The Latest Breaking News from Pennsylvania

Doug Mastriano seeks to mend GOP rifts and raise money to compete with Josh Shapiro

PHILADELPHIA — Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, spent the last week acting as a GOP emissary with a message of party unity.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 25, 2022

Dems hope to harness outrage, sadness after abortion ruling

Democratic officials across the nation hope to harness their party's collective outrage and sadness to improve their political outlook this fall after the Supreme Court's stunning decision to overturn Roe v. Wade

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2022

Supreme Court’s abortion ruling puts spotlight on Pa. governor and state legislative races

PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday overturning Roe v. Wade thrust the races for the governor and state legislature in Pennsylvania into the spotlight as both parties gear up for a midterm campaign that will decide the fate of abortion access in the state.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 24, 2022

Gun bill expands school safety spending beyond security

WASHINGTON — Mill Creek Township School District in Pennsylvania plans to upgrade its surveillance cameras, radios and a door monitoring system with a $500,000 federal grant, one of hundreds awarded across the country over the past four years as part of a $1 billion program Congress passed to address school…

Tribune News Service · Jun 23, 2022

Signs Posted Facing Neighbor's Property Enjoined, by Analogy to Residential Picketing

From Oberholzer v. Galapo, which was decided two months ago by the Pennsylvania intermediate appellate court (Judge Carolyn Nichols, joined by Judges Victor Stabile and James Gardner Colins) but just popped up for me on a Westlaw query: Appellants Simon and Toby Galapo (individually, Appellant Husband and Appellant Wife) appeal…

Reason · Jun 23, 2022

Pennsylvania’s far-right, Trump-endorsed candidate was nominated for governor. Is Maryland’s next?

BALTIMORE — Sixteen miles north of the Mason-Dixon Line, Dan Cox was celebrating.

Tribune News Service · Jun 23, 2022

Pennsylvania principal who was trusted ‘like an older brother’ charged with 30 counts of sex with student

Roger Weaver Freed allegedly told the student that it was ‘OK for bros to please each other’

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022

Third-degree murder charges dismissed, then refiled, against woman charged in deaths of 2 Pa. State Police troopers and pedestrian on I-95

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office has refiled third-degree murder charges against a woman accused of fatally striking two Pennsylvania State Troopers and a third man after a judge dismissed those counts following a day-long preliminary hearing that included multiple witnesses, videos, and presentations.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 23, 2022

Bills limiting classroom discussion on gender, sexual orientation pass Pa. Senate panel

PITTSBURGH — The state Senate Education Committee on Tuesday passed two bills intended to address discussions of gender identity and sexual orientation in Pennsylvania schools.

Tribune News Service · Jun 22, 2022

The Pa. primary election set voter turnout records. Here’s what else the data show

PHILADELPHIA — The 2022 Pennsylvania primary election — finally filed away in the history books after a recount — wasn’t just a wild political saga. It also set voter turnout records.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 22, 2022