
Elections
Registration for Pa. primary closes Monday, voters already on the rise
Pennsylvania’s primary is May 21 and includes voting for candidates for positions such as mayor, district attorney, and city and county councils.
6 years ago
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey hopes expectations for a heavily redacted Mueller report are ‘too pessimistic’
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., said he doesn’t have high hopes for what will be made available either to the public or to Congress but is keeping his fingers crossed he is wrong.
6 years ago
Bernie Sanders releases 10 years of long-awaited tax returns
His 2018 return reveals that he and his wife, Jane, earned more than $550,000, including $133,000 in income from his Senate salary and $391,000 in sales of his book.
6 years ago
Robert Mueller’s Russia report is coming Thursday. Here’s what you need to know
One topic it might explore is what Trump and his top lieutenants in 2016 knew and when.
6 years ago
Leftward Democratic drift could get Trump re-elected
What Democrats badly need is substantive moderate push back, on policies that are conceivably achievable: closing tax loopholes or real tax breaks for the middle class.
6 years ago
Anthony Williams opposes congestion pricing, pitches shuttle buses to cut gridlock
Mayoral candidate State Sen. Anthony Williams talked about his vision for transportation at a recent forum hosted by the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists.
6 years ago
‘Mayor Pete’ officially joins 2020 Dem race as face of new generation
The South Bend mayor, a Rhodes Scholar and Afghanistan War veteran who has been exploring a White House run since January, has now joined a field vying to take on Trump.
6 years ago
Biden to campaign as extension of Obama’s political movement
He's betting that the majority of Democratic voters are eager to return to the style and substance of the Obama era — and that they'll see him as the best option to get back.
6 years ago
Cover-up commandant William Barr: ‘I’ve said what I’m gonna say’
If the full report totally exonerates Trump, as Trump claims, why is his regime so intent on suppressing it?
6 years ago
Unions, soda industry: See who’s spending the most on Philly’s local races
It appears Philly will have yet another election in which independent, outside groups spend more to influence votes than the top candidates themselves.
6 years ago
Barr: Mueller report out within 1 week; IG report on Russia inquiry this summer
The attorney general says work is going well in redacting the special counsel's report about the Russian interference in the 2016 election.
6 years ago
2019 PA Leadership Conference attendees said they see a clear path to repeat a Trump win in Pennsylvania in 2020.
6 years ago
The soda tax ad wars are back: Beverage industry attacks Kenney in new ad
The soda industry will spend $408,000 over two weeks on a new TV ad slamming Kenney’s sweetened drinks tax, about one month before the primary election.
6 years ago
Netanyahu, challenger: 2 front-runners in Israel elections
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the favorite to win Israel's general election this week but he faces serious corruption charges and a stiff challenger.
6 years ago
Super PAC airs first TV ad of Philly mayor’s race
The first ad in the Philadelphia mayor’s race comes from a labor-backed super PAC supporting Mayor Jim Kenney’s re-election bid.
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