“I reached out to them and said we have to know how you did it,” Senator-elect James Malone’s campaign manager said.
Seven Pennsylvania municipalities have received Welcoming America certification for pro-immigrant policies.
Student mental health has been a priority for state lawmakers and the Shapiro administration in the first half of his term.
County election workers flagged suspicious applications in a large batch turned in just before Monday’s deadline.
State election officials said the lawsuit is an effort to ‘sow confusion’ and disenfranchise uniformed service members.
Republicans in the committee opposed the bill that would guarantee all workers employed in the state would earn one hour of paid leave for every 40 hours worked and could use up to 40 hours of leave per year.
Washington County’s policy of preventing voters from finding out if their ballots are disqualified is unconstitutional.
Voting rights advocates say it’s clear that the timeliness of mail-in ballots is determined by when they are received in county elections offices and not the date on the envelope.
“The Administration’s notice to the court is a welcome acknowledgment of what we’ve long known to be true, which is that the Pennsylvania Constitution protects reproductive autonomy rights,” said the Women’s Law Project’s Susan J. Frietsche.
Swegal hopes his movie will be a conversation starter that challenges viewers to feel empathy.
It’s unclear if Bucks County Sheriff’s deputies were involved.
“For a long time, people saw white supremacist politics and white nationalism as on the fringe of American politics. It has now become the mainstream of the American right, whose central foundation is within the Republican Party,” said Marc Morial, president of the Urban League.
“The DOJ seems dead set on acquiring personal information on voters, including driver’s license numbers, Social Security numbers and dates of birth — records that are highly protected under federal law and under state law and which state election officials are sworn to protect,” said David Becker, executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation & Research.
“In Pennsylvania, our current law puts regulations around abortion care in the criminal code, and that is absolutely unacceptable. Health care is not a crime,” said State Senator Amanda Cappelletti.
