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OPINION: Billionaire-backed groups are throwing money at Pennsylvania Supreme Court races. Here’s why that’s a problem

In Pennsylvania, state Supreme Court justices are up for retention vote every 10 years after they are first elected. Instead of pitting candidates against the judges, these retention elections provide a depoliticized way for voters to choose yes or no on whether they want judges to continue serving on the bench for another decade. 

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UPMC nurse joins union for her patients

For Clare Duffus, who has been a postpartum nurse at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Magee-Womens Hospital for the past four years, joining a union was a no-brainer.

She shared with The Keystone that caring for her patients and getting them better treatment was one of her main reasons for supporting the union.

Duffus and hundreds of her other colleagues will be joining the Service Employees International Union Healthcare Pennsylvania (SEIU HCPA) after they voted 402 to 305 in favor of the union last week.

✏️ 📹 Sean Kitchen
#Pittsburgh #Labor #UnionYes #Nurses #UPMC #Pennsylvania

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Gov. Josh Shapiro makes reelection case for 2026

Gov. Josh Shapiro defends his record and makes the argument for reelection in 2026 after Pennsylvania State Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced her campaign as a Republican candidate.

Shapiro spoke to reporters in Harrisburg on Tuesday after celebrating the elimination of call times and backlogs with the commonwealth’s unemployment compensation system.

✏️/📹: Sean Kitchen
#Pennsylvania #Philadelphia #PAGov

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Philadelphia labor leader blasts ICE for being un-American

Philadelphia AFL-CIO President Daniel Bauder didn’t hold back when criticizing Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agents while speaking at a press conference outside ICE’s Philadelphia field office on Thursday.

The press conference was organized by State Sens. Nikil Saval (D-Philadelphia) and Amanda Cappelletti (D-Montgomery) and called out ICE agents for operating as a secret police force.

✏️ : Sean Kitchen
📹 : State Sen. Nikil Saval
#Philadelphia #Pennsylvania #ICE #Immigration #Immigrants #Trump #Philly #DonaldTrump #Unions #UnionYes #AFLCIO

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Get ready for the Keystone Labor Report

Get ready!

The Keystone Labor Report is a labor and economic newsletter that launches this Tuesday. It’s a twice-a-week report that’ll focus on those issues at the local, state, and federal levels in Pennsylvania as well as hold billionaires accountable.

You can sign up to have the Keystone Labor Report delivered straight to your inbox by clicking on the link in our bio.

✏️/📹 : Sean Kitchen
#Pennsylvania #PAPolitics #Labor #Pennsylvania #Philadelphia #Pittsburgh #UnionYes

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Fleming: Republicans picked profit over people

State Rep. Justin Fleming (D-Dauphin) highlighted the Republican Party’s hypocrisy when it comes to putting corporate profits over their constituents at a town hall in Harrisburg on Monday.

Fleming, along with other local leaders, spoke at a “Stop the Billionaires” town hall hosted by Fair Share America, which focused on President Donald Trump’s budget cuts in the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

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