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Will Harris choose Shapiro? Pa. Gov. reacts to speculation
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro responded to speculation that he’s among the Democrats being considered as a potential running mate for Kamala Harris.
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Pa. courts' website hit by disabling cyberattack, officials say
The Pennsylvania state courts agency says some of its online systems are disabled after its website was hit by a weekend cyberattack, but that the attack didn’t appear to compromise any data.
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Democrat McCaffery, Republican Carluccio Win Primaries for Pennsylvania Supreme Court Seat
Democrat Dan McCaffery and Republican Carolyn Carluccio won their parties’ primaries for a vacant seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday, setting up a fall contest to join a high court that is at the center of cases on guns, abortion and elections in a presidential battleground state.
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Sen. John Fetterman Hospitalized for Clinical Depression, His Office Says
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman checked himself into Walter Reed Medical Center to be treated for clinical depression.
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Divided Pennsylvania House Elects Democrat Mark Rozzi as Speaker
The narrowly divided state House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved a logjam over control of the chamber by making its new speaker a Reading-area Democrat who was nominated by western Pennsylvania conservative Republicans.
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Pa. Lt. Gov. John Fetterman Suffers Stroke; Off Campaign Trail
Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate John Fetterman is recovering after suffering a stroke, he announced Sunday.
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Mask Mandate Issued for Pennsylvania Schools, Day Cares
Masks must be worn by everyone inside Pennsylvania’s private and public schools this fall, after all.
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Mail-in Voting Law Spurring New Tensions Over Pennsylvania Elections
County officials are reprising their call for fixes to Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law to help them run a smoother election in November, as Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration told counties that they must not count mailed-in ballots without the voter’s handwritten date on the envelope.
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Fight Over Close Race Mars 1st Day for Pa. Senate
A bitter dispute erupted on the floor of the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday when majority Republicans blocked a Democratic incumbent from being sworn in because his GOP challenger has disputed the razor-thin election results.
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Pennsylvania Mail-in Ballots Can't Be Rejected Over Voter Signature, Court Says
Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously Friday on a key concern surrounding an avalanche of mail-in ballots in the presidential battleground state, prohibiting counties from rejecting ballots because the voter’s signature on it may not resemble their signature on their registration form.
