Saturday, November 16, 2024

Pennsylvania election audit gets GOP campaign trail embrace

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's false claims of a stolen election have been debunked by the courts, his own Justice Department and scores of recounts.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Pennsylvania election audit gets GOP campaign trail embrace

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's false claims of a stolen election have been debunked by the courts, his own Justice Department and scores of recounts.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Pennsylvania election audit gets GOP campaign trail embrace

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's false claims of a stolen election have been debunked by the courts, his own Justice Department and scores of recounts.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Pennsylvania election audit gets GOP campaign trail embrace

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's false claims of a stolen election have been debunked by the courts, his own Justice Department and scores of recounts.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Pennsylvania voters impose new limits on governor's powers

POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania voters became the first in the nation to curb their governor’s emergency powers, approving constitutional amendments proposed by Republican lawmakers angry over Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s handling of the COVID-19 outbreak.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Pennsylvania voters impose new limits on governor's powers

POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania voters became the first in the nation to curb their governor’s emergency powers, approving constitutional amendments proposed by Republican lawmakers angry over Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s handling of the COVID-19 outbreak.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Pennsylvania voters impose new limits on governor's powers

POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania voters became the first in the nation to curb their governor’s emergency powers, approving constitutional amendments proposed by Republican lawmakers angry over Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s handling of the COVID-19 outbreak.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Parnell announces candidacy for Pennsylvania Senate seat

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Sean Parnell, a decorated Army veteran whose regular guest on Fox News programs helped make him a favorite of former President Donald Trump, announced his candidacy Tuesday for the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania's open U.S. Senate seat.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Parnell announces candidacy for Pennsylvania Senate seat

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Sean Parnell, a decorated Army veteran whose regular guest on Fox News programs helped make him a favorite of former President Donald Trump, announced his candidacy Tuesday for the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania's open U.S. Senate seat.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Parnell announces candidacy for Pennsylvania Senate seat

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Sean Parnell, a decorated Army veteran whose regular guest on Fox News programs helped make him a favorite of former President Donald Trump, announced his candidacy Tuesday for the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania's open U.S. Senate seat.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Immigrant victims of crime hope Congress eases visa hurdles

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In a bid to become a legal permanent resident of the United States, she says she lives in fear, afraid both of being deported and of retribution after she testified against men who were convicted of killing her boyfriend.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Immigrant victims of crime hope Congress eases visa hurdles

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In a bid to become a legal permanent resident of the United States, she says she lives in fear, afraid both of being deported and of retribution after she testified against men who were convicted of killing her boyfriend.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Immigrant victims of crime hope Congress eases visa hurdles

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In a bid to become a legal permanent resident of the United States, she says she lives in fear, afraid both of being deported and of retribution after she testified against men who were convicted of killing her boyfriend.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Lawyer defending Trump accustomed to political disaster

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Bruce L. Castor Jr. answered his cellphone, but he had no time to talk.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Lawyer defending Trump accustomed to political disaster

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Bruce L. Castor Jr. answered his cellphone, but he had no time to talk.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Lawyer defending Trump accustomed to political disaster

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Bruce L. Castor Jr. answered his cellphone, but he had no time to talk.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Lawyer who defended Trump accustomed to political disaster

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Bruce L. Castor Jr. answered his cellphone, but he had no time to talk.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Democrat gets Pennsylvania Senate seat after GOP court loss

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans who control Pennsylvania’s state Senate said they will stop blocking a Democrat from taking his seat in the chamber after his unsuccessful GOP challenger lost another bid in court Tuesday to overturn the results of the close race.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Republican loses bid to undo Pennsylvania Senate election

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican candidate for a western Pennsylvania state Senate seat lost her latest legal challenge Tuesday after asking a federal judge to effectively overturn a close race she lost to the Democratic incumbent.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Early warning signs emerge for GOP after US Capitol riots

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Since last week’s deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, about 225 Republicans logged in to the election office in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to change their party registration. Ethan Demme was one of them.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Early warning signs emerge for GOP after US Capitol riots

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In the 36 hours after last week’s deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, 112 Republicans reached out to the election office in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to change their party registration. Ethan Demme was one of them.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Fetterman taking steps toward running for US Senate in 2022

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — John Fetterman, Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor, is taking definitive steps toward running for the state's open U.S. Senate seat in 2022, likely bringing his outsized personality and frame back to a busy campaign trail.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

GOP state senator at Capitol during attack urged to resign

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican state senator who was on the scene when a violent mob of fellow Donald Trump supporters commandeered the U.S. Capitol should resign, the top Democrat in the Pennsylvania Senate said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

