Category: Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Court Won’t Force Release of Voter Info for GOP-Led 2020 Election Probe

An appeals court in Pennsylvania has refused to force the Department of State to release personal voter information to Senate Republicans for their ongoing investigation into the 2020 election, but it left the door open for the probe to continue by saying they have the power to enforce the subpoena themselves. In its long-running probe into…


Lawsuit Seeks Medical Testing After Toxic Train Derailment

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio—Residents who filed a federal lawsuit in the fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals along the Ohio-Pennsylvania line are seeking to force Norfolk Southern to set up health monitoring for residents in both states. The lawsuit filed Thursday by two Pennsylvania residents calls for the rail operator to pay for medical…


Sen. Fetterman Released From Hospital

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) was released from a hospital in Washington, D.C., on Friday afternoon, according to his Communications Director, Joe Calvello. “A few minutes ago, Senator John Fetterman was discharged from The George Washington University Hospital. In addition to the CT, CTA, and MRI tests ruling out a stroke, his EEG test results came…


Wary Residents Return Home After Toxic Train Derailment

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio—Hours after being told she could go home for the first time since a train hauling chemicals derailed and later sent up a toxic plume near the Pennsylvania state line, Melissa Henry nervously walked inside her house. First, she washed her sheets and pillow cases. Then she started throwing out everything left on…


Doctors for John Fetterman Rule out New Stroke After Pennsylvania Senator Hospitalized

Doctors treating Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who suffered a stroke on the campaign trail last year, have ruled out a new stroke, according to his office. “About an hour ago Sen. Fetterman received the results of his MRI. According to John’s doctors at The George Washington University Hospital, the results of the MRI, along with the…


Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman Hospitalized in Washington

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman spent Wednesday night in a Washington, D.C. hospital after feeling lightheaded at the Senate Democratic retreat. “He left (the retreat) and called his staff, who picked him up and drove him to The George Washington University Hospital,” according to a Wednesday night statement from his Communications Director, Joe Calvello. “Initial tests did not…


Democrats Flip State House in Key Battleground State

If Pennsylvania’s famous groundhog dabbled in politics, he might predict two years of gridlock in the state Legislature now that Democrats control the House and Republicans control the Senate under Democrat Gov. Josh Shapiro. As expected, three Democrat state representatives were elected in special elections Tuesday, in solidly Democrat districts. This ends the tug-of-war over…


Pennsylvania Family Pressured to Place Huntington’s Patient in New Jersey Facility

In sickness and health, Monica Seville has spent much of her marriage advocating for her husband, Gregory Seville, 62, who was diagnosed in 2005 with Huntington’s disease (HD). Now the McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, woman is trying to prevent her husband from being moved from a hospital 20 minutes from her house to a New Jersey long-term…


Officer Killed, 2nd Wounded in Western Pennsylvania Shootout

MCKEESPORT, Pa.—A man having a “mental health crisis” shot and killed a police officer, wounded a second, and fired at a third before being wounded in a shootout in a western Pennsylvania city on Monday, authorities said. Two officers were dispatched shortly after noon to a domestic disturbance call in McKeesport, about 12 miles (20…


Pennsylvania Governor Calls for Evacuation Due to Toxic Chemical Release as Train Derails at Ohio Border

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro issued an evacuation order for residents near the Pennsylvania-Ohio border due to the release of a toxic chemical after a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The governor indicated residents who didn’t evacuate the area could risk serious injury or death if exposed to the thick smoke and flames. “If you…