A former Republican town committeeman in Chesterfield, Burlington County, was defeated after he lost the party's support for controversial remarks about Indian immigrants in the fast-growing municipality.
Voters approved creating a new class of law officer for traffic enforcement, using gender-neutral language for Council and its members, making permanent the Office of Immigrant Affairs, and urging the Pa. legislature to raise the minimum wage.
Fifty-nine percent of those polled support legalizing marijuana for recreational use, a sharp reversal from when the poll first asked the question in 2006, when just 22 percent approved.
The ballot includes Democrat nominee Movita Johnson-Harrell, formerly at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office; Republican nominee Michael Harvey; and two Democrats-turned-independents, Amen Brown and Pastor Pam Williams.
President Trump is scheduled to speak to a national convention of electrical contractors Tuesday at the Convention Center in Philadelphia. Expect afternoon traffic snarls.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, a key swing vote between the conservative and liberal blocs on the U.S. Supreme Court, announced his retirement Wednesday. President Trump will have his second chance to nominate a justice to the high court.
Super majorities of Pennsylvania voters support more state funding for pre-K education, even to the point of paying more taxes, a new survey by Harper Polling finds.
