Daily Signe Cartoon 12/18/16

As Election Day approaches, John Cole reflects on the fine print that comes with casting a ballot.

John Cole on how President Trump’s low approval ratings appear to be weighing on GOP candidates in advance of Tuesday’s midterm election.

Winters on the GOP’s ongoing efforts — including a public invitation from President Trump — to encourage Sen. John Fetterman to switch from the Democratic party and join the Republicans.

John Cole on City Council’s reluctance to abolish the Philadelphia sheriff’s office despite a litany of scandals, including revelations that $20 million from deed sales went missing for months.

As a young artist working at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Signe Wilkinson had a front-row seat to the wonders it contained. For the city to lose this institution would be a travesty.

John Cole on how Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial candidate Stacy Garrity has entered the final month of the race trailing badly in polls — and seemingly desperate to avoid mentioning You Know Who.

John Cole on Sheriff Rochelle Bilal’s court testimony about how she became aware of the problems plaguing her office, an agency where a super-hero may be needed to untangle all of the dysfunction.

John Cole on the potential perils of President Trump’s hands-off approach to A.I. regulation.

John Cole on Pennsylvania voters wondering which political party, exactly, Sen. John Fetterman belongs to.

After Sen. John Fetterman’s appearance at the Republican Midterm Convention this week, Winters weighs in on his increasingly cozy fit with the GOP.

John Cole on President Donald Trump's plan to use the U.S. Postal Service to determine who is eligible to vote by mail.

John Cole on the Pennsylvania GOP’s soft spot for Democratic Sen. John Fetterman.

Winters on Gov. Josh Shapiro calling out Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine misinformation after two children die of measles amid rising cases in Pennsylvania.

John Cole on the governor’s new executive order clamping down on data center growth — and the competing pressures that may have been behind his change of heart.

John Cole on how data centers are rewiring Pennsylvania’s landscape.

John Cole on reports that President Trump hid in a catering cart to secretly board another transport to slip out of Turkey after a credible threat to Air Force One.

John Cole on President Trump turning a New Jersey voter registration glitch into a mountain — and a pretext for passing the SAVE America Act.

John Cole examines who stands to suffer most from the perjury allegations facing Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office.

Sen. John Fetterman has threatened to leave the Democratic Party. John Cole imagines the day they stop talking him out of it.

After a slow start to his college career, Scott is finding his footing with the Owls. Through three games, the redshirt sophomore is a starter and the team’s leading scorer.

Dalton Janiczek pleaded guilty to attempted murder and related crimes for running over Plymouth Township Officer Jacob Hennessey four times with his SUV last October.

A Council resolution says the hearings would "restore public confidence" in the sheriff's office, which under Rochelle Bilal has not performed several core functions.

The zoning change would be especially beneficial to Snyder Station, which has struggled in recent years and has vacant land around it.

The jazz vocalist, who has strong ties to Philadelphia, counts Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald among her influences.

The man brandished a gun during a traffic stop, police said.