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Jackie Lee Thompson poses for a portrait Tuesday June 7, 2016 near Wellsboro, Pa. Thompson, 61, appears to be the first of Pennsylvania's approximately 500 juvenile lifers released since the Supreme Court ruling in January.
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Now the Democrats' presumptive nominee, Hillary Clinton aimed for primary election victories in California and five other states Tuesday to send her into the general election with fresh momentum. Donald Trump got new blasts from his own Republican Party for his comments on a federal judge.
Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to loosen Pennsylvania's tightly controlled liquor system by letting groceries and other outlets sell takeout wine and by formalizing beer sales in convenience stores that have begun as a result of court cases. The House voted 157-31 to send the proposal to the desk of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf after a debate in which members said the changes carried considerable public support.
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In Pennsylvania, legislation tends to follow a circuitous path toward becoming a law. It can involve any number of constituent groups and lobbyists over a span of many years.
Among the abundant ironies of this election cycle, there is this: We are now in the eighth year of the most liberal administration since Lyndon Johnson's. The primary elections reveal a national mood of anxiety, apprehension and anger, in turn reflecting stagnation at home and failure abroad.
Pennsylvania's primary polls looked grim in mid-March for Katie McGinty, the candidate recruited by Democratic heavy hitters in Washington in their multimillion-dollar quest to recapture the U.S. Senate majority.
Hundreds of millions of dollars that Republican groups had been poised to spend in the 2016 presidential election are moving into Senate and House races as many big donors look to distance themselves from the party's presumptive nominee, Donald Trump. These groups and their Democratic counterparts have already spent more than $25 million on advertising in Senate general-election races alone, according to Kantar Media/CMAG, outpacing both the 2014 and 2012 campaigns in outside spending.
Among the abundant ironies of this election cycle, there is this: We are now in the eighth year of the most liberal administration since Lyndon Johnson's. The primary elections reveal a national mood of anxiety, apprehension and anger, in turn reflecting stagnation at home and failure abroad.