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Elections

Matt Brouillette, a conservative activist and well-known Harrisburg figure, is running for state Senate. (Courtesy of Matt Brouillette)
Politics & Policy

Longtime conservative activist to run for vacant Folmer seat

Pa. State Senator Mike Folmer abruptly resigned over a child porn charge. Matt Brouillette says he’s running on a school choice platform.

6 years ago

Stickers are placed out for voters at a polling place on Nov. 6, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Legality of using bonds for election machines questioned by Pa. board

Officials in charge of the funding to reimburse counties for voting machine expenses say they have serious concerns about going through with the plan.

6 years ago

Union members attended the Worker’s Presidential Summit at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

5 things to know from Philly’s 2020 labor summit with Sanders, Biden and other hopefuls

As the South Philly refinery and the 1% were hot topics, Bernie got the warmest reception, while there was some skepticism about “Middle Class Joe.”

6 years ago

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In Houston on Thursday, Democratic presidential hopefuls Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Bernie Sanders, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren participate in the third Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season.
NPR
Politics & Policy

What is the filibuster — and why do some Democrats want to end it?

The fate of the filibuster — a 60-vote threshold for most legislation in the U.S. Senate — is again an issue of controversy among Democratic presidential candidates.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidates are introduced for the Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC on the campus of Texas Southern University Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Democratic debate analysis

After Thursday night's Democratic primary debate, we discuss what the candidates said and how may play among voters.

Air Date: September 13, 2019 10:00 am

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The majority of absentee ballots are rejected in Pennsylvania for lateness, and the rejection rate is increasing. (Alan Diaz/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania to let voters apply online for absentee ballots

Pennsylvanians who will not be able to vote in person this fall can apply online for absentee ballots for the first time, officials announced Monday.

6 years ago

Centre County introduced new ES&S voting machines in the primary on May 21, 2019. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Election security advocates criticize Pa. over re-examination of voting machines

Several other groups, including Protect Our Vote Philly and the Pennsylvania-based Citizens for Better Elections, joined in criticizing the state department.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., gestures with an umbrella as she speaks at a campaign event, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019, in Hampton Falls, N.H. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Politics & Policy

Democrats release climate plans ahead of town hall spotlight

Presidential candidates are releasing their plans to address climate change ahead of a series of town halls as the party's base increasingly demands aggressive action.

6 years ago

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (left) and challenger Stephanie Schmid (right) (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

N.J. Congressman Chris Smith to face 2020 challenge from former intern

Stephanie Schmid is a human rights advocate and former Foreign Service officer who opposes Smith’s stances on reproductive rights. She is also the Congressman's former intern.

6 years ago

Listen 1:10
NPR
Politics & Policy

What you need to know about fake video, audio, and the 2020 election

Security experts have warned about a new era of high quality faked video or audio, which some commentators worry could have deeply corrosive effects on U.S. democracy.

6 years ago

In this Feb. 24, 2017 file photo, National Rifle Association (NRA) Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer Wayne LaPierre speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill, Md. Amid all the turmoil engulfing the National Rifle Association there’s one big question: Will it still be a force to be reckoned with in the 2020 presidential campaign? 
(Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Gun owners look beyond the NRA for representation

As the 2020 presidential campaign draws closer, gun control groups are seizing on the turmoil engulfing the NRA.

6 years ago

The exterior of the Pa. State Capitol Building
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Report: Pennsylvanians say they’re fed up with secrecy, manipulation surrounding redistricting — and they can fix it.

The Redistricting Reform Commission's findings and recommendations are out ahead of state lawmakers' return to Harrisburg for fall session — and more debate over the issue.

6 years ago

In this file photo, election workers begin to sort a new batch of ballots collected earlier in the day, Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, in Renton, Wash. Voters in Washington all vote only by mail. (Elaine Thompson/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

N.J. lawmakers seek to clarify, fund state’s vote-by-mail overhaul

The bill appropriates $2 million for counties, which complained the law imposed new requirements on clerks’ offices without money to defray new costs.

6 years ago

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2011, file photo former U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh, R-Ill., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Walsh, a former Illinois congressman, says he'll challenge President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination in 2020. The tea party favorite argues that Trump is unfit for the White House. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Politics & Policy

Ex-Rep. Joe Walsh to challenge Trump in 2020 GOP primary

"Somebody needs to step up and there needs to be an alternative" among Republicans, Walsh told ABC's "This Week," adding that "the country is sick of this guy's tantrum."

6 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky walks off the House floor in April. In his chamber, McConnell can decide virtually by himself what the Senate will do — and even what it will consider doing. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

How does one man have so much power without being president?

McConnell's status stems from his office as the Senate majority leader — elected by his party colleagues to lead their conference in the chamber.

6 years ago

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