Fetterman absence raises stakes for Dems in key Senate race
John Fetterman has been fundraising, advertising on TV and grabbing attention with snarky social media posts, but he has yet to return to Pennsylvania's campaign trail in a significant way since a May 13 stroke.
Pennsylvania sues 3 counties over counting mail-in ballots
Pennsylvania’s elections agency is suing three Republican-controlled county governments to force their election boards to report primary results to include ballots with undated exterior envelopes.
With lots of cash on hand, Pennsylvania wraps up budget deal
Gov. Tom Wolf and lawmakers have wrapped up a budget package nearly two weeks late, approving billions of dollars in new spending, tax breaks for businesses and substantial sums for public schools.
Pennsylvania lawmakers move state abortion amendment closer to 2023 vote
A proposal to have voters decide whether to add a provision the Pennsylvania Constitution to say it does not guarantee any rights relating to abortion or public funding of abortions could be on the ballot next spring.
Pennsylvania Senate GOP advances constitutional amendment on abortion
Republican state senators are advancing a proposal to add language to the Pennsylvania Constitution stating explicitly that the document does not guarantee any rights relating to abortion or public funding of abortions.
State Capitol quiet during 5th day without new Pennsylvania budget
Most Pennsylvania lawmakers are absent from the state Capitol five days into the new budget year. There's no state government spending agreement in place, although the fiscal year ended last week.
COVID nursing home deaths claim is Pennsylvania governor campaign trail mainstay
Pennsylvania’s Republican nominee for governor, Doug Mastriano, often makes the baseless allegation that Gov. Tom Wolf’s policy of readmitting COVID-19 patients from hospitals to nursing homes caused thousands of deaths.
Pennsylvania to begin fiscal year without a budget
Pennsylvania’s new fiscal year will begin without a state budget in place. Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration and top Republican lawmakers plan to work through the deadline to hammer out a roughly $42 billion spending plan whose details were still largely being kept secret.
Bills on poll watchers, earlier presidential primary advance in Pennsylvania
Proposals to hold Pennsylvania’s presidential primaries in March rather than April and to permit poll watchers to operate outside the counties where they live are advancing in the Legislature.
Unlikely duo: Pennsylvania Democrats aim to form united front
The fate of the Democratic Party is intertwined in a pair of Pennsylvania elections that’ll be closely watched this year. John Fetterman could help the party keep control of the U.S. Senate.
Pennsylvania House GOP moves to bottle up 4 gun safety proposals
A Pennsylvania House committee is voluntarily relinquishing its control over four bills to address gun violence including bills regarding safe gun storage, an assault weapons ban, a red flag bill and a measure to give local governments power to enact their own protections.
3 Pa. House Republicans announce plan to draft articles of impeachment against Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner
Three Pennsylvania House Republicans, who do not represent constituents in Philadelphia, have announced intentions to file articles of impeachment against DA Larry Krasner
Justices allow counting of mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania
The Supreme Court is allowing elections officials to count mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania that lack a handwritten date but were received in time.
House votes to erase 'homosexuality' from Pennsylvania state crimes code
The Pennsylvania House voted unanimously on Wednesday to erase the word “homosexuality” from the definition of prohibited sexual acts in the state Crimes Code.
Oz wins Pennsylvania Senate primary ahead of showdown with Fetterman
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon endorsed by former President Donald Trump, won Pennsylvania's Republican U.S. Senate primary on Wednesday, narrowly defeating former hedge fund CEO David McCormick after a dayslong statewide recount buffeted by litigation that reached the nation's highest court.
McCormick concedes to Oz in Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary
Former hedge fund CEO David McCormick conceded the Republican primary in Pennsylvania for U.S. Senate to celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, ending his campaign Friday night as he acknowledged an ongoing statewide recount wouldn't give him enough votes to make up the deficit.
'I almost died,' Fetterman says as Senate campaign heats up
John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, who is recovering from a stroke, said Friday that he almost died from the episode after ignoring warning signs for years and a doctor's advice to take blood thinners.
Pennsylvania court orders contested ballots counted in Senate primary
A state court agreed Thursday night in a ballot-counting lawsuit with the campaign of David McCormick, who is in a neck-and-neck Republican primary contest for the U.S. Senate against celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz.
Supreme Court order could affect Pennsylvania Senate count
The U.S. Supreme Court is temporarily blocking the counting of some mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania. The order Tuesday could affect the tight Republican Senate primary between former hedge fund CEO David McCormick and celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz.
Pennsylvania leaders, activists gather for End Gun Violence rally
Gov. Wolf, activists and religious leaders gathered in Philadelphia to rally against gun violence and call out lack of leadership on gun safety measures.