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Democrats running for Senate in Pennsylvania mostly agree on the issues. Here's where they don't

PHILADELPHIA — Democrats running for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania spend a lot of time talking about why they're the candidate who can win the state in a general election. They also tout such policy priorities as voting rights and helping working families. But there's significantly less discussion of policy differences.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The U.S. Supreme Court’s latest redistricting decisions

Welcome to the Wednesday, March 9, Brew.

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SCOTUS could let the GOP rule forever

How the right turned a fringe constitutional theory into a brutal political weapon that could lock in GOP power

Salon

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Should big pension funds divest from Russia at a loss? It's the moral thing to do but a Pa. state senator warned it may make oligarchs richer

Board members of the Pennsylvania state workers' retirement plan watched nervously as the value of its Russian investments shrank rapidly — from $60 million at the end of last year to $21 million on Feb. 28, four days into the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Then it plummeted to $7 million…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Walmart Plans To Build New Fulfillment Center In Pennsylvania

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) plans to build a new fulfillment center in southern Pennsylvania to support its supply chain network and eCommerce capabilities. The 1.8 million-square-foot Shippensburg facility, slated to open in 2022 spring, will create up to 600 permanent, full-time jobs in the region. The fulfillment centers are focused on storing millions of…

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Q&A: He led Penn State in the Sandusky aftermath and through a pandemic: Eric J. Barron reflects on 8 years

PHILADELPHIA — When Eric J. Barron became president of Pennsylvania State University in 2014, he walked into one of the toughest jobs in higher education at the time.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Supreme Court rejects GOP challenges to congressional maps in Pa., NC

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court turned away Republican challenges to congressional maps drawn for this year’s election by state courts in Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

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Court rejects GOP redistricting plans in NC, Pennsylvania

In a victory for Democrats, the Supreme Court has turned away efforts from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to block state court-ordered congressional districting plans

The Independent UK

Blow to Republicans as supreme court denies bid to overturn electoral maps

Party urged justices to overturn maps imposed in North Carolina and Pennsylvania that made elections more competitive

The Guardian - US

US Supreme Court Declines To Revisit The Bill Cosby Case

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge brought by prosecutors in Pennsylvania regarding a state court ruling that overturned comedian Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction.

Benzinga

Supreme Court refuses to revive Pennsylvania conviction against Bill Cosby

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court refused Monday to review the Pennsylvania state court ruling that overturned the criminal sex-abuse convictions against comedian Bill Cosby on the grounds that he may have been wrongly induced to admit his guilt.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court denies appeal of Pennsylvania, North Carolina maps

The justices rejected attempts by Republicans to overturn court-approved voting maps that favored Democrats.

Roll Call

US Supreme Court Nixes Bid to Reinstate Bill Cosby’s Conviction

Bill Cosby avoided renewed legal jeopardy on Monday when the US Supreme Court declined to hear a bid by prosecutors to undo last year's ruling in Pennsylvania that overturned the 84-year-old actor and comedian's 2018 sexual assault conviction. The justices let stand the decision by a divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Supreme Court won’t review decision that freed Bill Cosby

The high court issued the ruling without comment to let the stunning decision from Pennsylvania that released Cosby from prison in June.

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The Independent UK

High court won't review decision freeing Cosby from prison

The Supreme Court says it will not take up the sexual assault case against comedian Bill Cosby, leaving in place a decision by Pennsylvania’s highest court to throw out his conviction and set him free from prison

The Independent UK

'We want to win': Democrats face choice in key Senate race

Pennsylvania’s Democratic Party committee members backed U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb by 2 to 1 in an endorsement vote over Lt. Gov. John Fetterman in the primary race for the state's open U.S. Senate seat

The Independent UK

Pennsylvania man charged with hiding in OnlyFans model’s attic and secretly filming her

‘Officers on scene located a male suspect on the roof of the residence,’ says the Somersworth Police Department

Benzinga

Baywood Hotels Acquire Homewood Suites By Hilton Reading

Homewood Suites by Hilton, part of Hilton Hotels Corp's (NYSE:HLT) All Suites portfolio, stated that Baywood Hotels has acquired Homewood Suites by Hilton Reading in Pennsylvania. Financial terms not disclosed. The hotel has 119 suites, offering a combination of studio, one- and two-bedroom accommodations, featuring fully-equipped kitchens and separate living and sleeping areas. The property…

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pennsylvania pension fund votes to dump investments it owns in 'barbaric' Russia

PHILADELPHIA — Trustees of Pennsylvania's largest state-funded pension fund, PSERS, voted unanimously to "take all necessary action" to dump up to $300 million it has invested in Russia and Belarus to protest Russia's invasion, from bases in both countries, of neighboring Ukraine.

Tribune News Service

In support of Ukraine, US governors cut economic ties with Russia

Outraged by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, governors and state lawmakers from both parties are seeking to impose economic sanctions of their own.

Salon

Is Pennsylvania losing its sh*t?

GOP gubernatorial candidates can't resist "extreme anti-government" group with multiple ties to Jan. 6 riot

Ballotpedia

Ballot Bulletin: Ranked-choice voting barred from state and local elections in Tennessee

Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin, where we track developments in election policy at the federal, state, and local levels. In this month’s issue:

Tribune News Service

Pennsylvania hunters prefer the Saturday deer hunting opener

The controversial shift from a Monday deer opener to a Saturday opening day in 2019 infuriated many deer camp members while making participation easier for hunters who couldn't get off work or school on Mondays.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Conor Lamb's challenge: Build his name. Take down Fetterman. And do it all with less money.

Conor Lamb has two big problems.

The Independent UK

‘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

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