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PA governor race: Your guide to the candidates
4+ hour, 51+ min ago (1655+ words) HARRISBURG — The 2026 election for Pennsylvania governor is fast approaching. Voters will decide whether Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro should spend another four years as the state’s chief executive or grant his Republican competitor, state Treasurer Stacy Garrity, a turn at overseeing…...
Fetterman speaks at GOP convention, fuels switch rumors
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (375+ words) Democratic Sen. John Fetterman spoke to the Republican midterm convention via video Wednesday, further escalating the growing rupture between the Pennsylvanian and his party. Fetterman spoke for just over one minute in a recorded video introducing his fellow Pennsylvania senator,…...
Measles caused death of PA infant, coroner says
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (572+ words) NEW YORK — The two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania last month involved infants, and the virus itself caused one of the deaths, a Pennsylvania coroner confirmed Wednesday. Lancaster County’s coroner, Dr. Stephen Diamantoni, said he told the Centers for Disease Control…...
Analysts skeptical of Trump admin efforts to curb gas prices
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (723+ words) Hours after President Donald Trump predicted on Truth Social that oil prices would fall precipitously once the United States wins its war with Iran, strikes on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure by Iranian-backed Houthis Tuesday caused global oil prices to spike…...
Fetterman is becoming a pariah among Dems
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (844+ words) HARRISBURG — Around this time two years ago, Sen. John Fetterman was in high demand on the campaign trail, going county-to-county in Pennsylvania to help Democrats up and down the ballot. Now, after two years of crossing swords with Democrats and…...
PA attorney in 2020 Fulton County election lawsuit could face discipline
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (801+ words) An attorney who represented a Pennsylvania county as it attempted to investigate the 2020 election is facing possible suspension or disbarment. Thomas Carroll, an attorney from the Lehigh Valley, represented Fulton County in a long-running dispute the county had with the…...
Penn State’s airport sees dramatic increase in ICE flights
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (1586+ words) BENNER TOWNSHIP — Penn State’s airport has seen a dramatic surge in flights chartered by ICE to move people between detention centers in the United States. While ICE has said such transfers are necessary for operational reasons such as bed space,…...
Musk PAC dumps $800K into August races
1+ week, 2+ day ago (262+ words) This article is made possible through Spotlight PA’s partnership with NOTUS, a nonpartisan news organization that covers government and politics with the fresh eyes of early career journalists and the expertise of veteran reporters. Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s super PAC…...
PA voter fraud claims rely on contested statistical model
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1633+ words) In April 2025, the Election Truth Alliance was a three-month-old Nevada nonprofit with a growing audience in anti-Trump online spaces and a claim that something about the 2024 presidential election did not add up. The group had released an analysis of the…...
PA election: Where Garrity, Shapiro stand on LGBTQ rights
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1270+ words) HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s next governor could play a key role in determining the protections and rights available to the commonwealth’s LGBTQ residents. While same-sex marriage has been legal across the country since 2015, Pennsylvania still has a law on the books recognizing…...