What turned US Sen. Bob Casey into an aggressive progressive all of a sudden?
"There’s almost a level of exasperation to how the senator is tweeting," an aide told Billy Penn.
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Pennsylvania Society 2016: Keystone State GOPers revel in the year of Trump
Dems who aren't going "are licking their wounds" -- Tom Wolf's at a soup kitchen instead.
Is Pat Toomey winning or losing? Despite all the polls, nobody really knows
“We don’t have a clue what the hell’s going on.”
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Why Pennsylvania’s statewide offices are almost always white and male
Billy Penn analyzed everything we could find to see how many women and people of color have served in statewide offices.
Pat Toomey’s risky strategy to brand his opponent with #PhillyMcGinty
His campaign said the hashtag isolating Philadelphia wasn't a slight at the city.
Congressman Chaka Fattah nabs Philly Democratic party endorsement in re-election fight
The embattled indicted Congressman won the ward leaders' endorsement over challengers, including longtime Philly Rep. Dwight Evans.
What’s changed since the last time Chaka Fattah worried about re-election? Almost everything
Does the embattled indicted Congressman still have the political, personal and financial wherewithal to run in a competitive Democratic primary for his seat?
The mouth of Wing Bowl: How Angelo Cataldi went from Pulitzer finalist to sports radio barker
Meet the biggest voice of 94WIP's Morning Show, a once serious journalist who converted to the Dark Side of sports talk radio.
I crashed this year’s PA Society and all I got was a Trump hangover
This year's crowd was subdued but still in full-on political nerdery, like this quote I overheard: “Jimmy Carter is the greatest president of my fucking lifetime.”
PA Senate staffer considers running for Brian Sims’ state House seat
It's unclear who Waxman -- should he officially run for the first time for elected office -- would be competing against for the seat.