In response to parental outrage over sexually explicit school library books and class curriculum, two measures passed in the Pennsylvania Senate this week aim to provide parents with transparency and control over access to these materials. Books such as “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe; “It’s Perfectly Normal” by Robie H. Harris; and “Fun…
Pennsylvania Legislation Would Give Parents Say Over Sexual Content in Schools
Pennsylvania Casinos Warn Gambling Parents: Don’t Leave Children in Cars
June 18, 2022
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While inside a warm casino, playing slot machines, a Pennsylvania woman’s small children, ages 2 years and 11 months, sat alone in a cold car at the Lady Luck Casino in Pennsylvania. She is not the only parent who left children unattended while they gambled. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, which oversees all aspects of…
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Denies Republican Request to Throw out Ruling Requiring Questionable Ballots to Be Accepted
June 12, 2022
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The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has quietly dismissed Republicans’ application to overturn a lower state court’s order requiring that absentee and mail-ballots that lack a date handwritten by the voter be counted. Pennsylvania was a hotbed of election-related litigation during the 2020 presidential election. Although former President Donald Trump won the state in 2016, President…
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Denies GOP Request to Throw Out Ruling Requiring Questionable Ballots to Be Accepted
June 12, 2022
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The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has quietly dismissed Republicans’ application to overturn a lower state court’s order requiring that absentee and mail-in-ballots that lack a date handwritten by the voter be counted. Pennsylvania was a hotbed of election-related litigation during the 2020 presidential election. Although former President Donald Trump won the state in 2016, President…
Supreme Court Lifts Stay, Allows Counting of Questionable Ballots in Pennsylvania Judicial Election
Over the opposition of three conservative justices, the Supreme Court allowed officials in Pennsylvania to resume counting disputed undated mail-in ballots in a state-level judicial election that took place last year in Lehigh County. The high court’s order came near the end of the business day on June 9 and despite a state law that…
Dr. Oz Wins GOP Senate Primary for Pennsylvania, to Face Fetterman
June 8, 2022
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Wellness celebrity figure Dr. Mehmet Oz has been declared the official winner of the Republican U.S. Senate primary for Pennsylvania on Wednesday after a statewide county-by-county recount, narrowly defeating former hedge fund CEO David McCormick. Oz, a retired heart surgeon best known as the host of daytime TV’s “The Dr. Oz Show,” was found to have won the race…
Former US Congressman Pleads Guilty to Election Fraud
June 8, 2022
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A former U.S. congressman has pleaded guilty to several election fraud charges, including bribery and falsification of voting records. Former Rep. Michael Myers (D-Pa.), 79, admitted to bribing an election judge in Philadelphia, Domenick Demuro, to illegally add votes for certain candidates, including candidates for federal and state officers. Myers and Demuro, both Democrats, supported…
Pennsylvanians Say State on Wrong Path, Many Consider Leaving: Poll
June 3, 2022
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A Pennsylvania-based think tank that works with lawmakers to enact state policies has released results of a statewide poll that it says shows policymakers “a new pathway to prosperity” through the support of the foundation’s 23-point reform agenda. The right-leaning Commonwealth Foundation released its May poll results on Thursday. The unelected but powerful, policy pushing…
Pennsylvania Court Orders Disputed Ballots Counted in US Senate Contest
June 3, 2022
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A Pennsylvania state court ruled in favor of former hedge fund CEO David McCormick, who is locked in a tight Republican primary contest for a U.S. Senate seat against celebrity heart surgeon Mehmet Oz, ordering late on June 2 that contested ballots be included in the count. Oz and McCormick are now duking it out…
Philadelphia Announces First Probable Case of Monkeypox in Pennsylvania
A probable monkeypox case has been identified in Philadelphia, the first such case in Pennsylvania. The city’s health department announced the case based on preliminary testing at the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s Bureau of Laboratories where the person tested positive for orthopoxvirus, the family of viruses that includes monkeypox and smallpox. A test to confirm whether the…
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