Government & Politics
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Video Store Cold Case: Two 20-Year-Olds’ 1993 Fatal Attack on the Job Remains Unsolved
As an indicator of just how cold an ongoing Bucks County cold case has gotten, its victims were two 20-year-old workers at a Warminster West Coast Video store — a chain that went defunct back in 2009. Joe Holden, CBS3, reported this tragedy’s decades-long investigation. Bryan Benson and Seann Campbell were closing the West Coast…
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A Montgomery County Official Shares Ideas for Protecting Voting Rights at the White House
Montgomery County Commissioner Neil Makhija recently attended a voting rights roundtable at the White House to share strategies for improving voting accessibility, writes Aliya Schneider for The Philadelphia Inquirer via MSN. “I’m excited to share ideas on all the steps we can take to protect the right to vote, and I believe Montgomery County can…
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A New Lansdale Traffic Study Will Identify Streets Being Used as Shortcuts
Lansdale has approved a traffic study to determine which side streets are used as shortcuts by drivers, writes Dan Sokil for The Reporter via MSN. The Lansdale Borough police department and public safety committee have been working toward this study for a few years as they received complaints from residents about drivers speeding and ignoring…
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Ensuring Election Integrity: KYW Newsradio Explains Pennsylvania’s Voting Machine Testing
Pennsylvania’s voting machines go through several layers of testing – both on federal and state levels – to make sure the results they produce are accurate, writes Carter Walker for KYW Newsradio. All voting machines are tested before every election to ensure they are working properly. Each machine produces paper ballots that can be audited.…
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Does Gov. Shapiro See a Presidential Run in His Future? Here Is What He Had to Say
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro recently discussed his track record as governor so far and whether he has a desire to run for president someday with Philadelphia Magazine’s Victor Fiorillo. Shapiro has received a lot of national attention so far during his tenure as governor with the repair of I-95 and his public condemnation of antisemitism…
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Lower Merion Pool Fees for Residents Likely Won’t Increase This Upcoming Season
Lower Merion officials voted against a swimming pool fee increase for this summer, writes Richard Ilgenfritz for Main Line Media News. The fee for non-residents may go up though. Originally the township recommended a 4.25 percent increase in membership fees for residents and a 6.5 percent increase for non-residents at the Belmont Hills Pool. For…
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Montgomery County Commissioner Spends the Day at White House
Jamila Winder, the first Black female Montgomery County commissioner and current chair, recently spent the day at the White House for a meeting with other Black leaders, writes Gregory Purcell for WFMZ 69 News. Winder and 8 others gathered at the White House to discuss important issues to the Black community. “We talked about issues…
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Pennsylvania State Senator Talks About Miscarriages, Importance of Storytelling
During a roundtable in Harrisburg last month, Pennsylvania State Senator Amanda Cappelletti, who represents parts of Montgomery County, including Lower Merion and Blue Bell, explained the importance of storytelling when it comes to protecting reproductive rights, writes Graham Harrington for The Keystone. “Storytelling humanizes people,” she said in a recent video interview. “From a very…
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WSJ: Take These Steps While Doing Your Tax Return to Avoid Costly Mistakes, IRS Audits
It takes an average of nine hours for people to do their taxes, which is more than enough time to make a mistake or two, writes Ashlea Ebeling for The Wall Street Journal. Filing errors range from forgetting to report interests to making a math mistake and much more. If the IRS catches those mistakes…
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More Montgomery County Residents Than You Might Realize Would Benefit from a Minimum Wage Increase
Pennsylvania’s minimum wage has been $7.25 per hour since 2009. Minimum wage increase legislation has been proposed both by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and the Senate, writes Claire Kovach for Keystone Research Center. Senate Bill 743 was meant to increase the minimum wage to $11 per hour on Jan. 1, 2014, with additional $2…
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Joe Gale Advises New Board of Montco Commissioners: ‘Do What’s Best for the Taxpayers’
Joe Gale recently reflected on his time on the board of Montgomery County Commissioners as the “lone Republican,” writes Rachel Ravina for Main Line Media News. Gale’s second term ended in December 2023, and he said that he accomplished what he hoped to do which was “disrupt the status quo.” “I was never elected with…
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PA Secretary of State Addresses Election Fears, Remains Optimistic Despite Conspiracy Theories
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt recently addressed potential concerns over the upcoming presidential election in November in hopes of preempting conspiracy theories, writes Sean Kitchen for The Keystone. Schmidt was cautiously optimistic about election officials being able to count mail-in ballots following the election. “While the law hasn’t changed, a couple other things have,”…
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Upper Providence Officials Vote Unanimously Against Parkhouse Zoning Change
A proposal to change the zoning of the Parkhouse facility property to reduce the number of housing units to be built alongside the Parkhouse Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has been rejected by the Upper Providence Board of Supervisors, writes Evan Brandt for Pottstown Mercury. Under current zoning, the property owner Royersford Holdings LLC can build…
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Upper Pottsgrove Breaks Ground for Municipal Complex Despite Concerns of Residents
In a decision that may set a legal precedent for other municipalities, Upper Pottsgrove has moved forward on building a new municipal complex on land originally designated as open space, writes Frank Kummer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Township officials announced on Tuesday that they were beginning work on the new complex’s parking lot despite an…
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Lower Merion’s Jason Landau Goodman Is Running for State Representative
Jason Landau Goodman, a fourth-generation Lower Merion resident, has been devoted to public service since they were a teenager, writes Lauren Rowello for Philadelphia Gay News. Back then in 2009, they began helping organize with community members and civic leaders to pass the first LGBTQ+ inclusive non-discrimination ordinance in Montgomery County. “I was always determined…
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Bala Cynwyd Billionaire Jeff Yass Donates Millions to Texas Governor Re-election Campaign
Jeff Yass, co-founder of Susquehanna International Group based in Bala Cynwyd and one of the richest men in the world according to Forbes, last week donated 6 million dollars to Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s re-election campaign, writes Shelly Hagan for Bloomberg. Both Yass and Abbott are supporters of school choice programs. Abbott’s campaign office said…
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Cheltenham Officials, Residents Have Mixed Opinions on How to Address Aging Township Buildings
In Cheltenham, many of the township’s buildings and infrastructures are outdated and badly in need of repair. Officials and residents, however, can’t agree on how to solve the problem, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. The township’s Board of Commissioners has tapped KCBA Architects, Re:Vision Architecture, and Snyder Hoffman Associates to assess all the facilities including…
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Montgomery County Inaugurates a Historically Diverse Board of Commissioners
At the recent inauguration ceremony at the Montgomery County Community College Blue Bell Campus, Montgomery County celebrated its new historically diverse board of commissioners, writes Kim Hudson for CBS News. Neil Makhija said that his grandmother is excited about his election to the board. He is the first person of Asian descent to be elected…
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