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 Voting machine operator George Stuski reads a newspaper as people cast their votes at the Mummer Museum in Philadelphia, Pa.  (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)

Pa. to hear electronic voting challenge

Pennsylvania voters have cast ballots electronically for years, but a voter-rights group plans to argue before the state’s highest ...

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Obama defends decision to delay immigration action

President Barack Obama is defending his decision to delay taking executive action on immigration until after November’s congression ...

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Anti-federal message to be delivered by horseback

A rural Nevada county will send a message the old-fashioned way to Washington about what it calls federal overreach on public lands: by h ...

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White House asks for $58M for Ebola drugs

The White House is asking Congress for $58 million above current levels to speed the production of promising drugs to fight Ebola and to ...

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States ask U.S. Supreme Court for definitive ruling on same-sex marriage

Delaware and Pennsylvania have signed on with 13 other states asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide the issue of same-sex marriage once ...

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Progressive coalition looks to promote ‘development without displacement’

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That low rumble you hear is Philadelphia getting ready to elect a mayor

Don’t look now, but it’s coming. On Nov. 5 it will emerge at full roar. Political etiquette demands that chatter about ...

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US trained Alaskans as secret ‘stay-behind agents’

Early in the Cold War, there were fears Russia might invade and occupy Alaska — then a U.S. territory. So Washington recruited a ...

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North Korea calls US ‘graveyard of human rights’

North Korea is saying the police shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri, is evidence that the United States is a ...

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Jindal suing feds over Common Core, cites state sovereignty

Louisiana’s Republican governor is planning to file a lawsuit against the Obama administration, accusing it of illegally using fede ...

11 years ago

 Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY File Photo)

Is Wolf’s progressive Pa. tax plan unconstitutional?

Tom Wolf, the Democratic nominee for governor, wants to restructure Pennsylvania income taxes so middle-class and poor families would pay ...

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When does politics as usual amount to a crime?

Maybe Texas Governor Rick Perry should give John Street a call. The former Philadelphia mayor could give Perry a few tips on how t ...

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Historical Commission approves Warner Bros. building redo; 205 Race St. construction and 801 Market signage

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Lawsuits challenge FAA drone, model aircraft rules

Model aircraft hobbyists, research universities and commercial drone operators and investors have filed lawsuits challenging a government ...

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 Republican Gov. Tom Corbett, left, and Democrat Tom Wolf shake hands at the end of a gubernatorial debate hosted by the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry Sept. 22 in Hershey. The tow will meet again Wednesday for the second of three planned debates.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

First priority for the next Pa. governor? A huge budget gap

Job No. 1 for whoever wins this fall’s election for Pennsylvania governor likely will be trying to solve the state government’ ...

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