Supporters of President Donald Trump demonstrate at a “Stop the Steal” rally in front of the Maricopa County Elections Department office on Nov. 7, 2020. Arizona’s attorney general announced the indictments on April 24 against 18 people, seven of whose names are redacted. Multiple news organizations have used details in the indictment to identify RNC senior counsel for election integrity Christina Bobb, as well as the other six. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Less than a week after the Republican National Committee unveiled a “historic” new program to monitor the polls for fraud, a top la ..read more

Valerie Williams, a former teacher in Pittsburgh, speaks at the April 26, 2024 launch of Educators for Biden in Pennsylvania. She was joined by state Sen. Lindsey Williams (D-Allegheny) (l) and Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers president Bill Hileman (screen capture) PITTSBURGH — When her daughter was born, Valerie Williams had already had her on a waitlist for childcare for six months, hoping she’d have a spot lined up before it was time for her to go back to her job as an early childhood educator. She eventually found a child care program, but said she had to work extra jobs just to pay the ..read more

(Getty Images) The top story coming out of Pennsylvania’s 2024 primaries may well have been Nikki Haley’s performance. It was significant enough that it caught the attention of President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign, which made it clear that Haley voters in Pennsylvania would be welcomed in the Biden-Haley camp. Among the voters who cast ballots for Haley was former Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.  Despite suspending her campaign back on March 6th, the former South Carolina governor still received 157,581 votes or 16.6% of the GOP tally on Tuesday ..read more

Ashley Ehasz speaking to teachers April 25, 2024.(Photo by Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com) This article first appeared on LevittownNow. It is is republished with permission. Democratic congressional candidate Ashley Ehasz said on Thursday that she is ready for her second turn taking on four-term incumbent GOP U.S. Rep Brian Fitzpatrick (R-1st District) this November. At the Neshaminy Federation of Teachers’ (NFT) union office in Middletown Township on Thursday, Ehasz received the endorsement of the American Federation of Teachers Pennsylvania (AFT-PA), which represents more than 36,000 members ..read more

Pennsylvania state Rep. Kevin Boyle (D-Philadelphia) speaks during a House committee hearing. (Pa. House Democrats photo) The withdrawal of an arrest warrant earlier this week for state Rep. Kevin Boyle (D-Philadelphia) has not changed the resolve of Republican lawmakers to stop his vote from being counted while he is absent from the House chamber, a GOP spokesman said Friday. Democrats, who control the House by one vote, say they are powerless under the chamber’s rules to revoke the letter that Boyle signed to allow his vote to be cast by the majority whip, a common practice among lawmakers ..read more

David McCormick addresses an audience in Philadelphia on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023 (screen capture). MEDIA, Pa.— The Republican candidates for Pennsylvania statewide office embarked on a two-day statewide bus tour following Tuesday’s primary election, making six stops across the commonwealth. David McCormick, the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate, Treasurer Stacy Garrity, Auditor General Tim DeFoor and York County District Attorney Dave Sunday, the GOP nominee for state attorney general, wrapped the tour with a stop in the Philadelphia suburbs Thursday. Pennsylvania Republican Party Chairman Lawrenc ..read more

(Getty Images) President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign launched a new digital ad in battleground markets timed with the NFL draft that leans into the football metaphors (“make the right pick in November”) and pokes fun at former President Donald Trump for his previous derisive comments about the game.  “First Pick #46” is a digital ad on YouTube that will target voters in key markets including Green Bay, Wisconsin, home of the Packers; Detroit, Michigan, home of the Lions; and Pittsburgh, home of the six-time Super Bowl champion Steelers.  A new football-themed ad from the Biden ..read more

Dozens of anti-Trump protesters gathered outside the U.S. Supreme Court on April 25, 2024, while the justices heard arguments about whether former President Donald Trump has immunity from prosecution on criminal charges related to his actions while in office. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical Thursday of former President Donald Trump’s argument he is immune from criminal charges that he tried to overturn his loss in the 2020 election. But conservatives who dominate the court appeared open to returning key questions to a trial court ..read more

AES Indiana’s Petersburg Generating Station in Petersburg, Indiana, has been burning coal since the 1960s but will shutter all of its coal-firing units over the next few years. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday released a sweeping set of rules aimed at cutting air, water and land pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants. (Robert Zullo/States Newsroom) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday released a sweeping set of rules aimed at cutting air, water and land pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants. Environmental and clean energy groups celebrated th ..read more

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., is pictured on Thursday, March 14, 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — U.S. House lawmakers will no longer be able to request earmarked funding for some nonprofits under a change in eligibility made by the Republican chairman of the Appropriations Committee on Thursday. The alteration is related to an uproar during last year’s annual government funding process, when House Republicans, who are in the majority, included three LGBTQ projects in one of their spending bills and then stripped that funding during a tense public markup. Th ..read more