The Wolf administration is lauding its efforts to help Pennsylvania’s hospitality industry through the COVID-19 pandemic, though business leaders contend the state can and should do more.
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There’s an abundance of reasons why instituting NPV would be a grave mistake for the Commonwealth and beyond.
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To oppose the National Popular Vote proposal, you must own the current system that allows three out of four voters to be ignored in presidential elections and increasingly erodes our collective faith in our system of government.
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The time is now, and demands that we again be bold and show the world we are committed and willing to reduce gun violence and the saving of lives in a new and profound way.
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Jabari Jones: Politicizing gun violence is killing Philadelphia — literally
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New lawsuit, videos allege Delco election officials destroyed election results
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