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Politics & Policy

The Delaware General Assembly in session at the Legislative Hall in Dover, Delaware
Delaware
Government Accountability

Delaware pays $102 million in legal settlement to Pennsylvania, other states over unclaimed property

Pennsylvania led a coalition of 30 states to argue Delaware was improperly keeping abandoned checks drawn in other states in its general fund.

12 months ago

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump
Elections
National

The presidential campaigns brace for an intense sprint to Election Day

Both candidates are locked in close races across the seven top swing states. Now comes the hard part.

12 months ago

Before and after of deforestation
Delaware
Environment
Government
Public Spaces

No more ‘knocking trees down to the property line’ for Sussex County developers

Environmentalists have bemoaned the loss of 43,000 acres to development and say more is needed, but county leaders laud the compromise law.

12 months ago

sign with Kamala Harris wearing an Eagles uninform
Elections
Philadelphia
Sports
6abc

Eagles working to remove ‘counterfeit’ political ads in Philadelphia

To some, it might seem official. Along with the Eagles logo, the ad also sends people to a real website.

12 months ago

voters at their polling place
Elections

Ready or not, election season in the U.S. is about to start. The first ballots will go out within days

Election Day on Nov. 5 is only about two months away, and major dates, events and political developments will make it fly by.

12 months ago

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
Business
Elections
Employment
Pennsylvania

Harris set to oppose sale of US Steel to a Japanese firm during joint Pennsylvania event with Biden

Kamala Harris plans to use Monday's joint campaign appearance in the industrial city of Pittsburgh with Joe Biden to say that U.S. Steel should remain domestically owned.

12 months ago

Tiffany Justice speaks into a microphone
Elections
National
Politics

Moms for Liberty fully embraces Trump and widens role in national politics

The nonpartisan, nonprofit group says it’s open to anyone, but over the weekend, the group’s co-founder urged members to “fight like a mother” against Kamala Harris.

12 months ago

Cornel West speaks into a microphone
Elections
National
Pennsylvania

GOP network props up liberal third-party candidates in battleground states

Republican political operatives and lawyers are propping up liberal third-party candidates in states like Pennsylvania and Georgia, hoping to take votes from Kamala Harris.

12 months ago

Maxwell Frost speaks behind a podium

Youngest member of Congress campaigns for Harris in Pa. to bring out youth vote

U.S. Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost made a stop in Philly, his final on a tour of swing states in an effort to turn the youth vote out for Vice President Harris.

1 year ago

Austin Davis speaks
Business
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity

Pa. Lt. Gov. Austin Davis pitches state contracting to Black-owned businesses, touts 30% jump as progress

Pennsylvania made some key changes to state contracting to increase participation from minority-owned businesses under the Shapiro-Davis administration.

1 year ago

Chester County election workers process ballots
Elections
Pennsylvania

Court stops Pennsylvania counties from throwing out mail-in votes over incorrect envelope dates

A state court is halting enforcement of a requirement that voters include accurate, handwritten dates on envelopes used to submit mail-in ballots.

1 year ago

David McCormick
Elections
Pennsylvania
Billy Penn

David McCormick’s campaign cites the wrong Philly in post attacking Sen. Casey

The Republican U.S. senate candidate forgot that there’s more than one Philadelphia in the world. We made a list of them.

1 year ago

Republican presidential candidate former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks at a town hall campaign event at Mitchell Hill BBQ Grill and Brew, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Rochester, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Higher Education
Politics

Former N.J. Gov. Chris Christie will teach a course on running for office at Yale

The weekly seminar taught by Christie is titled “How to Run a Political Campaign” and is open to undergraduates as well as graduate students studying global affairs.

1 year ago

a person holds a cell phone
Elections
Pennsylvania

A phishing scam is targeting some Pa. voters. Here’s what to know

The text message falsely claims the recipient is not registered to vote, and asks them to provide personal information on an unsecure website.

1 year ago

Listen 0:46
Trump at Arlington Cemetery
Elections
Government Accountability

Trump campaign was warned not to take photos at Arlington before altercation, defense official says

A defense official says Donald Trump’s campaign was warned about not taking photographs before an altercation at Arlington National Cemetery during a wreath-laying ceremony.

1 year ago

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