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Philadelphia Just Got $10M to Implement an Ambitious Vote-by-Mail Plan
The grant comes amid concerns that a presidential election result will hang in limbo for days on a drawn-out vote count in Pennsylvania.
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Gov. Wolf Infuses His Fall Legislative Agenda With a Blunt Goal: Legalizing Weed
Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday asked lawmakers to send him a bill to legalize the recreational use of marijuana by adults, and outlined how he thinks the state should spend much of the $1.3 billion remaining in federal coronavirus relief funds.
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Judge Puts Trump Campaign’s Lawsuit Against PA Mail-in Voting on Hold
A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Sunday put a high-profile election case on hold, telling President Donald Trump’s campaign that its claims must wait
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High School Sports Will Resume Monday Despite Recommendations to Postpone
PIAA rejected the advice from public health experts to postpone fall sports until January 2021 to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.
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Pitt and Drexel Announced They’re Switching to Online-Only Classes
Some smaller private colleges in Pennsylvania, including Lafayette College and Dickinson College, and several state-owned universities have also made the decision to go remote this fall.
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READ: The Full Transcript of Sen. Kamala Harris’ DNC Speech
Making history, Harris officially accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president Wednesday night. Read her full speech below.
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Pennsylvania Asks Supreme Court To Rule on Election Dispute as Republicans Fight Mail-In Voting
The court filing comes just days after President Trump openly admitted he’s undermining the Postal Service in order to make it harder to process mail-in ballots.
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Pennsylvania to State Supreme Court: Please Extend Mail-In Voting Deadline
Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration is asking the state Supreme Court to order that ballots postmarked by 8 p.m. on Nov. 3 be counted if they are valid and received during the three days following the election.
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PA Mayors Plead With Congress: Smaller Cities Need Coronavirus Help Too
With Washington in a stalemate over a new round of funding, mayors warned of severe consequences on services and the economy without an injection of federal aid to cover slackening tax collections.
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‘An Unworkable Plan’: Trump’s Unemployment Proposal Would Leave States on the Hook for Billions
Many states are already facing budget crunches caused by the pandemic without being asked to supplement federal unemployment benefits.
