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Hayden Mitman/LehighValleyNews.comLehigh County prosecutors tried to avoid the standard procedures for criminal court by bypassing defendants' preliminary hearings. Instead, Lehigh County Judge Thomas Caffrey ruled the cases should proceed Friday morning as scheduled.
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Evan Vucci/AP/APIn this week's episode, Political Pulse host Tom Shortell and political scientist Chris Borick talk about current events shaping political opinions in unexpected ways. Borick said it marks a "wild start" to 2026 and could set the stage for the rest of the year.
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These are searchable, unofficial results as reported by the Northampton County elections office on Tuesday night. Provisional ballots are not included. The vote will remain unofficial until certified in several days.
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Four incumbents could have much higher pay rates when they start new terms next year than when they won re-election Tuesday night, according to unofficial results.
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In Southern Lehigh School District, 10 candidates faced off for five seats on the nine-member school board.
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Republicans needed to win two of the four seats up for grabs on the Lehigh County Board of Commissioners Tuesday to regain the majority.
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The unofficial but complete results for the 2023 Parkland School Board election results are in: the Democratic slate, made of mostly incumbents, has swept all six seats.
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Unofficial results showed Democratic incumbent Mark Pinsley leading Republican challenger Robert Smith Jr. by more than 6,200 votes with nearly all precincts reporting. Pinsley has made headlines for his unconventional audits through his first four years in office.
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Buglio, a Democrat from South Whitehall Township, has served as coroner since being appointed by the county commissioners in April 2022.
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Northampton County removes judge of elections from Bethlehem polling place in middle of Election DayIn the wake of countywide issues with voting machines, officials said, one precinct's judge of elections in Bethlehem was removed from his post for refusing to follow the county's directives.
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Parker’s moderate message resonated with voters.
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Several county and municipal races in the Lehigh Valley were uncontested in the general election. That includes two of the highest-profile jobs in Lehigh and Northampton counties, as well as elected city representatives in Easton and Allentown.
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Dominion Voting Systems were targeted in the president's claims of an inaccurate election, but Spotlight PA's reporting found no problems with these machines.
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Leonard Lightner is the city’s Community and Economic Development Director. He’s considering joining the race for Mayor that already includes two city councilmembers.
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President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to make permanent a program that protects some undocumented immigrants who were brought to the country illegally as children.
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President-Elect Joe Biden is preparing to pick key members of his Cabinet. As WLVR’s Tyler Pratt reports, one group is lobbying Biden’s team to make Pennsylvania’s top health official the next surgeon general.
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Democrat Joe Biden was certified Tuesday as winner of the presidential election in Pennsylvania, culminating three weeks of vote counting and a string of failed legal challenges by President Donald Trump.
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President Trump continues to claim voter fraud. In Pennsylvania, his legal team continues to press forward and keep the election from being certified.
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The Trump campaign continues to assert baseless claims of voting fraud in the Commonwealth. And as WLVR’s Tyler Pratt reports, extremist supporters are now threatening election workers.
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Pennsylvania's U.S. Senators are each approaching Democrat Joe Biden's projected victory in the presidential election differently.
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Kamala Harris is set to become the first woman and person of color to hold the office of vice president. WLVR’s Brittany Sweeney spoke with a local expert about what this means for women in politics.
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When news came in that Joe Biden became the President-Elect, a local Pennsylvania activist group was holding a virtual meeting.
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After four days of counting votes, Pennsylvania native son Joe Biden has been declared the winner of the state, and the 2020 presidential race, according to the AP.
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With the Presidential race still undecided, WLVR’s Brad Klein speaks with Pennsylvania’s Senior Senator, Bob Casey about the US Postal Service, and its role in the election.