GOP state senator at Capitol during attack urged to resign

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican state senator who was on the scene when a violent mob of fellow Donald Trump supporters commandeered the U.S. Capitol should resign, the top Democrat in the Pennsylvania Senate said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

8 Pa. House GOP members to oppose Biden's electoral votes

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Eight Republican members of Congress from Pennsylvania, falling in line with President Donald Trump, said that they will oppose the state's electoral votes being cast Wednesday for President-elect Joe Biden.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Fight over close race mars first day for Pennsylvania Senate

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A bitter dispute erupted on the floor of the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday when majority Republicans blocked a Democratic incumbent from being sworn in because his GOP challenger has disputed the razor-thin election results.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Fight over close race mars first day for Pennsylvania Senate

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A bitter dispute erupted on the floor of the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday when majority Republicans blocked a Democratic incumbent from being sworn in because his GOP challenger has disputed the razor-thin election results.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

8 Pa. House GOP members to oppose Biden's electoral votes

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Eight Republican members of Congress from Pennsylvania, falling in line with President Donald Trump, said that they will oppose the state's electoral votes being cast Wednesday for President-elect Joe Biden.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Fight over Senate election mars start of legislative session

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A bitter dispute broke out on the floor of the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday when majority Republicans blocked a Democratic incumbent from being sworn in because his GOP challenger has disputed the razor-thin election results.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Pennsylvania legislators to kick off session by taking oath

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Tuesday to be sworn in for the two-year legislative term, facing a still-raging pandemic and a dispute over seating as senator, with Republicans holding large majorities in both chambers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

GOP to block Democrat from state Senate in mail ballot fight

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A day before Pennsylvania state lawmakers will be sworn in for a new two-year session, state Senate Democrats said Monday that the Republican majority is trying to “steal an election” by objecting to letting a Democratic member take his seat for a fourth term.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

GOP to block Democrat from state Senate in mail ballot fight

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A day before Pennsylvania state lawmakers will be sworn in for a new two-year session, state Senate Democrats said Monday that the Republican majority is trying to “steal an election” by objecting to letting a Democratic member take his seat for a fourth term.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

GOP to block Democrat from state Senate seat, Democrats say

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A day before Pennsylvania state lawmakers will be sworn in for a new two-year session, state Senate Democrats said Monday that the Republican majority is trying to “steal an election” by objecting to letting a Democratic member take his seat for a fourth term.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Presidential election hostilities may fuel fight over courts

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The angst, anger and hostility over Pennsylvania's presidential election result will flow past New Year's Day.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Presidential election hostilities may fuel fight over courts

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The angst, anger and hostility over Pennsylvania's presidential election result will flow past New Year's Day.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Presidential election hostilities may fuel fight over courts

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The angst, anger and hostility over Pennsylvania's presidential election result will flow past New Year's Day.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Wolf seeks $145M fund shift to help businesses with pandemic

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday proposed spending $145 million in reserves from a worker's compensation fund to help the hardest-hit businesses cope with the raging coronavirus pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

White House invites GOP lawmakers in Pennsylvania to lunch

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican state senators in Pennsylvania were invited to a White House lunch Wednesday as President Donald Trump persists in talk of overturning his loss in the U.S. Supreme Court and baselessly maintains that Democrats stole the battleground state from him.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

White House invites GOP lawmakers in Pennsylvania to lunch

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican state senators in Pennsylvania were invited to a White House lunch Wednesday as President Donald Trump persists in talk of overturning his loss in the U.S. Supreme Court and baselessly maintains that Democrats stole the battleground state from him.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Wolf seeks $145M fund shift to help businesses with pandemic

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday proposed spending $145 million in reserves from a worker's compensation fund to help the hardest-hit businesses cope with the raging coronavirus pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Heavily criticized veterans' home sued over COVID outbreak

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state-run veterans' home in Pennsylvania heavily criticized for its handling of a coronavirus outbreak inside its walls drew a federal wrongful death lawsuit Monday, filed by family members of five residents who died of COVID-19.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Heavily criticized veterans' home sued over COVID outbreak

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state-run veterans' home in Pennsylvania heavily criticized for its handling of a coronavirus outbreak inside its walls drew a federal wrongful death lawsuit Monday, filed by family members of five residents who died of COVID-19.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Trump wants Supreme Court to overturn Pa. election results

WASHINGTON (AP) — Undeterred by dismissals and admonitions from judges, President Donald Trump's campaign continued with its unprecedented efforts to overturn the results of the Nov 3. election Sunday, saying it had filed a new petition with the Supreme Court.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Trump wants Supreme Court to overturn Pa. election results

