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Obama traveling to North Philly to stump for Wolf

President Barack Obama is traveling to North Philadelphia Sunday to stump for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Tom Wolf. Obama wil ...

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Wolf’s leadership style a mystery even as big win seems near

The polls say Pennsylvania voters are likely next week to pick Democrat Tom Wolf as their next governor. Wolf has never held elected offi ...

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SEPTA union says no strike at least until the weekend

SEPTA’s bus, subway and trolley operators could go on strike as soon as this weekend. Transport Workers Local 234 pres ...

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2014 Pa. governor’s race: Getting to the truth on taxes

In the Pennsylvania governor’s race, there’s been a whole lot of talk about taxes — and a lot less clarity about how each c ...

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Trivedi and Costello spar over NRA cash and gun control in debate

The debate Monday night between the candidates for Pennsylvania’s 6th Congressional District seat was, for the most part, surprisin ...

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Factcheck.org rebuts Corbett ads targeting Wolf

The website factcheck.org has issued a blistering report on two campaign ads by Pennsylvania Gov. ...

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First lady’s message in Northwest Philly: ‘When we stay home, they win’

Flood the polls. That was first lady Michelle Obama’s message Wednesday morning at a campaign rally for Democratic candidate ...

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Philly courts reversing course on aggressive collections

Philadelphia’s court system has spent the last four years trying to collect $1 billion in forfeited bail from criminal defendants d ...

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Nutter touts $8.5 billion of building activity in Philly

With little more than a year left in office, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter started to paint his legacy Monday. Speaking to abo ...

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Philly official urged to rebut report he has’t voted in years — or not seek re-election

The government watchdog Committee of Seventy is calling on Philadelphia City Commissioner Anthony Clark not to seek re-election next year ...

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Visiting Pa., Chris Christie energizes support for Corbett

Two politicians who could square off in the 2016 presidential race both rallied Thursday for opposing candidates for govenor of Pennsylva ...

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Municipal police press for change in Pa. law to use radar guns

A group of local police chiefs is renewing the call for Pennsylvania legislators to change the law to let them use radar guns. ...

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