their subsurface property rights, shifts liability to the state, and exposes ...
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WEBThe Pennsylvania Capital-Star is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site dedicated to honest and relentless coverage of state government, politics and policy. The nearly 13 million people who call the commonwealth home depend on their interests being safeguarded by one of the nation’s largest, most expensive, and often inefficient and corrupt full-time state legislatures. The actions […]
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