(PA) Emerson poll: Trump 47, Biden 43; Casey 45, McCormick 41 (www.politicspa.com)
While polls don’t mean much this far out, the disparities between Senate and POTUS is interesting.
Lawsuit seeks to remove Pa. Rep. Scott Perry from 2024 ballot (www.pennlive.com)
"I'm not a progressive," says Sen. John Fetterman, elected while often saying he was a progressive (boingboing.net)
Is there a way to have gun rights and gun safety? The veteran owner of Allegheny Arms may have found a solution (www.post-gazette.com)
Satanic Temple after school club wins $200k settlement from Hellertown school district (www.inquirer.com)
The Lehigh Valley school district that tried to ban an after-school Satan Club from meeting on its property earlier this year has agreed to pay $200,000 to cover attorney fees. The school will also give the club the same access to school facilities as “comparable groups.”...
Democrats considering legal challenge to Central Bucks superintendent’s $700,000 severance package (www.inquirer.com)
Barring 'thin blue line' flag on Montgomery County property is unconstitutional, US court rules (6abc.com)
Pennridge School District has created hostile environment for Black and LGBTQ students, federal complaint says (www.inquirer.com)
The Pennridge School District has failed to protect children of color and LGBTQ students from harassment, and policies rescinding diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, banning Pride flags and restricting which bathrooms transgender people can use have only worsened the discrimination, a federal complaint says.
Central Bucks School District superintendent abruptly resigns - The Bucks County Herald (buckscountyherald.com)
How is this not fraud or at minimum corruption? This guy resigned and was rehired in the same meeting back in August with a renegotiated 5 year contract with a 40% raise and a severance package. 3 months later his mom’s for liberty school board gets booted and he immediately resigns, granting him his severance? Pretty smelly.
[PA] Senate Takes Steps to Advance Bipartisan Sexual Harassment Legislation (www.politicspa.com)
Now that Democrats have swept school boards in some Republican-controlled districts, what happens next? (www.inquirer.com)
A guidance counselor at a Bucks County middle school had a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student, police say (www.inquirer.com)
What, did you expect me to post two good things about Bucks County on the same day?
How Democrats flipped a Central Bucks School Board embroiled in controversy [and book ban nonsense] (whyy.org)
Dauphin Dems Party Like It's 1919 (www.politicspa.com)
Current results show dems ahead by less than a hundred votes: www.dauphinc.org/election/?key=36&race=COMMIS…
Pa. nurse who told coworkers that elderly patients ‘just needed to die’ charged with killing four with insulin overdoses (www.inquirer.com)
Heather Pressdee talked openly about how the elderly, frail patients she cared for at medical facilities around Western Pennsylvania “just needed to die,” state prosecutors say....
Pennsylvania school board ‘high stakes’ elections carve a path for 2024 (www.politico.com)
Highlights: Pennsylvania conservatives are about to test the voltage of education politics....
Are we really going to let Pa.’s richest man buy a state Supreme Court seat? (www.inquirer.com)
You’ve probably been following the recent drama in D.C. over U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his lavish vacations, private jet travel, and even his comfy “man of the people” RV — all funded, it turns out, by fabulously wealthy Americans who want to see ultraconservative jurisprudence, and who befriended...
Pennsylvania court rules former governor illegally joined carbon emissions trading alliance (thehill.com)
Highlights: A Pennsylvania court ruled Wednesday that former Gov. Tom Wolf (D) unlawfully joined an interstate carbon emissions payment program without legislative approval....
Pa. Supreme Court race between Carolyn Carluccio and Dan McCaffery has turned into a multi-million dollar showdown (www.inquirer.com)
Pennsylvania’s voting law is filled with obsolete provisions, troublesome conflicts (www.votebeat.org)
Central Bucks election signs saying ‘Groom dogs not kids!’ are one of many that Dems want taken down (www.inquirer.com)
The Bucks County Democratic Committee is asking a court to authorize the removal of campaign signs in the Central Bucks School District that call Democrats “groomers” and accuse “radical” Democratic candidates of bringing “chaos” to the district....
Philly Inquirer Endorses McCaffery For PA Supreme Court (www.politicspa.com)
The editorial board of the Philadelphia Inquirer today endorsed Dan McCaffery for the open seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court....
Pa. Turnpike in Montgomery County is shut down due to fiery tanker accident (www.inquirer.com)
All lanes on I-476 between the Mid-County and Lansdale exits in Montgomery County have been closed due to a fiery accident involving a tanker truck and “multiple cars,” Pennsylvania Turnpike officials said Saturday....
Meet the Lehigh Valley millionaire who tried to help Donald Trump overturn the 2020 election (www.inquirer.com)
Prison staff warned that [convicted murderer] Danilo Cavalcante was planning an escape a month before he broke out [and went on the lam for two weeks], emails reveal (www.inquirer.com)
Highlights: A corrections officer at Chester County Prison warned staff that Danilo Cavalcante was preparing to escape weeks before he broke out, according to county officials… "He noted back in July that this inmate was planning an escape,” Sergeant Jerry Beavers wrote in an email to Captain Harry Griswold hours after...
