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PHILADELPHIA — What stuck with Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) was the binders. On the campaign trail, the Pittsburgh Republican kept asking small-business owners the same question: What’s standing in the way of your growth? If you have 10 employees, what would it take to get to 20? At a cosmetology school in Lancaster, the owner […]

Pennsylvania voters say they're voting Democratic in the midterms to rein in Donald Trump, even though some admit they don't trust the party.

Law would open two-year window for child sexual abuse victims to file lawsuits beyond statute of limitations Child sexual assault survivors in Pennsylvania are on the verge of being denied the opportunity to sue their attackers after a bill to temporarily waive filing deadlines stalled again in the state’s legislature. Democrats have accused the Republican senate majority of playing politics with the bipartisan move to amend the state constitution and open a two-year window for victims to file molestation claims from years ago. Continue reading...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is testing the waters for a potential 2028 presidential run. Jonathan Tamari followed Shapiro to coal country to see how the battle to win over voters is going. Subscribe to the Washington Edition newsletter for more (Source: Bloomberg)

GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick has consistently won his Pennsylvania swing seat, but Democrats say this election is an opportunity to oust the veteran lawmaker.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is an electoral juggernaut in America's biggest swing state — and he's widely seen as a likely contender for president in 2028. But strategists in both parties question how tested he really is. Shapiro's success — he's cruised to victory in multiple statewide races — has come with an asterisk: He hasn't faced a well-financed opponent in recent contests, leading some political insiders to see him as more of a wildcard than his resume suggests. Why it matters: Shapiro's unfamiliarity with intense, bruising campaigns could become a liability in the 2028 Democratic primary, where if he was a top candidate, he'd be confronted with a barrage of attack ads, opposition research and rivals with deep pockets. A plugged-in Democratic operative in Pennsylvania suggested that because of Shapiro's lack of being tested, "it is totally possible that he has an incredible glass jaw — and that he is the Scott Walker of 2028." Walker was the swing-state Wisconsin governor who looked good on paper as a potential presidential candidate but flopped after entering the 2016 GOP primary. Zoom in: In next week's election, Shapiro is running for a second four-year term as the Keystone State's governor. He's on pace to defeat Republican challenger Stacy Garrity by double digits, according to the latest polls. The money gap is gargantuan: Shapiro has dropped $42 million on campaign ads, according to the ad-tracking firm AdImpact. Garrity, the state's treasurer, has spent just $3 million on ads — a drop in the ocean in a state as large as Pennsylvania, with its expensive advertising markets. It's not that Garrity prefers, say, door-knocking to TV ads. She's just outmatched: Campaign finance reports show she's only raised about $11 million this cycle, compared with Shapiro's $64 million. Making matters worse for Garrity, the Republican Governors Association (RGA) has not come to her rescue on the airwaves. Christopher Nicholas, a longtime GOP strategist in Pennsylvania, said the dynamic has "allowed Shapiro to skate with essentially having a one-sided campaign." "A lot of people think he has a glass chin because he's never really had a million dollars of negative TV shoved down his throat in a week," Nicholas said. Zoom out: Shapiro caught a break when he first ran for governor in 2022 against Republican Doug Mastriano , a far-right state senator widely viewed as a historically weak candidate disliked even by the GOP establishment. Mastriano, who was strapped for cash, spent just $2 million on ads that year. Shapiro and his allies spent $55 million. A conservative outside group invested $8 million on advertising in the election but abandoned the race that September after Shapiro embraced school vouchers, a priority for many on the right. The RGA stayed out of the race. In both of his gubernatorial contests , Shapiro has run unopposed in the Democratic primaries, leaving him little experience of intra-party electoral battles. It was a similar story when Shapiro twice was elected as Pennsylvania's attorney general. He vastly outspent his Republican opponents. What they're saying: Shapiro's allies argue that he's had token opposition precisely because he's a formidable candidate — that more talented Republicans don't want to waste their time and money running against such a hard-to-beat opponent with big fundraising chops. The governor has also sometimes cut off his GOP rivals' money spigots by courting Republican donors. "Sun Tzu was always about picking the battle you want to fight," said Doc Sweitzer, a Pennsylvania Democratic ad maker. "Josh has an incredible skill of picking the opponents." Asked for comment, Shapiro spokesperson Manuel Bonder said: "Winning elections in Pennsylvania and putting a check on Donald Trump is the only thing we're focused on — and believe it or not, it's harder than sitting at home giving unnamed quotes to Axios." Garrity spokesperson Matt Beynon responded: "No amount of money will heal the wounds Josh Shapiro's inflicted over the past four years, it's going to take new leadership." The other side: Shapiro is far from the only potential Democratic presidential candidate who hasn't squared off against a top-notch statewide Republican candidate. Possible White House hopefuls from deep-blue territory — such as New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or with little experience defeating Republicans statewide, like former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, have either never run in or never won remotely competitive general elections. Flashback: Shapiro's critics make the case that regardless of why he hasn't been challenged much, he and his team haven't had to deal with reams of opposition research being dug up about him, or tens of millions of dollars in negative ads aired against him. One of the only times Shapiro came close to experiencing that was when he was under consideration to be former Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate in 2024 — and, they say, that didn't turn out well . Shapiro faced a mountain of tough press over topics on which he'd never faced significant scrutiny, such as a college op-ed piece in which he called Palestinians "too battle-minded" to exist peacefully with Israel. At the time, even some of Shapiro's closest supporters felt he didn't respond effectively to the negative articles.

