Elections 2024
Last-minute Philly poll worker appointments worry experienced election hands
Despite concerns, experts say the hiring of about 200 Republican workers is standard practice.
2 months ago
Investigations into voter registration forms in Pennsylvania lead to wave of misinformation
Lancaster County's Republican DA said election workers raised concerns about two sets of voter registration applications due to what she described as numerous similarities.
2 months ago
The struggle for Senate control goes down to the wire as spending shatters records
The election will test the down-ballot strength of both parties in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
2 months ago
Pennsylvania challenge of Elon Musk’s $1M-a-day voter sweepstakes moves to federal court
A state judge let both sides debate their grievances in a hearing skipped by the world's richest man.
2 months ago
Senate candidates battle over fentanyl as it claims thousands of victims in Pa. each year
Bob Casey and David McCormick have accused each other of contributing to the scourge that is on track to kill 5,000 people in Pennsylvania this year.
2 months ago
Listen 6:02No ‘seat at the table’: Why Philly-area environmental justice activists fear a Trump win
“With a Harris-Walz administration, we will at least have a seat at the table,” one activist said. “With a Trump administration, there won't be a table.”
2 months ago
Listen 1:04A look at false and misleading claims surrounding the 2024 election
Two videos circulating on social media on Wednesday are falsely claiming they show wrongdoing around voting in Pennsylvania, a key swing state.
2 months ago
Judge orders Bucks County to extend mail ballot deadline following Trump legal challenge
Bucks County voters can now request mail ballots and access on-demand mail voting at the county’s three voter services offices until close of business Friday.
2 months ago
Listen 1:17McCormick led ‘toxic’ work environment, according to former hedge fund coworkers
In interviews with WHYY News, former employees at Bridgewater Associates say that David McCormick presided over a “toxic” work environment where sexual harassment was common.
2 months ago
‘No somos ninguna basura’: Philly-area Puerto Ricans react to ‘racist’ joke at Trump rally
Philly Puerto Ricans on both sides of the political spectrum condemned a comedian’s remarks — and said it could have an impact at the polls.
2 months ago
Listen 1:08‘We need our library’: Nicetown-Tioga branch reopens after 6-month closure due to earthquake damage
After a magnitude 4.8 earthquake in April, inspectors declared the building unsafe. The branch reopened just in time to serve as a polling place for the election.
2 months ago
Hundreds of Pennsylvania voters are challenged based on postal service’s change-of-address database
Counties in Philly’s suburbs are being asked to reject some mail-in ballot applications in what the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania said are illegal challenges.
2 months ago
Trump says his New York rally marked by crude and racist insults was ‘an absolute lovefest’
He was joined Tuesday night at a rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania, by Puerto Rico's shadow U.S. senator, who defended him.
2 months ago
Harris promises to ‘put country above party and above self’ in closing argument against Trump
The vice president is delivering the speech Tuesday evening from the same site where Donald Trump fomented the Capitol insurrection.
2 months ago
How often have Harris and Trump visited Philly and its suburbs this fall?
Candidate visits are up in the region compared to four years ago.
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