Politics

In 2016, Tommey endorsed waiting eight months to fill a Supreme Court vacancy under President Barack Obama.

In 2000, lawyers and election officials endlessly debated butterfly ballots and hanging chads. Now, the legal arguments are more complex and concern mail-in voting.

In 2016, Toomey supported the decision to put off consideration of President Barack Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland.

While Pennsylvania's high court settled several partisan points of dispute over how to update the state's election law, counties remain unprepared in several important ways.

The Supreme Court’s role, then, could be vital in deciding a contested election, as it was in 2000 when a 5-4 ruling handed the presidential election to George W. Bush.

The White House was making preparations to select a nominee for the seat held by Ginsburg, who spent her final years on the bench as the leader of the court’s liberal wing.

The justice's demise gives Republicans the chance to tighten their grip on the court. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will be at the center of that battle.

Philadelphia is safe territory for Democrats. But the margin by which Joe Biden wins the city could make a significant difference in a close election.

Legislation that comprehensively bans single-use plastic and paper bags along with foam products and plastic straws advanced in the New Jersey Assembly Thursday. 

As a councilman, Trippi Congo was part of what Mayor Purzycki calls the “resistance.” Tuesday Congo ousted a Purzycki ally to win the council presidency.

The office of Attorney General Josh Shapiro asked the judge to delay enforcement of his ruling that many of Gov. Wolf's pandemic shutdown orders were unconstitutional.

Public comment on the $276.5 million offer for Delaware County’s wastewater system was offered at two scheduled hearings before an administrative law judge.

Some legal experts question what effect, if any, the decision will have in the ongoing struggle between the Wolf administration and those who want Pa. to reopen completely.

Stickman, an appointee of President Donald Trump, wrote in his ruling that the Wolf administration’s pandemic policies have been overreaching and arbitrary.

The lobbyist, recently hired by Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, worked for the firm that runs the lawmaker’s political campaigns.