Aaron Moselle

Witnesses called for greater transparency and railed against the high percentage of officers who are able to return to the force after being fired for their behavior.

The unofficial total, which eclipsed the final tally in 2016, was effectively an even split between mail ballots and votes cast at the polls. 

Who will sit on it, how they will be selected, what its budget will be, its duties and powers — all of that will be finalized in the coming weeks.

“We will continue to discuss that,” state Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine said. “We want to be very strategic in terms of what we do.”

City election officials are closing in on the finish line, with less than 15k regular mail ballots left as of midday Friday.

Although Boockvar says counting is ahead of schedule, she's making no promises that results will be in Thursday night.

Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt said Wednesday that it will take at least until Thursday morning for workers to wrap up the tally.

Challenges are being filed over contacting voters, the view from the ballot counting observation area, and decisions made by judges of elections at the polls.

A judge has ruled the John Dougherty case will be divided into two trials because a single proceeding would “unduly prejudice” the defendants in the case.

Prosecutors, elected officials and police stood outside a Philly recreation center to deliver one message: Anyone eligible to vote on Tuesday will be able to do so safely.

More than a dozen officers surrounded an SUV in West Philadelphia, beat two passengers, and separated a two-year-old boy from his mother for several hours.

Anthony Smith and three others charged in the federal indictment face a mandatory minimum of seven years in prison if convicted.