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Sharpton and Central Park Five members get out the vote in battleground Pennsylvania
NEW YORK (AP) — A few dozen New Yorkers boarded a bus in Harlem on Friday with civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton and members of the group formerly known as the Central Park Five, bound for Philadelphia, where they toured the city hoping to energize the youth vote ahead of the 2024 election.
Harris and Trump campaigns continue blitz through Pennsylvania in final weekend of September
J.D. Vance will be in Allegheny and Bucks counties on Saturday and Trump will rally in Erie on Sunday. The Harris-Walz campaign will have surrogates in Pennsylvania, while the candidates campaign in California and Michigan.
Ruling Could Influence How Pa. Counties Handle Mail Ballots With Disqualifying Errors This November
This article is made possible through Spotlight PA’s collaboration with Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting. Sign up for Votebeat's free newsletters here. A Western Pennsylvania county that rejected hundreds of mail ballots in the April primary should have notified voters beforehand, a state appellate court ruled Tuesday. The ruling could add pressure on other counties to notify voters of errors for the November election. In a 2-1 decision, a Commonwealth Court panel agreed with a lower court judge that Washington County erred when it adopted a policy to reject mail ballots without telling voters and had a duty to inform...
Fear, hope among mixed reactions as Three Mile Island plans to restart
Wendy Smith was terrified she would never be able to return home after the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in 1979. The central Pennsylvanian was one of about 80,000 people that evacuated during the partial meltdown – an incident that halted the growth of the U.S. nuclear power industry for decades.
Local museums and historical societies to receive funding: Rep. Flick
Harrisburg, Pa. – Preserving local history sometimes requires more than curating and promoting a new display or program. Sometimes it's as simple as fixing the roof so water doesn't damage the contents inside. The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) has awarded funding to local museums and historical societies in Lycoming and Union counties for various projects to sustain operations. One of those projects supported, in part, from funding, is...
Pennsylvania Democratic lawmaker denies writing racist, homophobic tweets
PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania Democratic state senator denied claims from Republicans that he made racist and homophobic remarks about Black, Asian and LGBTQ people on social media more than a decade ago. On Tuesday, Sept. 24, the Pennsylvania Senate Republican Campaign Committee released a statement accusing Sen. Jimmy Dillon...
Connecticut Drivers Beware: E-ZPass Toll Violation Texts Are Fake!
According to nj.com, another sneaky scam targets E-ZPASS customers in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. This is a text messaging scam attempting to persuade E-ZPass customers to enter personal and financial information on a bogus website. If you receive a text from "NJ Turnpike Toll Services," DO NOT open the...
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