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| Today: Ballot challenge, registration bump, syringe services, boycott question, hidden report, AI RTK, strike suit, and an unpopular 'dirt mountain.' |
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A court decision disqualifying independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from New York state's ballot over residency claims could have implications for his effort to stay on the ballot in Pennsylvania.
Kennedy's campaign is appealing the ruling, which found the candidate listed a "sham" New York address on his nominating petitions, the AP reports. A challenge brought against his candidacy in Pennsylvania — and backed by the same Biden-allied PAC — makes a similar claim.
The commonwealth challenge heads to court on Tuesday in Harrisburg.
Much has been made of the potential for Kennedy to sway which major party candidate takes home Pennsylvania's 19 coveted electoral votes. New polling has Democrat Kamala Harris up by three in Pennsylvania with Kennedy included. Six percent of voters picked Kennedy. |
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“Some people are going to become fabulously wealthy and drive progress on climate transition.”
—Witold Henisz, an administrator at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, on training business students for the climate economy |
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  BY THE NUMBERS: Despite being highlighted as a priority in opioid epidemic settlements, syringe services are widely considered illegal in most of Pennsylvania under our drug paraphernalia law. Spotlight PA runs down the figures that stand out in this battle.
 ISRAEL BOYCOTT: A top Pittsburgh mayoral staffer has resigned after endorsing an Israel boycott ballot question that could impact city contracts for everything from vehicles to computers. WESA reports Mayor Ed Gainey's now-former spokesperson, Maria Montaño, was among the staffers to sign a petition in support of the ballot question, even as the Gainey administration questioned its legality. HIDDEN REPORT: Workers were sickened while cleaning up creeks around the site of last year's Norfolk Southern train derailment near the Pennsylvania-Ohio border, but that information was kept from the public, the AP reports. The railroad says symptoms were short-lived, while others say they show the extent of waterway contamination, even as federal regulators insisted the environment was safe.  MASS RTKS: AI-generated Right-to-Know requests submitted under names like "Frank Curry" are flooding Pennsylvania counties, the Tribune-Democrat reports, prompting state officials to issue new guidance. On the heels of that guidance, counties like Somerset are declaring “ anonymous requests will not be considered.” |
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| 🤔 THINK YOU KNOW YOUR NEWS? Prove it with this week's news quiz: Storm damage, ballot access, local taxes, and world series. |
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BEGINNING OF THE END? The National Labor Relations Board wants a federal court to step in and end an almost two-year strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper, the striking workers report.
DRUG COSTS: Prices for 10 of Medicare's most popular and expensive drugs will be cut, the White House says. Pennsylvania has one of the highest shares of Medicare beneficiaries in the country.
'DIRT MOUNTAIN': A very unpopular "dirt mountain" created by a PennDOT contractor in Steelton, Dauphin County has racked up a series of environmental violations, PennLive (paywall) reports.
SHEETZ SUIT: The union for Major League Baseball players is suing the Pittsburgh Pirates and Sheetz over a marketing campaign the union says lacks a proper licensing agreement, WTAE reports.
AWE SHUCKS: Let expert oyster shucker Gary McCready, of Philadelphia's Oyster House and G. Shucks raw bar catering service, show you how it's done, via the Philadelphia Inquirer's video team. |
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