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AP/Pennsylvania state lawmakers have failed to pass a spending plan for the year ahead — more than two weeks past the deadline. This week's Political Pulse looks at what the holdups are.
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Jay Bradley/LehighValleyNews.comAll three of the Lehigh Valley's state senators backed a bill that would make cities liable if they don't clear out homeless camps deemed to be public nuisances. However, House consideration of the measure seems unlikely, according to one lawmaker.

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Upper Milford Township Board of Supervisors Chair and former Lehigh County Comissioner candidate Joyce Moore is seeking reelection for her position on the township's Board of Supervisors
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Stephen Baratta and Terry Houck exchanged more salvos Thursday in a heated race for Northampton County district attorney. Houck said he's considering filing an ethics complaint against the retired judge.
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Pennsylvania counties make their own policies on drop boxes, fixing mail ballots, and more, creating an uneven landscape that gives people additional voting options based on where they live.
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Kevin Dellicker, a Republican who ran for the Lehigh Valley congressional seat, said federal investigators should look into the improper release of his military records.
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The chamber will return this week to focus on providing legal relief to sexual abuse survivors, but leaders are still debating what permanent rules to govern the chamber should look like.
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Easton Mayor Sal Panto Jr. kicked off his campaign for a record seventh term in office Thursday night.
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Colón, a Democrat, is seeking a third term. He was first elected in 2016.
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Incumbent Mayor Sal Panto Jr. on Thursday plans to make an official announcement of his candidacy for reelection in the upcoming municipal elections this year.
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The decision comes three months after Pinsley lost his state Senate race, running as a Democrat.
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Laird, who helped found the Bethlehem Food Co-op, announced a run for City Council Tuesday.
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Abortion is a key reason many people will be casting a ballot in the midterm election. People in Bethlehem talk about why they feel so strongly about the issue.
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Democratic challenger Anna Thomas faces off against Republican incumbent Joe Emrick for the Pa. House District 137th race.
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro spoke to about a hundred supporters at the Teamsters 773 building in Whitehall Township.
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When lawmakers redrew the map for Pennsylvania's 18th Senate District last year, they made it more competitive. As a result, incumbent Lisa Boscola has drawn a challenger for the first time in 12 years.
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A look at the candidates vying for the newly redistricted 22nd District in the state's House of Representatives.
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Lt. Gov. John Fetterman thanked canvassers in Whitehall Township as they worked to turn out voters in the closely contested with Mehmet Oz for U.S. Senate.
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The attorney general will stop at a teamsters' hall.
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Lehigh County's election drop boxes were the focus of a case that could have reverberated throughout the state, and may have had ramifications over how the rest of Pennsylvania handles election drop boxes. This is a deeper look at what happened in the courtroom during that hearing.
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Economy, abortion and the future of democracy in focus as Jill Biden headlines event at Muhlenberg College with US Reps. Susan Wild and Madeleine Dean.
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Polls say John Fetterman is neck-and-neck against Mehmet Oz in the race for U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Pat Toomey. Fetterman will swing through the Lehigh Valley on Thursday for a canvassing event with U.S. Rep. Susan Wild.
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Registered Democrats account for 67% of mail-in ballots ahead of Election Day in the Lehigh Valley.
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The two candidates are making their final pushes towards getting voters on their side in the district that includes parts of South Allentown, parts of western Salisbury Township, and the borough of Emmaus. Both have name recognition within different parts of the district, which incorporates and leaves out parts of the old 22nd and 134th districts.