The marketing campaign to exchange retiring U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Lehigh Valley, introduced two main Democratic candidates to west-central Pennsylvania over the weekend. A downtown Indiana restaurant was crammed to overflowing late Sunday morning with supporters of Lt. Gov. and Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful John Fetterman. “This looks like lots of people for a county…
Harrisburg, Pa. — With the introduction of SB-690 to the Pennsylvania state senate, main alterations to how primaries operate within the state might be underway. The invoice would make it so voters who’re registered impartial or unaffiliated might take part in state primaries. It will enable these people to reach at polling places and request…
(The Middle Sq.) – The Pennsylvania Senate failed on Monday to override Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s veto of a decision that will forestall the Commonwealth from becoming a member of the Regional Greenhouse Fuel Initiative, which might tax CO2 emissions. Republicans, who’ve been against the governor taking Pennsylvania into RGGI and have a invoice that…
This text is a part of a yearlong reporting venture centered on redistricting and gerrymandering in Pennsylvania. It’s made doable by the assist of Highlight PA members and Votebeat, a venture centered on election integrity and voting entry. Harrisburg, Pa. — Pennsylvania Republicans are transferring to alter how the state’s political maps are drawn after…
The battle for Hispanic voters in conventional Democratic strongholds is intensifying in Pennsylvania. Final month, the Republican Nationwide Committee opened a Hispanic group middle in Allentown, the state’s third-largest metropolis. It’s the sixth such middle that the RNC has opened nationwide. Allentown, as soon as related to metal and Mack vehicles, is centered within the…
(The Heart Sq.) – A brand new report on America’s governors and their dedication to financial freedom scored Gov. Tom Wolf close to the underside of the pack. The Laffer-ALEC Report on Financial Freedom, printed by the American Legislative Change Council, grades each governor “on their present financial efficiency and their fiscal and government insurance…