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Jay Bradley/LehighValleyNews.comLehigh County District Attorney Gavin Holihan said Zach Cole-Borghi was one of 22 people taken into custody Thursday as part of an ongoing grand jury investigation. Cole-Borghi was arrested Thursday at his job at Bethlehem City Hall. A city official today said he is no longer employed by the city. -
Tom Shortell/LehighValleyNews.comUnder Executive Phil Armstrong's final budget plan, taxes would remain at 3.78 mills, lower than they were 11 years ago. The budget now goes to county commissioners for consideration and deliberation.
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Northampton County Elections Office initiates Ballot-on-Demand voting for the Nov. 7 Municipal Election starting today. -
Gov. Josh Shapiro may be the only person in Bedford, NH who doesn't think he'll run for president in 2028.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro addressed about 500 people at the New Hampshire Democratic Primary convention in Bedford, N.H., on Saturday. He denied his trip was an effort to kick the tires on a presidential run in 2028.
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The League of Women Voters of Lehigh County hosted the forum where the pledge signed onto by the "true Republicans" was center stage.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will address New Hampshire Democrats at their state convention Saturday, marking his first trip to an early primary state. His dominant victory in the 2022 governor's race raised Shapiro's political star in national circles.
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Under the new format, prompts on the computer screens in driver’s license centers in Pennsylvania will take the user to a template to register to vote.
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LV Print Center in Allentown produces millions of political materials every election cycle, mostly for Democratic candidates. Their work has been used at every local, from local school board candidates to President Joe Biden, according to owners Maggie Wert and Ervin Fetherman.
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WLVR's Megan Frank talks with reporters Tom Shortell and Brittany Sweeney.
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Republicans have long demonized mail-in voting in Pennsylvania, and experts say it's cost the party elections. Win Again PAC, formed by rivals Dean Browning and Lisa Scheller, is attempting to get irregular GOP voters to embrace the method and swing close races.
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There's two new candidates in the Allentown School Board race and one in the Southern Lehigh School board race.
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Republican William Rowe, a write-in candidate for the Bethlehem-area seat on Northampton County Council, will advance to the November election.
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Meanwhile, Lehigh County Sheriff Joe Hannah and district attorney candidate Gavin Holihan locked up both primaries in their races.
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Members of Northampton County Council's government committee suggested changes to the county home rule charter, including a commission that could rewrite it altogether.
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Voter turnout was about 23.74% among Democrats and Republicans in Northampton County — only slightly better than Lehigh County’s 22.5% voter turnout rate.
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Unofficial results in Lehigh and Northampton counties suggest voters rallied around candidates for Northampton County Council and Lehigh County district attorney, among others.
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Conservative Republican slates targeting LGBTQ issues and library books swept GOP primary races across three districts. Democrats and moderate Republicans who cross-filed landed victories on the Democratic ticket.
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Six candidates were poised to move on to the general election for the Bangor Area School Board, eliminating half of the incumbents in the race.
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The primaries winnowed the field for Pen Argyl Area School Board, but voters in Pen Argyl and Plainfield Township will have more decisions to make in November.
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Northampton County Commissioner Tara Zrinski claimed victory in the Democratic primary for Northampton County Controller, setting up a general election fight with fellow commissioner John Cusick.
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First-time candidate Cindy O'Brien won the Republican primary in the race for Bethlehem Area School Board.
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Two of the three candidates supported by Moms for Liberty Northampton survived the primary, both being in Region I.
