At their annual fall meeting, members of the Pennsylvania Republican Party endorsed state Treasurer Stacy Garrity for governor. Garrity will run against incumbent Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro in 2026. The endorsement came from the full Republican State Committee, which voted at its fall meeting Friday and Saturday. In its announcement, the Pennsylvania GOP said, “This […]
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‘The Public Is Over It:’ Ellis-Marseglia Lashes Out After Emails Show Dems Overrode Health Official on COVID Rules
Newly released emails confirm Bucks County Democratic elected officials overrode the COVID guidelines from the county’s top health official during the pandemic—emails that Democrats fought to keep from the public. Now one of the Democrats behind the strict masking rules says the issue is dead. “The public is over it,” Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia said during […]
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BLOODWORTH: Keep Politics Out of PJM to Protect America’s Power Grid
Americans often take for granted that when we flip a switch, the lights turn on. But behind that simple act is one of the most complex machines ever built — the electric grid. In the eastern United States, PJM Interconnection is the grid operator that coordinates electricity for 65 million people across 13 states and […]
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Nolan Sworn In as Montgomery County Detectives Deputy Chief
(From a press release) Before a packed courtroom of Montgomery County detectives, prosecutors and police chiefs from jurisdictions throughout the county, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Court of Common Pleas Judge Risa Vetri Ferman swore in Thomas Nolan on Sept. 18, 2025, as the Deputy Chief of the Montgomery County Detective Bureau. […]
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Court Revives Bucks County GOP Bylaws Lawsuit
In what may be a landmark opinion, the Commonwealth Court overturned a Bucks County judge’s decision to dismiss a case brought by some Republican committee members over how the county GOP is governed. The appeals court sent the case back to the Common Pleas Court to be litigated. However, the case may have a broad, […]
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Point: Free Speech is Too Expensive. Charlie Kirk Paid With His Life
For an alternate viewpoint, see “Counterpoint: Post-Humus Lionization of Kirk Is an Abomination.” In the annals of history, free speech has always been a double-edged sword. It’s the lifeblood of our Constitution, the core mechanism by which ideas clash, truths emerge and society thrives. What happens when that sword turns lethal? When the cost of […]
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Counterpoint: Posthumous Lionization of Kirk Is an Abomination
For an alternate viewpoint, see “Point: Free Speech is Too Expensive; Charlie Kirk Paid With His Life.” To hear his supporters now, following his murder last week at a Utah university, Charlie Kirk was a brave broker of competing ideas, an honest peddler of open debate who encouraged young people to examine all sides of […]
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Garrity Lambasts Shapiro’s Anti-Violence Speech as Self-Centered
The gloves are off in the 2026 race for Pennsylvania governor. Stacy Garrity, the Pennsylvania state treasurer and a Republican candidate for governor, slammed Gov. Josh Shapiro’s speech about political violence at the Eradicate Hate Global Summit. Garrity faulted Shapiro for largely ignoring the case of Charlie Kirk, a well-known Republican activist who was assassinated […]
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Voter Advocacy Group Offers Reward to Find Who Threatened PA Trump Voters
A federal court judge ruled against the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) on Wednesday in its attempt to compel Post Office inspectors to investigate who sent threatening letters to Trump supporters before the 2024 election, using provisions of the Voting Rights Act. The organization argued that law enforcement should have found the perpetrator, but hadn’t. […]
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KANE: The Political Theater of SEPTA and House Democrats
The Emmy might have gone to “The Pitt.” But Pennsylvania Democrats and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) deserved the award for best drama. Let’s set the scene. If the Pennsylvania legislature couldn’t increase funding for mass transit by Aug. 14, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) would have to cut service and raise fares. […]