Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Pennsylvania

‘Addiction comes in all shapes and sizes’: Michael Keaton’s family reveal nephew’s tragic death from opioids

In Dopesick, Keaton plays a rural doctor sucked into the opioid epidemic. His family are speaking out about how drugs killed his namesake nephew in 2016. Sheila Flynn reports

The Independent UK

Pa. Rep. Fred Keller decides not to run, blasts ‘liberal’ state Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania Rep. Fred Keller said Monday he would not seek reelection this year after his district was split between two Republican-held districts after the state lost a seat because of reapportionment.

Tribune News Service

A fight at the heart of PSERS: Who is in charge at the big pension fund? The board or its executives?

Glen Grell had been the executive director of Pennsylvania's biggest pension fund for two years in 2017 when he drove by the shuttered newspaper plant near his Harrisburg headquarters and noticed the "for sale" sign. Within a few months, the PSERS plan bought the place for $1.6 million.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Pennsylvania GOP urges Supreme Court to toss congressional map

WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania Republicans asked the Supreme Court on Monday to overturn a state court-approved congressional map, arguing the Democrat-controlled court exceeded its authority by imposing the map without the Legislature’s approval.

Tribune News Service

US states adding to financial squeeze on Russian over war

Governors and lawmakers in numerous U.S. states are seeking to add to the financial squeeze on Russia over its war against Ukraine

The Independent UK

Keller decides not to run, blasts ‘liberal’ state Supreme Court - Roll Call

After a new map split his district, Pennsylvania Rep. Fred Keller ended his bid for a second full term rather than run in a GOP primary.

Roll Call

Dr Oz ridiculed for complaining Fauci won’t debate him

TV doctor’s challenge derided by many including actual opponent in Pennsylvania senate race

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Pennsylvania GOP urges Supreme Court to toss congressional map - Roll Call

The Supreme Court is asked by Pennsylvania Republicans to overturn a congressional redistricting map approved by the state's high court.

Roll Call

US governors order state-run liquor stores to stop selling Russian vodka

Governors of Ohio, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Utah say symbolic move shows support for Ukraine

The Guardian - US

No notes, same logo: Dr. Oz's campaign is like his TV show

Dr. Oz is making his way around Pennsylvania as a candidate for U.S. Senate in town hall-style settings that seem very much like the TV studio where he once presided

The Independent UK

Malcolm Kenyatta is tired of being told a Black gay man from North Philly can't win Pa.

PHILADELPHIA — Malcolm Kenyatta asks a version of the same question in almost every campaign speech: "Do you want someone who says, 'Vote for me because you have no choice'? Or, 'Vote for me because I understand your life'?"

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Stay informed this primary election season with our sample ballot tool

Welcome to the Friday, February 25, Brew.

Ballotpedia

Inside Putin's deep appeal to the GOP

On Salon Talks, Rick Wilson breaks down the stakes of the "MAGA crazy" midterms and 2024, and what Dems need to win

Salon

Small plane crashes in residential neighbourhood in Pennsylvania

Resident says ‘house shook’ after the crash in Bucks County

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has picked a new congressional map

PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has selected a new congressional map that will shape power and politics in the state for the next decade, one that’s largely based on the current map and slightly favors Republicans.

Ballotpedia

Pennsylvania Supreme Court enacts new congressional map

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court selected a new congressional district map, officially enacting that map as part of the post-2020 redistricting process on Feb. 23. Pennsylvania was apportioned 17 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2020 census, one fewer than it received after the 2010 census. This map…

Roll Call

Courts adopt new House maps that favor Democrats in PA, NC - Roll Call

In Pennsylvania, a GOP district was divided between two others. And North Carolina's court rejected the GOP-controlled legislature's plan.

Tribune News Service

Regional hunters add $312 million to Pennsylvania's economy

In 2020, southwestern Pennsylvania's 143,000 hunters spent $112.7 million on supplies and trip expenses, adding $201 million to the state's economy. Their spending contributed more than $11.5 million in state and local taxes.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Republican candidate denounces Michael Flynn as a ‘traitor’ during bad-tempered GOP debate

Senate candidate Everett Stern blasted the QAnon-courting general during a testy exchange with his opponent Kathy Barnette in Pennsylvania

Salon

Deer-tick virus could be next epidemic

A recent study in Pennsylvania found the highest-ever concentration of ticks carrying an oft-fatal virus

Tribune News Service

Dr. Oz and former Bridgewater CEO fight over Trump voters for Pennsylvania Senate seat

PHILADELPHIA — Former Bridgewater Associates CEO David McCormick and celebrity physician Mehmet Oz have already shattered spending records in their Republican primary battle for a U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania that is pivotal to party efforts to retake control of Congress.

Tribune News Service

Teen traveled to Philly to get vaccinated against his parents’ wishes

High school junior Nicolas Montero stays busy. He runs track, works night and weekend shifts at Burger King, and keeps on top of his schoolwork at Neshaminy High School in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Daily Mirror

Two pairs of loved-up couples say weekly spouse swapping is key to their happy marriages

Kate and Brad LaValley from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, had been together for 15 years when they met married couple Alex and Lexi Kraft at a local bar where they both worked

Ballotpedia

Pennsylvania labor secretary reports $570 million in unemployment insurance fraud during pandemic

In testimony before the House Labor and Industry Committee on Feb. 10, 2022, Pennsylvania Secretary of Labor and Industry Jennifer Berrier estimated that the state paid $570 million of fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits from March 1, 2020, through Sept. 30, 2021. The fraudulent payments represented about 6.3% of the total…

Reuters

U.S. man charged with torturing a worker in Iraq's Kurdistan region

A Pennsylvania man has been charged by U.S. federal prosecutors with torturing an employee at a construction project that the defendant was managing in Iraq's Kurdistan region in 2015 after the worker raised concerns about a program to produce weapons parts.

1 … 193 194 195 196

People

Dina Powell McCormick

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

House of Representatives

Bridgewater Associates

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

34 stories

U.S. House of Representatives

22 stories

U.S.

13 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.