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Energy
Environment
International

U.S., China, and India absent from countries pledging to phase out coal

Existing targets for curbing global warming require countries to stop burning coal, but many major economies including the U.S., China, and India have set no formal dates.

4 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
Elections
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Candidates who attended ‘Stop the Steal’ rally before deadly insurrection win races

At least 13 candidates on Tuesday's ballots for state or local offices were in Washington, D.C., for the rally promoting the lie that the 2020 election had been stolen.

4 years ago

Kevin Brobson walks with his wife, Lauren
Elections
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Pennsylvania

2021 gives Pennsylvania GOP more hope for big 2022 election

Republicans could be considered favored in next year's races for a new governor and a new U.S. senator.

4 years ago

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Keystone Crossroads
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K-12
Pennsylvania

With results trickling in, Pa. school board races don’t seem to show a decisive new political narrative

One thing seems clear based on early election returns: Results varied dramatically depending on the underlying politics of a district.

4 years ago

New Jersey State Senator-elect Edward Durr. (Facebook)
Elections
New Jersey

‘Like a Samson to the Goliath’: The GOP novice who could unseat a South Jersey powerbroker

Senate President Steve Sweeney, one of N.J.’s most powerful Democrats, could lose his seat to Republican Edward Durr in another close race.

4 years ago

Delaware County Courthouse (Google Maps)
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania

Delco Democratic party declares victory for council and row office candidates — escaping a nationwide GOP revival

Some mail-in ballots still must be counted. But those votes usually lean Democratic, and unofficial winners have emerged in the County Council race.

4 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks to supporters from a podium
Elections
New Jersey
Politics

Phil Murphy narrowly reelected governor in New Jersey

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has won reelection over Republican Jack Ciattarelli.

4 years ago

Bernadette Witt, left, and JoAnn Bartlett, right, process and double-check mail ballots
Elections
Government
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Murphy vs. Ciattarelli: No winner, no loser yet in New Jersey governor’s race

Another unknown that many had assumed would have been easily answered by Tuesday’s results: How powerful will Democrats be in the Legislature?

4 years ago

Lawn signs are pictured in upport of Republican candidate
Elections
Environment
Pennsylvania

Not sure what to do with your lawn signs post-election? Montco will recycle them for you

Instead of sending campaign signs to the landfill, Montgomery County wants residents to consider recycling them at one of their 15 drop-off sites.

4 years ago

Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin claps while on stage
NPR
Elections
National
New Jersey

Bad omens for Democrats and 4 more takeaways from Republicans’ big nights in N.J. and Va.

The first big electoral night of the Biden presidency provided a bad omen for Democrats in 2022, and Republicans may have found a way to campaign in the post-Trump era.

4 years ago

Kevin Brobson shakes hands with Ford Thompson
Elections
Law
Pennsylvania

2021 Election: GOP nets Pa. Supreme Court seat; Pittsburgh gets 1st Black mayor

Amid light turnout around the state, Republican Kevin Brobson beat Democrat Maria McLaughlin to serve a 10-year term on Pennsylvania’s highest court.

4 years ago

Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin, right, gives his wife Suzanne, a high five during a rally in Chesterfield, Va., Monday, Nov. 1, 2021
Elections
Government
Politics

Youngkin wins Virginia governor’s race, jolting Democrats

Republican former business executive Glenn Youngkin has won Virginia’s governor’s race, a major political turnabout in a state that had been trending increasingly blue.

4 years ago

Kevin Brobson shakes hands with Ford Thompson
Elections
Law
Pennsylvania

Brobson wins Supreme Court race as GOP poised to sweep Pa. judicial elections

The stakes in the race to succeed Saylor in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court are nominally low, with Democrats set to keep a 5-2 majority on the court despite a GOP win.

4 years ago

A person wearing an eagle on the back of their hoodie watches the incoming results for New Jersey at the election night party for Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli, held at the Bridgewater Marriott hotel in Bridgewater, N.J., Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021
Elections
Government
New Jersey

Murphy vs. Ciattarelli: N.J. governor’s race still too close to call

The race for New Jersey governor is still too close to call, with Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli holding a narrow lead over incumbent Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy.

4 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner.
Elections
Law
Pennsylvania

Philly DA Larry Krasner cruises to reelection victory

The contest was seen as a referendum on Krasner’s progressive, anti-mass-incarceration approach amid the city’s sharp spike in deadly gun violence.

4 years ago

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