Government & Politics
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Hatboro Bakery Featuring Election-Themed Cookie Poll Gets a Visit from Eric Trump
Lochel’s Bakery, which has been running an election-themed cookie poll for the last four elections, has now garnered national attention and a visit from President Trump’s son, Eric, writes Doug Gross for Yahoo!News. The “cookie poll” has been running since September. Customers can show their support for one of the presidential candidates by purchasing red-and-white…
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YMCA Camp Bucks Kids Sit Down with High-Profile Lunch Buddy: Sen. Bob Casey
The kids at YMCA Camp Bucks had an additional adult attending a lunch session last week. It wasn’t a supplemental food server, nor an extra pair of eyes monitoring behavior. It was Senator Bob Casey, as reported by John Berry in The Trentonian. Casey was at the Fairless Hills site to visit with the campers;…
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Secretary of State, Former Bryn Athyn Lifecycle WomanCare Exec. Leading Election Reform
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar was faced with additional challenges in the already complicated process of overseeing state election reform courtesy of the coronavirus pandemic, writes Chris Ullery for the Courier Times. Boockvar, who previously served as executive director of the nonprofit Lifecycle WomanCare in Bryn Athyn, took over as Secretary of State in…
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First Lady Visits Philly Area in Her First Solo Campaign Appearance This Year
Melania Trump made her first solo campaign appearance of the year on Tuesday, when she traveled to Atglen and spoke to supporters at the Barn at Stoneybrooke, a popular wedding venue, writes Michael Rubinkam for The Associated Press. Former White House advisor Kellyanne Conway introduced the First Lady, who recently recovered from what she has…
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WCU Polled 1,676 Students in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Here’s Who They Favor
Pennsylvania is one of nine battleground states that could help determine the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, and college students’ votes in the Commonwealth are anticipated to play a major role in election results. Designed to capture the voting intentions and opinions of Pennsylvania college students, West Chester University’s 2020 Ram Poll surveyed more…
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PA 17th District Senate Candidate Forum: Amanda Cappelletti and Ellen Fisher
By Beth Strauss Voting is a fundamental and basic part of assuming political responsibility. It is key to participating in the political process, Roberta Winters, president of the Radnor Township League of Women Voters, said in an interview. “Without being informed through a non-partisan source, voters have difficulty acting on issues and selecting candidates that reflect…
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Challenger Biden Outraises Trump in Philadelphia and Four Suburban Philadelphia Counties by More Than $1.4M
Joe Biden has raised $1.6 million from donors in Philadelphia and the four surrounding Pennsylvania counties, while Trump received just $183,738 from the same area, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The former vice-president has been favored by donors in the majority of Montgomery County ZIP codes. In ZIP code 19422 in Blue…
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Without His Most Lethal Tool, Lansdale’s Jonathan Kassa Battles For State House District Seat
Democrat Jonathan Kassa is vying for Montgomery County’s 151st House District seat, but the COVID-19 pandemic may have cost him his best weapon, writes Maria Panaritis for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Democratic newbies have managed to win similar races and sweep Republicans out of local, county, state, and congressional seats over the last several years by…
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Kathy Barnette is First Black Woman to Run for Congress in Pennsylvania’s Fourth District
Republican congressional candidate Kathy Barnette is the first black woman to run for Congress in Pennsylvania’s fourth district that encompasses the majority of Montgomery County, writes JD Mullane for the Courier Times. Democrat Madeline Dean currently holds the seat. Barnette grew up on a pig farm in southern Alabama “below the bottom rung on the…
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Local Couple Takes Trump Merchandise on Road to Northern Parts of State
After being unable to rent a space for their stand in Montgomery County, Dan and Pat Kintner have temporarily transplanted themselves to more northern parts of the state to sell their Trump merchandise, writes Bob Kalinowski for The Citizens’ Voice. The pair has now been selling Trump gear at stands in Wilkes-Barre Township and Drums…
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Montco Preparing for Influx of Mail Ballots in 2020 Election by Purchasing Equipment
After a 2019 law that allows every Pennsylvania resident to vote by mail, Montgomery County is preparing for the influx of mail ballots in the November election by purchasing new equipment and planning to count the ballots around the clock, writes Jonathan Lai for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The primary election in June provided a preview…
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With Many Changes Since 2016, Here Is Your Guide for Voting in Pennsylvania Ahead of November Election
With plenty of changes since 2016, here is a handy guide on voting in Pennsylvania ahead of the November election, writes Jonathan Lai for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The main difference between this one and the last election is that now every Pennsylvanian can vote by mail. The quickest way to register to vote is to…
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Pennsylvania Most Likely to Give Decisive Vote to Either Presidential Candidate
Pennsylvania is shaping up to be the most important state in the 2020 presidential election, writes Nathaniel Rakich for the FiveThirtyEight. According to FiveThirtyEight’s presidential forecast, Pennsylvania is the likeliest state to give either of the presidential candidates with the decisive vote in the Electoral College with a 31 percent chance of being the tipping-point…
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Wall Street Journal: Pennsylvania Voters Shift Alliances, Move Further Apart Split by Worker Occupation
Voters in battleground Pennsylvania are increasingly shifting alliances and moving further apart along the lines of worker occupation, write Tarini Parti and Aaron Zitner for The Wall Street Journal. This is a part of a wider, national political realignment that is seeing white, working-class voters migrate towards Republicans, while voters with white-collar jobs shift towards…
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What You Need To Know If You Plan To Vote By Mail in Montgomery County
There is a little over a month left before the deadline, and already more than 150,000 voters in Montgomery County have applied for mail-in and absentee ballots for the November 4 election, writes Crissa Shoemaker DeBree for the Bucks County Courier Times. With 171,500 applications already approved, Montgomery County has already surpassed the number of…
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Jenkintown Man Heads Pennsylvania’s Jewish Americans for Biden’s Outreach Program
Dan Siegel, a Jenkintown resident, is leading Pennsylvania’s Jewish Americans for Biden’s outreach program as its new outreach director for the former vice president’s state campaign team, writes Jesse Bernstein for the Jewish Chronicle. In 2016, Donald Trump won Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes by fewer than 45,000 votes. Now Siegel is working on reversing that…
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Despite More Women Than Ever in State Politics, PA Ranks 31st for Women’s Political Participation Nationwide
Despite seeing more high-profile women in state politics than ever, Pennsylvania still ranks in the lower half of states for political participation by women, writes John L. Micek for the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. The state placed at No. 31 according to a new report by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Still, things have certainly been…
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3 School Districts Claim Tax Burden’s Too Heavy for Delaware County Property Owners
The current reassessment of Delaware County property taxes places too much of a burden on residential property owners, claim three school districts, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. Marple Newtown, Radnor Township and Springfield school boards declared that the new 2021 assessments are an “unfair and inequitable shift” of the real estate tax…
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