A much beloved football coach of a Pennsylvania, high school died during a game Friday after telling his assistant he was not feeling well. The post Pennsylvania High School Football Coach Dies During Game appeared first on Breitbart .

Pennsylvania is the worst hit state, with at least 1,338 cases of measles confirmed in 44 counties so far this year, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) said Vice President JD Vance is “profoundly and pathetically weak” for his defense of Vivek Ramaswamy’s ad featuring his opponent’s estranged mother. Anchor Dana Bash said, “The Republican candidate The post Gov. Shapiro: JD Vance Is ‘Profoundly and Pathetically Weak’ appeared first on Breitbart .

For one Pennsylvania Republican, winning reelection to the US House in a suburban Philadelphia seat likely hinges on his long-standing effort to keep President Donald Trump at arm’s length.

When finished, the $100 million project should stand for 1,000 years.

Democratic candidates are ahead in two, hold a narrow edge in a third and are tied in a fourth, new polling shows. The seats embody the fights playing out nationwide in the midterms.

Carolyn Marvin, a 78-year-old retired professor, was arrested after blocking an Uber Eats delivery robot on a Philadelphia sidewalk for months.

The U.S. has confirmed 4,588 measles cases so far in 2026, double last year's full-year total, federal and state data show, with a Pennsylvania outbreak alone accounting for nearly 30% of infections.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) envisions himself "running for president," Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), up for reelection in Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District, said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily. The post Exclusive – Rep. Scott Perry: Gov. Josh Shapiro Envisions Himself ‘Running for President,’ ‘That’s What He’s Gearing Up For’ appeared first on Breitbart .

Follow Good Good Golf’s 50 States in 50 Days tour through five courses in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New York, Vermont and New Hampshire.

The Pennsylvania-headquartered discount chain is expanding across seven states with a series of new store openings throughout the month.

When Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar, an Orthodox Jew who lives in Jerusalem, first arrived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 2011 to research Amish communities, she had only visited the U.S. once and could barely speak English.

Agency declines to reveal in which state latest measles death occurred as it delays reporting other measles deaths The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added a third measles death to its dashboard on Wednesday, but the agency would not reveal whether the death occurred in Pennsylvania or another state – which is “notable” as the agency delays reporting other measles deaths, experts say. The CDC cited privacy laws in not sharing the name of the state, but experts say there are no privacy concerns in doing so – and this information is important for the public to have as the outbreak continues accelerating, growing by 8% in one week to 4,410 confirmed cases so far this year, nearly double last year’s count. Continue reading...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Pennsylvania warns of congenital measles risk as cases rise Pennsylvania officials warned doctors this week about an increase in congenital measles as the state continues to battle the worst outbreak in the disease it has seen in decades. © Matt...

The Pennsylvania health department issued a warning to doctors Monday about an increase in measles cases during pregnancy, along with rising concern about congenital measles, a disease rarely seen in the U.S. The department’s alert said congenital measles — a measles infection in a newborn contracted from the mother — was identified “for the first...

Katharine Viviano, a first-grade teacher at Pleasant Valley Elementary School in Peters Township, Pennsylvania, faces a charge of public drunkenness… The post Brickbat: Teaching While Intoxicated appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Bucks County NAACP said Halloween decorations featuring fake bodies hung from trees evoke lynching and racial terror and urged the owner to remove them.

A now former welfare employee in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, is accused in a fraud case involving 48 EBT cards, crack cocaine, and a lot of cash. The post Pennsylvania Welfare Coordinator Accused of Trading EBT Cards for Crack Cocaine appeared first on Breitbart .

The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued an alert Monday to doctors about an increase in measles infections in pregnant women, as well as a concerning rise in congenital measles — a disease that’s rarely, if ever, seen in the U.S.