Mark Scolforo | Associated Press
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Pennsylvania House Dems propose new expulsion rules after remote voting by lawmaker facing a warrantThe move comes in the wake of intense criticism after Democratic Rep. Kevin Boyle voted remotely this week while being sought on charges he violated a restraining order.
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The state House on Wednesday voted 146 to 54 for the measure, which was sent to the state Senate for its consideration.
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Some of Pennsylvania’s most populous counties are relocating polling places out of synagogues because next month’s primary election falls on the first day of Passover. The primary election is April 23.
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The country auctions in Lancaster County began in the 1960s. These days some get thousands of bidders and can do more than a million dollars in sales. The auctions benefit local fire departments.
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A Pennsylvania state court says spreadsheets of raw data associated with every ballot cast in an election aren't subject to public scrutiny. The Commonwealth Court ruled Monday on “cast vote records,” which were requested by an election researcher whose work has fueled right-wing attacks on voting procedures.
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The request made in recent days by Secretary of State Al Schmidt that Fulton County and its officials pay the state more than $700,000 comes in a three-year battle over allowing outsiders to examine voting machines to help former President Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud.
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A federal district judge ruled in November that even without the proper dates written on the envelope, mail-in ballots should be counted if they are received in time.
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Pennsylvania’s high court is taking a case to decide whether some automatic life sentences for those convicted of murder violate constitutional protections for defendants.
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The deal between the girl, who was 14 at the time of the 2021 sexual assault, and McDonald's franchisee Rice Enterprises LLC, compensates her for the attack by Walter A. Garner in the restaurant bathroom.
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Police took about 200 people protesting the Pennsylvania state government's investments in Israel into custody Monday, shutting down a demonstration on the steps of the Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg.