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Democrat Stefan Roots wins Chester mayoral race
Democrat Stefan Roots defeated independent Anita J. Littleton to become the next mayor of the bankrupt city of Chester, citing a significant lead in mail-in ballot counts.
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Pa. Commonwealth Court election results: Democrat Matt Wolf beats Republican Megan Martin
The Associated Press called the race at 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Unofficial results show Wolf with 53% of the vote and Republican Megan Martin, a former legislative official.
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Pa. Supreme Court election results: Democrat Daniel McCaffery beats Republican Carolyn Carluccio
McCaffery, a Superior Court judge, has won a 10-year term on the state Supreme Court, one of Pennsylvania’s appellate benches.
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Rue Landau earns at-large seat, becomes Philadelphia’s first-ever openly LGBTQ City Council member
“I am the first and I absolutely will not be the last,” Landau told WHYY News.
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Cherelle Parker makes history: Philly elects first Black woman mayor
Parker easily beat her Republican rival David Oh, in a city where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 7-to-1.
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Flyers that mimicked official Democratic City Committee ballot endorsements were doctored to omit 3rd council district candidate Jamie Gauthier.
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MLS suspends Union’s Kai Wagner for 3 games for violating league’s anti-discrimination policy
MLS said Wagner acknowledged wrongdoing during its investigation.
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Penn police called FBI to help investigate threatening antisemitic emails
The threats come amid heightened tensions on US college campuses and at Penn, in particular, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
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Special counsel in the Hunter Biden case insists he was the ‘decision-maker’ in rare testimony
The closed-door interview on Tuesday marks the first time a special counsel is appearing before Congress in the middle of a probe.
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Voting machines in one Pennsylvania county flip votes for judges, an error to be fixed in tabulation
A coding error in Northampton County caused votes to be flipped on a ballot question that asked whether a pair of incumbent state appeals judges should be retained.
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Orsted wants out of $300M forfeiture for scrapped New Jersey offshore wind farms
Gov. Phil Murphy reacted angrily when Orsted canceled its two large projects, saying his administration would hold the company accountable to its cancellation obligations.
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Republicans are vying to control New Jersey’s Legislature for the first time in over 2 decades
At stake is control of the 80-member Assembly and 40-seat Senate, with Democrats currently dominating both chambers, as well as holding the governorship.
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Voters in Pa. to elect Philly mayor, Allegheny County executive
The elections on Tuesday will set the electoral stage for 2024.
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Pa. voters weigh abortion rights in open state Supreme Court seat
The court is currently examining a challenge to a state law that restricts the use of public funds to help people get abortions.
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The first exhibition, which opens Jan. 30, will be in collaboration with the Association for Public Art.
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