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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state's congressional map "clearly, plainly and palpably" violates the state constitution and blocked its use in the May 2018 primaries. In a split decision, the seven-member panel sided with a group of voters who contended the state's 18 U.S. House of Representatives districts were unconstitutionally drawn as a gerrymander that discriminates against Democrats.
Pennsylvania Democratic State Senator Daylin Leach was accused of sexual misconduct and asked to step down by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf. Eight women and three men, all former staffers of the Senator, alleged Leach had inappropriate contact and sexual conversations with female staffers in the office.
Stymied by Republicans in his effort to pass a law raising the minimum wage, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf is moving to boost pay in Pennsylvania through another means - by making hundreds of thousands of additional salaried employees eligible for overtime pay, administration officials said Wednesday. The proposed regulation extending overtime to more salaried employees would need approval only from a five-member board whose members are appointed by Wolf, two top Republican lawmakers and two top Democratic lawmakers, giving it a 3-2 Democratic majority.
Lots of people want to run for Congress in Pennsylvania this year, but they may not yet know which district they live in. The prospect that the state Supreme Court could decide a high-profile gerrymandering case by ordering new boundaries for Pennsylvania's 18 congressional districts, including one that has been described as looking like "Goofy kicking Donald Duck," is sowing uncertainty barely a month before candidates begin circulating petitions.
Attorney Clark Mitchell Jr., right, is congratulated by Bill Kiehl, Democratic committeeman and former chairman of Chartiers Township Board of Supervisors, after delegates voted Sunday afternoon at Canonsburg VFW Post 191.
The Bush speechwriter who coined the term 'axis of evil' has become one more Never-Trump Republican overtaken by the pace of the events he decries The chaos that marked Donald Trump's presidential campaign is a hallmark of his presidency. Decorum once associated with the Oval Office has been replaced by " modern presidential ", an amalgam of tantrums, tirades , and tweetstorms, all emanating from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue or Trump-owned properties.
A federal judicial panel has ruled that Pennsylvania can keep its congressional map, turning back an argument from a group of Democratic voters who contended that it should be thrown out because the state lawmakers who created the map in 2011 gerrymandered it to help Republicans. Wednesday's decision comes a day after a court threw out North Carolina's congressional map, finding it went too far to help Republicans.
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In this Jan. 23, 2014 file photo, James Holleran, father of Madison Holleran, a University of Pennsylvania freshman who took her own life, talks about his daughter while sitting next to a favorite photo of her at his home in Allendale, N.J. Nearly half of the largest U.S. public universities do not track suicides among their students, despite making investments in prevention at a time of surging demand for mental health services. After her 2014 suicide, one of her former teachers in New Jersey was surprised to learn learn many universities don't report suicide statistics.
Democratic voters suing to throw out the map of Pennsylvania's congressional districts as unconstitutionally gerrymandered haven't proven that it violates existing law by unfairly favoring Republican candidates, a judge said Friday.
CONGRESSIONAL aide Donald "Ducky" Birts serves a tour of duty as Santa Claus at Laborers' Local 332's holiday party for children in West Poplar. Photo by Wendell Douglas But in the hinterlands of Pennsylvania, there is no peace on the Wyoming Valley, the Dutch Country or Southwestern Pennsylvania.
FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2013 file photo, Miss New York Mallory Hytes Hagan reacts as she is crowned Miss America 2013 in Las Vegas. Some former Miss Americas shamed in emails from the pageant's CEO are calling on him and... The worst appears to be over for a massive wildfire that plagued a wide swath of the Southern California coast for 2 A1 2 weeks.
Months before a national reckoning on sexual harassment and assault would topple powerful men in entertainment, business and media, entertainer Bill Cosby stood trial in a suburban Philadelphia courtroom, accused of drugging and molesting a woman at his home in 2004. Jurors heard lurid testimony about the TV star once known as "America's Dad" for his role as kindly Dr. Cliff Huxtable on "The Cosby Show."
In a story Dec. 22 about the cost of claims to settle sexual misconduct allegations in Pennsylvania government, The Associated Press erroneously reported the title of House member Frank Dermody. He is the House minority leader, not the majority leader.
A federal judge in Philadelphia on Friday ordered the Trump administration not to enforce new rules that could significantly reduce women's access to free birth control. Judge Wendy Beetlestone issued the injunction, temporarily stopping the government from enforcing the policy change to former President Barack Obama's health care law.
According to a press release, the money is going towards the hospital's Vision for Our Valley's Children Campaign, which supports basic annual needs, facility and campus improvements, people and programs and legacy and endowment. JoAnn Stock, the Senior Director of Development for Akron Children's Hospital Mahoning Valley said the hospital is grateful for the Cafaro Foundation's generosity and support.
The president of the management company that operates the Packard Music Hall said the group needs more money from Warren to continue to operate. The group had a 3-year contract with the city, which had the option to be renewed in one-year increments until 2018.