Why Pa. election officials still can’t start processing mail ballots before Election Day
The short answer: politics.
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Philly Dems stop infighting, unite to flip Pa. House seat in the Northeast
Party leaders are backing Democrat Mike Doyle’s bid to oust GOP state Rep. Martina White.
2,700 Philadelphians are serving life without parole. Will they get a chance at redemption?
Supporters compared life sentences to "death by incarceration."
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Sharif Street’s district office is helping people register for medical marijuana
So far, the Philly state senator appears to be the only PA legislator to offer this service.
Philly lawmakers want to toughen state law after Jewish cemetery vandalism
But the minority party in Harrisburg faces an uphill battle.
Eating the PA Farm Show with ex-Philly Mayor Street and his senator son
Fried cheese, potato donuts and some abomination calling itself a chicken cheesesteak.
Philly political leaders of color slam Trump and his Friday visit
Electeds and reverends railed against the GOP presidential candidate's meeting in town.
State Sen. Kitchen’s chosen candidate, Sharif Street: A one-party town tradition
The retiring legislator and her protege say they met with candidate Omar Woodard, who'd amassed a six-figure campaign fund, about dropping out of the race. He later did.