With the exception of the Democratic race for state auditor general, candidates from the Delaware Valley were wiped out in Tuesday’s statewide primaries. And there may also be a red flag for Donald Trump in the Delaware Valley’s presidential primary results. The Democratic and Republican primaries for state attorney general were the most high-profile races, and they featured five candidates from southeastern Pennsylvania. Former Auditor Eugene DePasquale emerged as the winner over four candidates with DelVal ties on the Democrat side. DePasquale, a Pittsburgh native who also served in the stat ..read more

This is a big week in Philly sports. The Eagles have the NFL Draft, the Sixers are in the playoffs, and the Phillies have come alive and are getting fans to dream of another World Series appearance. It is a great time for the fun and joy that we get from sports, and I’ve always cherished it. However, progressive forces, which are often synonymous with destroying fun associated with holidays, language, and hundreds of other things, are on the march to change the world of sports. The brilliance of former Iowa star basketball player Caitlin Clark has stoked their claims of lack of pay equity for ..read more

Late Monday afternoon Common Pleas Judge Anthony Verwey ruled against the Chester County Republican Committee, which had asked for an injunction to prevent ballots harvested from a nursing home to be counted in Tuesday’s primary. The judge also denied the party’s request to reverse a county Board of Elections ruling that GOP committee members cannot act as poll watchers in their own precincts. The Republicans also objected to the reapportionment of wards in Phoenixville. They are concerned that the Board of Elections gave them insufficient notice of these ward changes in the borough for commit ..read more

With a veteran Delaware Valley politician sitting in the governor’s office, it’s no surprise that local candidates are playing a featured role in Tuesday’s primaries. The race for Pennsylvania attorney general will feature the most Delaware Valley politicians on the ballot. Four of the five Democrats are local: Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer, Bucks County Solicitor Joe Khan, Northeast Philly state Rep. Jared Solomon, and Keir Bradford-Grey, who has served as Chief Defender for Montgomery County and Philadelphia. Pittsburgh native Eugene DePasquale, who served three terms a ..read more

For college senior Elisheva Asiag, campus antisemitism limited the graduate schools she’s applying to for her master’s in social work. Asiag, 22, will graduate from Tuoro College this June with a degree in psychology. “When I was looking into schools, my advisor (said) the University of Pennsylvania has a really good social work program and also NYU,” said Asiag. So I was thinking of applying to those places, but then all this stuff happened.” The Montgomery County resident watched three university presidents being questioned by Congress and decided she did not want to go to Penn. In that Dece ..read more

With a veteran Delaware Valley politician sitting in the governor’s office, it’s no surprise that local candidates are playing a featured role in Tuesday’s primaries. The race for Pennsylvania attorney general will feature the most Delaware Valley politicians on the ballot. Four of the five Democrats are local: Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer, Bucks County Solicitor Joe Khan, Northeast Philly state Rep. Jared Solomon, and Keir Bradford-Grey, who has served as Chief Defender for Montgomery County and Philadelphia. Pittsburgh native Eugene DePasquale, who served three terms a ..read more

After repeatedly ignoring requests from Delaware Valley Journal — and following embarrassing revelations by a high-profile former employee —  Delaware County has been ordered to conduct a more thorough search and hand over documents about its controversial Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts. The Pennsylvania Office of Open Records sided with DVJournal in a Right-to-Know (RTK) request, declaring the county had not responded “in good faith” to the news outlet’s request for public records related to its spending on DEI initiatives. At issue are two questions DVJournal believes ar ..read more

Amidst the challenges facing Pennsylvania’s Main Street businesses, the looming threat of job losses casts a shadow of uncertainty. As the state grapples with the future of its steel industry, the choice between preserving local jobs or succumbing to further consolidation grows ever more critical. In this pivotal moment, the entrance of Nippon Steel potentially represents a beacon of hope for Pennsylvania’s workforce. With a commitment to preserving US Steel’s identity and honoring agreements with workers, Nippon is making a serious effort to assuage job loss concerns by committing to kee ..read more

Two Democrats, Rep. Ryan Bizzarro and Erin McClelland, are vying to unseat incumbent Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity, a Republican. Bizzarro is not holding his fire until the general election. He’s directing it at Garrity, not his Democratic opponent. Bizzarro (D-Erie) is running television ads that claim Garrity is an “election denier” and hit her on abortion—two topics unrelated to overseeing the more than $150 billion in the state’s coffers. Jim Tkacik, a spokesperson for Garrity, said, “Ryan Bizzarro’s TV spots offer no insight into how Treasury operates because he has no idea. Instea ..read more

(This article first appeared in Broad + Liberty.) Gov. Josh Shapiro allowed his signature to be used on mailers guiding people to request mail-in ballots through Vote.pa — a URL that closely resembles the official state voter registration website of vote.pa.gov but which also surreptitiously collects user data for political campaign purposes. The new revelation underscores the deep extent to which Pennsylvania Democrats and left-of-center organizations have invested in the website that one Republican state representative called an “obvious attempt to steal information from ..read more