The judge ruled that rejecting mail ballots for issues with the date on the outer envelope violates voters’ First Amendment rights, since voting is considered an expression of free speech.

I have a friend named Stevie. When she was in high school, she lived in a car with her physically handicapped mom and their small dog. Literally for years – three of her four high school years – they ...

Army veteran, attorney, and public safety expert Danny Ceisler has officially launched his campaign for Bucks County Sheriff after securing the unanimous endorsement of the Bucks County Democratic ...

Legalizing marijuana for adults in Pennsylvania – controlled, taxed and administered by the government – could become a cash cow for the commonwealth. While medical marijuana is legal in Pennsylvania ...

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“It is inconceivable that after decades of promises and political posturing, Congress has yet to pass a permanent solution for undocumented immigrants who entered the country as children and other ...

President Donald Trump has said “tariff” is “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.” He claims tariffs will restore American trade supremacy, bring lost jobs back to the United States, and most ...

Let’s all admit it: what we have seen in these past nine weeks is worse than we expected. I’ll confess to that – having seen the first Trump Administration, I was prepared for a shambolic mess of ...

“These bills will protect health care coverage for Pennsylvanians, regardless of what happens at the federal level,” said state Rep. Perry Warren. Pennsylvania Democrats like state Rep. Perry Warren ...

With a bipartisan bill introduced March 17 in the House of Representatives and more legislation expected this Spring, experts say conditions look favorable for long-anticipated improvements to ...

“My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go.” – Claudius, in Hamlet, Act 3 Scene 3, William Shakespeare The short version of this essay is that our Republican ...

Pennsylvania State Representatives Chris Rabb (D-Philadelphia) and Joe Webster (D-Montgomery) have introduced a bill to eliminate secret voting on regional energy policies by members of PJM ...