Category: Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Governor Race: Corman Quits, Endorses Barletta

Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman has announced that he is dropping out of the Republican primary race for governor. Corman made the announcement Thursday, May 12, during a joint press conference with gubernatorial candidate Lou Barletta at the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association in Harrisburg. Corman used that time to endorse Barletta. Corman said it…


Pennsylvania Activists Join Forces to Demand Election Integrity

Representatives from more than 70 political activism groups in Pennsylvania are demanding that their legislators repeal no-excuse mail-in voting and secure the commonwealth’s election processes. Many of them gathered at the capital in Harrisburg on May 11. Leaders from each group signed an “election integrity declaration” calling for the legislature to return the law to in-person…


Pennsylvania Patriots Join Forces to Demand Election Integrity

Representatives from more than 70 political activism groups in Pennsylvania are demanding that their legislators repeal no-excuse mail-in voting and secure the commonwealth’s election processes. Many of them gathered at the capital in Harrisburg on May 11. Leaders from each group signed an “election integrity declaration” calling for the legislature to return the law to in-person…


3 Dead After SUV Crashes Into Pennsylvania Train Station

A speeding sport utility vehicle smashed into a commuter rail station early Tuesday, killing the driver and two pedestrians and injuring a third person, police said. The SUV driver went out of control on a bend in the roadway and traveled diagonally across an intersection before jumping a curb and slammed into a turnstile and…


Wikipedia Deletes Page of Top US Senate Candidate

Wikipedia editors deleted a page for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kathy Barnette after arguing she is not a notable person. Barnette’s page was later restored, but could be deleted at any time, editors said. Discussion was triggered in April 2021, when an editor said that the references on the page “do not establish notability beyond…


Philadelphia Starts Screening Middle School Students for Weapons

Philadelphia on Monday begins screening and searching middle school students for weapons, citing an increase in “gun-related incidents and violence” across the city. In a message to families, the School District of Philadelphia said its school safety department will conduct “periodic weapons screenings” as part of an effort to increase safety and avoid “potentially dangerous…


Pompeo Joins Chorus of GOP Critics of Oz Turkish Citizenship

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a May 6 press conference raised concerns over the candidacy of Trump-backed Pennsylvania GOP Senate hopeful Dr. Mehmet Oz over his Turkish citizenship, joining a chorus of GOP critics of Oz’s dual citizenship. Oz, who is a dual Turkish and U.S. citizen, has been embroiled in controversy over…


Pompeo Joins Chorus of GOP Critics of Oz’s Turkish Citizenship

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a May 6 press conference raised concerns over the candidacy of Trump-backed Pennsylvania GOP Senate hopeful Dr. Mehmet Oz over his Turkish citizenship, joining a chorus of GOP critics of Oz’s dual citizenship. Oz, who is a dual Turkish and U.S. citizen, has been embroiled in controversy over…


Bus Video Gives More Info About Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse

HARRISBURG, Pa.—Video footage from a bus of the bridge collapse in Pittsburgh this year shows one end of the structure had already fallen when an expansion joint at the other end was pulling apart, federal investigators said Thursday. The National Transportation Safety Board issued an update on the Fern Hollow bridge collapse, saying the video…


Pro-Life Organizations Cautiously Optimistic at Prospect of Overturning Abortion Ruling

Pro-life organizations are curbing their enthusiasm at the leaked “initial draft majority opinion” reportedly written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, which indicates the court would overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. It would put abortion laws back fully in the hands of states and give voters more local control over the issue. That…