Stories tagged: "Vincent Hughes"

Elections Gov. Tom Wolf speaks at an event in Mechanicsburg, Pa. Beyond the local races on ballots, Pennsylvania’s primary election will determine the future of a governor’s authority during disaster declarations. Voters statewide Tuesday, May 18 will decide four separate ballot questions, including two on whether to give state lawmakers much more power over disaster declarations. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
Elections Republicans Send Election Bill to Wolf That He’s Vowed to Veto

Republicans passed an election bill that restricts voter access, but Gov. Tom Wolf will veto it.

Associated Press Associated Press June 28, 2021 12:34 pm EDT
Elections In this Tuesday, June 2, 2020 file photo, demonstrators chant, at Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, during a protest over the death of George Floyd, who was killed May 25 by Minneapolis police (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Elections Voters Are Backing State Constitutional Amendment to Ban Racial Discrimination

The proposal had about 71% of the vote in support of it, according to unofficial results on Wednesday morning.

The Keystone Staff The Keystone Staff Associated Press Associated Press May 19, 2021 8:23 am EDT
Housing An aerial view shows houses in suburban Philadelphia. (Getty Images)
Housing A Housing Crisis Amplified By Pandemic, Affecting Both Renters and Homeowners

Pennsylvania had been dealing with an affordable housing crisis long before the pandemic hit. The coronavirus has made it worse.

Ashley Adams Ashley Adams March 26, 2021 3:24 pm EDT
State State Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, and former state Rep. Rick Saccone at the rally in DC on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Screenshot)
State Lawmakers Call for Mastriano to Resign After His Participation in DC Rally

Mastriano "proudly fanned the flames of insurrection" over the last few months, one lawmaker said. He also organized a bus trip to the Capitol on Wednesday.

Associated Press Associated Press January 8, 2021 7:56 am EST

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A university graduate student holds a female blue jay in her open hand to release it in Silver Spring, Md., after removing it from a mist net used to capture birds for banding or other research projects. A mysterious ailment has sickened and killed thousands of songbirds in several mid-Atlantic states since late spring. (AP File Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Wildlife EXPLAINER: What’s Killing Mid-Atlantic Songbirds?