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Pennsylvania
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Spotlight PA

Elecciones primarias Pa. 2023: Todo lo que necesita saber para solicitar, llenar y devolver su papeleta de voto por correo

Aquí está todo lo que necesita saber sobre el voto por correo en las elecciones primarias de mayo de 2023.

3 years ago

Rebecca Rhynhart, Cherelle Parker, and Helen Gym
Elections
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly mayor’s race poll results: Statistical tie, with three women in front

Rhynhart, Parker, and Gym lead the race, but 1 in 5 voters are still undecided.

3 years ago

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Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics
Spotlight PA

Una guía completa para el día de las elecciones primarias de Pa. 2023, que incluye quién está en la papeleta, cuándo votar, cómo votar, dónde votar, emitir el voto por correo y más

Lea aquí para conocer las fechas clave de las elecciones primarias, información sobre los candidatos que figuran en su papeleta, y mucho más.

3 years ago

Mike Pence
Government Accountability

Pence testifies before election probe grand jury: AP source

The testimony came hours after a federal appeals court in a sealed order rejected a bid by Trump's lawyers to block Pence's appearance.

3 years ago

Pedestrians carry plastic bags in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Environment
Government
Philadelphia
Sustainability

Philly’s plastic bag ban is working, study finds

A city-commissioned study estimates the ban prevented enough single-use plastic bags to fill City Hall every eight months.

3 years ago

Single-use plastic bags
Business
Environment
Pennsylvania

Cheltenham Township passes ban on single-use plastic bags

The township is the first to do so in 2023 and the 16th overall. Lower Merion Township and Swarthmore Borough are working now on similar legislation to reduce plastic waste.

3 years ago

An historical marker at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg
Government
Gun Violence
Pennsylvania

Gun control measures advance in Pennsylvania state House

Democrats tout the bills as relatively moderate gun-control bills and an effort to reduce gun violence, trafficking, suicides and accidents.

3 years ago

Chief Defender Keisha Hudson
Law
Pennsylvania
Politics
Spotlight PA

Pa. doesn’t fund public defense, Shapiro’s budget would change that

The $10 million proposal would be the most funding the state has ever dedicated to supporting the constitutional right to counsel.

3 years ago

The House floor in the Pa. Capitol.
Law
Pennsylvania
Politics
Spotlight PA

What will Pa. House Democrats do with a majority? First, they’re moving long-stalled priority bills.

It’s the first full session week with Democrats in charge of the Pa. House. First task on the list is moving longtime priorities.

3 years ago

A photo of the Philadelphia skyline taken in October, 2021
PlanPhilly
Elections
Environment
Philadelphia

The 2023 climate voter’s guide: Where do Philly mayoral candidates stand on the issues?

From the future of PGW to tackling trash, here are the candidates’ plans.

3 years ago

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A close-up of the green dome of the Pa. State Capitol.
Government
Health Care
Medicine

Pennsylvania aims to expand breast cancer screenings

Under the bill, health insurers must cover out-of-pocket costs for patients who are deemed to be at risk when they undergo a second screening during a coverage year.

3 years ago

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., arrives for a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans as he pushes his sweeping debt ceiling package, at the Capitol in Washington
Economy
Government
National

House Republicans pass U.S. debt bill, push Biden on spending

The president says he's happy to talk with Speaker Kevin McCarthy, but will not negotiate over America's legal debt obligations.

3 years ago

South Korea's first lady Kim Keon Hee, South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol​​, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden wave from the Blue Room Balcony during a State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House Wednesday, April 26, 2023, in Washington
Government
International
Military

U.S. to dock nuclear subs in South Korea for 1st time in 40 years

The dock visits are a key element of what’s called the “Washington Declaration.”

3 years ago

China's President Xi Jinping
Government
International
Politics

China, Ukraine leaders speak for first time since war began

In the call that lasted nearly an hour, Beijing said it wanted to send an envoy to Kyiv to serve as a mediator to pursue a “political settlement.”

3 years ago

Montana Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr hoists a microphone into the air on Monday, April 24, 2023, as her supporters interrupt proceedings in the state House by chanting ''Let Her Speak!'' in Helena, Mont.
Government
LGBTQ
National

Montana transgender lawmaker barred by GOP from House floor

The punishment of the freshman lawmaker caps a weeklong standoff between House Democrats and Republicans.

3 years ago

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