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Trump promises security, service to blacks and Latinos in DelCo stump speech

Following a week marked by protests against policing in black communities and civil unrest, Donald Trump courted city-dwelling voters of ...

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Former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ron Castille and fellow retired Justice Stephen Zappala are again challenging the wording of a referendum on increasing the mandatory judicial retirement age. (AP file photo)

New legal challenge to Pa. ballot question on raising judicial retirement age

On Election Day, Pennsylvania voters will decide whether to raise the retirement age for judges to 75, but the way the ballot question is ...

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Philadelphia rapper Freeway and social media personality Karen Civil campaigneed for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton Friday at Temple University. (Brad Larrison for NewsWorks)

Courting millennial support, Clinton bolsters outreach to young African-American voters

On a sunny Friday afternoon at Temple University, about 40 college students gathered to listen to  Philadelphia hip-hop star Freeway tal ...

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Two debates set in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race

The candidates in the close race for Pennsylvania’s contested U.S. Senate seat have agreed to two debate dates after weeks of back- ...

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 Pedro Cortes is charged with overseeing the integrity of the electoral process in Pennsylvania. (AP Image, file)

Keeping Pennsylvania votes — and voters — in order

We’re now some three weeks out from the deadline for qualified Pennsylvania residents to register to vote in the Nov. 8 general electio ...

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Pro-Bernie Sanders demonstrators march down South Broad Street during the Democratic National Convention. (Brad Larrison for NewsWorks)

Will millennials be lured by Clinton’s talk of free college?

About a week after Hillary Clinton accepted the Democratic nomination for president, Pasquale Cippolloni got an email from her campaign a ...

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SEPTA battles Philadelphia before Supreme Court in jurisdictional war over LGBT protections (again)

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Council supports Keystone Opportunity Zone expansions, called for greater transparency

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Trump announces child care plan in Pa.

Donald Trump rolled out a plan Tuesday aimed at making child care more affordable, guaranteeing new mothers six weeks of paid maternity l ...

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Philly zoning board chair out after FBI raids

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Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Katie McGinty talks with Dave Davies at WHYY. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Wolf adminstration, Pennsylvania GOP bring feud over McGinty emails to court

Another chapter has unfolded quietly in the drawn-out battle over emails Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Katie McGinty sent and received ...

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Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson (center) and his running mate William Weld (left) speak with Sirius XM radio host Michael Smerconish during a forum at the National Constitution Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Libertarians visit Philly to promote ‘brainy Bill, honest Gary’ as presidential alternative

The Libertarian candidates for president and vice president were in Philadelphia Monday touting the ticket as “brainy Bill, honest ...

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Where there is no freedom: My year living under a dictator in West Africa

The truth is tricky. In the age of instant gratification and social media, Americans expect unlimited access to the truth while they pick ...

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On 9/11 anniversary, Obama hails meaning of being American

President Barack Obama is hailing what it means to be an American while remembering the nearly 3,000 people who were killed in the Sept. ...

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Women’s issues front and center as Warren stumps for Clinton, McGinty in Philly

While playing up her historic nomination has not always worked for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, women’s issue ...

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