Sean Kitchen is the Keystone’s political correspondent, based in Harrisburg. Sean is originally from Philadelphia and spent five years working as a writer and researcher for Pennsylvania Spotlight.
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Youth turnout skyrocketed for Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court election
Youth turnout on college campuses around Pennsylvania for the 2023 supreme court race between Daniel McCaffery and Carolyn Carluccio increased by 110% when compared to the last time there was an open supreme court seat in 2021.
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Ballots that arrive in time should be counted, Pennsylvania judge rules
“Every eligible person who casts a ballot should have their vote counted,” Witold Walczak, legal director of the ACLU of Pennsylvania, said in a statement.
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Casey: Food producers driving, profiting off of increased food prices
“It has, quite literally, gotten harder for working Americans to bring home the bacon,” the report said, describing the rising costs of food prices.
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Pennsylvania charter schools among the worst in the US, report finds
Pennsylvania charter schools rank amongst the lowest performing in the country, according to a new report published by Education Next, an education journal that promotes and examines the changes happening in the county’s education system.
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PA House Democrats advance bill helping striking workers
Pennsylvania House Democrats on Wednesday passed a bill that would expand worker rights and allows workers to collect unemployment compensation while they are on strike.
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PA Democrats celebrate Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Pennsylvania Democrats celebrated the two-year anniversary of President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law by highlighting how the bill is benefitting Pennsylvania residents.
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PA House Dems pass shield law protecting out-of-state residents seeking reproductive health care
Pennsylvania House Democrats on Wednesday took a critical step forward in protecting the reproductive rights of those coming to the commonwealth seeking abortion care as states continue to ban the procedure after the reversal of Roe v. Wade.
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Hundreds of voters disenfranchised in Dauphin County election
Over 350 mail-in ballots were rejected in the extremely close Dauphin County Commissioners race, according to the Dauphin County Elections Office on Wednesday.
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Sen. Casey takes aim at corporate price gouging’s inflation impacts
The report was released last week by US Sen Bob Casey (D-Pennsylvania), and calls out corporations for using inflation as a cover to gouge consumers and reap record profits coming out of the pandemic.
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PA Supreme Court victory helps Democrats secure majority for years to come
The impacts of McCaffery’s victory will have ripple effects for years to come, especially when it comes to preserving reproductive freedoms.
