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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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A second Pa. appellate court judge, Deborah Kunselman, will run for an open seat on the state Supreme Court in next November’s election.
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Voters with no religious affiliation supported Democratic candidates and abortion rights by staggering percentages in the 2022 midterm elections. And the religiously unaffiliated are growing.
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Less than a month after the critical midterm election, Democratic and Republican leaders in the Pennsylvania state House are contesting which party can run the body, a dispute that could determine who has the power to call special elections to fill pending vacancies, and shape who lawmakers pick to lead the chamber on Jan. 3.
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Three weeks after the end of voting, challenges to certify midterm election results are playing out in just two states, Arizona and Pennsylvania, where Democrats won the marquee races for governor and Senate.
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The Allentown organization helps kids with educational opportunities regardless of financial or home situation.
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Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro Wednesday detailed how he’ll assume power from Gov. Tom Wolf, who will helm the AG’s office, and some of his goals for his first year in office.
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When John Fetterman goes to Washington in January as one of the Senate’s new members, he’ll bring along his style from Pennsylvania. It's one that extends from his own personal and very casual dress code to hanging marijuana flags outside his current office in the state Capitol.
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Officials in a northeastern Pennsylvania county where paper shortages caused Election Day ballot problems are deadlocked on whether to report official vote tallies to the state.
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Rep. Mike Schlossberg credited GOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano — and Mastriano's extreme positions — with turning the state House blue for the first time in a decade.
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Lehigh County Sheriff Joe Hanna announced Tuesday he will seek a third term in the 2023 election cycle.
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Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth Leigh Chapman warns the move may have a 'chilling effect' on voters.
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State official says physically monitoring drop boxes may be a form of voter intimidation.
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The ACLU of Pennsylvania and several voting rights advocacy groups have asked Martin to drop the plan.
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Low polling numbers have kept Alex Khalil out of debates and largely out of public view.
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Michigan was a focal point in Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election. Zach Gorchow of Gongwer News Service tells NPR's Ailsa Chang that election misinformation still looms large there.
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It comes as the Lehigh County DA plans to station detectives at mail-in ballot drop boxes.
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County Executive Phillips Armstrong wants the upcoming primary to run as smoothly as possible.
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Frontrunners Dr. Mehmet Oz and David McCormick did not attend the forum at Dickinson College.
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Violators face fines up to $2,500 and two years' imprisonment, under Pa.'s election code.
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The war in Ukraine, abortion and strengthening democratic institutions were among the topics.
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Leading in the polls, Fetterman was grilled about a 2013 incident in which he confronted a Black man with a shotgun.
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Enid Santiago wins her signature challenge to stay on the ballot. Schweyer disagrees with the rulingThis is the second time Enid Santiago and Peter Schweyer have faced off .