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Election 2024

Debates to play a major role in Pennsylvania’s 2024 US Senate election

May 4, 2024

ABOVE PHOTO: This photo combo shows. Republican David McCormick, left, addressing supporters at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, Sept. 21, 2023 and Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., speaking during an event at AFSCME Council 13 offices, March 14, 2024, in Harrisburg, Pa.. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, Marc Levy, file) By Marc LevyASSOCIATED PRESS HARRISBURG, Pa….

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Hanging In The Hall-Playground politics

April 28, 2024

On Thursday, eight of Mayor Cherelle Parker’s picks for Philadelphia’s School Board were passed by City Council. But the rejection of the ninth one is about to test some relationships. ABOVE PHOTO: Joyce Wilkerson PHOTO: PHILA.GOV By Denise Clay-Murray A few years ago, I wrote a column for the SUN entitled “Fisher Price Politics” about…

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A fight about fighting

April 28, 2024

In November, the race for Pennsylvania’s attorney general will be between Democrat Eugene DiPasquale and Dave Sunday. ABOVE PHOTO: PA Auditor General Eugene DePasquale, speaking at a rally against the Trump-Republican lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act (ACA), August 28, 2019.Photo: Anthony Grove/Commonwealth Media Services By Denise Clay-Murray On the website for his attorney…

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Shapiro administration implements new federal work study program for nonpartisan civic engagement

April 22, 2024

HARRISBURG, Pa. -– The Shapiro administration has implemented a new program from the U.S. Department of Education that allows eligible college students in Pennsylvania and across the country to use Federal Work Study (FWS) funding to work in get-out-the-vote activities, election offices, polling places, and other nonpartisan civic engagement employment opportunities. Secretary of the Commonwealth…

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In politically driven Pennsylvania, primary voters will pick candidates in presidential contest year

April 22, 2024

ABOVE PHOTO: Pennsylvania House Speaker Rep. Joanna McClinton, a Philadelphia Democrat, presides over a Pennsylvania House of Representatives session on April 10, 2024, in Harrisburg, Pa. Democrats are hoping to retain their narrow majority control over the chamber in this year’s legislative elections. (AP Photo/Mark Pynes, File) By Mark ScolforoASSOCIATED PRESS HARRISBURG, Pa. — The…

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