WASHINGTON (AP) — Undeterred by dismissals and admonitions from judges, President Donald Trump's campaign continued with its unprecedented efforts to overturn the results of the Nov 3. election Sunday, saying it had filed a new petition with the Supreme Court.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Electoral College vote a big step to move past election

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — When the 20 Pennsylvania loyalists selected by President-elect Joe Biden gather to cast their electoral vote ballots on Monday, it will be a big step toward leaving behind the chaos of the election and its aftermath.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Electoral College vote a big step to move past election

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — When the 20 Pennsylvania loyalists selected by President-elect Joe Biden gather to cast their electoral vote ballots on Monday, it will be a big step toward leaving behind the chaos of the election and its aftermath.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Electoral College vote a big step to move past election

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — When the 20 Pennsylvania loyalists selected by President-elect Joe Biden gather to cast their electoral vote ballots on Monday, it will be a big step toward leaving behind the chaos of the election and its aftermath.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Pennsylvania blasts Texas' bid to overturn Biden's election

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Lawyers for Pennsylvania responded in the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to Texas' effort to overturn the election result in four states for President-elect Joe Biden, calling it a “seditious abuse" of the courts that rests on conspiracy theories and falsehoods.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Trump election dispute puts Republicans into contradictions

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The drive to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump in the battleground state of Pennsylvania is forcing Republicans to take positions that contradict with one another’s.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Trump looks past Supreme Court loss to new election lawsuit

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to let him join an improbable lawsuit challenging election results in Pennsylvania and other states that he lost, a day after the justices rejected a last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania’s certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

High court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden's Pennsylvania win

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Republicans' last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania's certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the electoral battleground.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

High court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden's Pennsylvania win

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Republicans' last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania's certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the electoral battleground.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Trump campaign appeals another ballot case in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign continues to press lawsuits over Pennsylvania's election, appealing another case it lost to the state Supreme Court, this time over fewer than 2,000 ballots in a suburban Philadelphia county.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Elections shaping up to become major issue in Legislature

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania who are still questioning without basis the validity of the Nov. 3 election are drafting a boatload of voting-related legislation, with top Democrats quickly accusing them of setting up a sham process and undermining faith in elections.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Elections shaping up to become major issue in Legislature

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania who are still questioning without basis the validity of the Nov. 3 election are drafting a boatload of voting-related legislation, with top Democrats quickly accusing them of setting up a sham process and undermining faith in elections.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Supreme Court again asked to block Biden win in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Fresh off another rejection in Pennsylvania's courts, Republicans on Thursday again asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the battleground state, while the state's lawyers say fatal flaws in the original case mean justices are highly unlikely to grant it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Supreme Court again asked to block Biden win in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Fresh off another rejection in Pennsylvania's courts, Republicans on Thursday again asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the battleground state, while the state's lawyers say fatal flaws in the original case mean justices are highly unlikely to grant it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Pennsylvania hospital beds filling up amid virus surge

Hospital beds are filling up and medical staffs are being stretched to the limit as Pennsylvania’s health care system copes with a growing number of seriously ill COVID-19 patients.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

US Supreme Court asked to block Biden win in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans attempting to undo President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to take up their lawsuit, three days after it was thrown out by the highest court in the battleground state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

After White House test, Pa. senator calls COVID-19 case mild

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican state lawmaker from Pennsylvania revealed Monday that he has COVID-19, confirming the positive test five days after he went to the White House to meet with President Donald Trump and went maskless at a packed public meeting to discuss efforts to overturn President-elect Joe …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Pennsylvania expands virus app to school-age phone users

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s two-month-old coronavirus exposure notification app can now be used by mobile phone users as young as 13 as health officials work to stop the virus' spread in schools around the state, officials said Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Pennsylvania high court rejects lawsuit challenging election

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's highest court on Saturday night threw out a lower court's order preventing the state from certifying dozens of contests on its Nov. 3 election ballot in the latest lawsuit filed by Republicans attempting to thwart President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the battleground state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

$11B budget package passes Pennsylvania Legislature

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An $11 billion no-new-taxes spending package won passage in a lame-duck Friday night session in Pennsylvania's Legislature, as lawmakers sought to plug a multibillion-dollar deficit brought on by the pandemic and carry state government operations through the rest of the fiscal year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

$11B budget package advances in Pennsylvania Legislature

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An $11 billion no-new-taxes spending package won narrow passage in a lame-duck Friday night session in Pennsylvania's House of Representatives, as lawmakers voted remotely amid a coronavirus outbreak.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Lieutenant gov's flags fly in the face of some PA lawmakers

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor, Democrat John Fetterman, may have gotten under somebody’s skin.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Pennsylvania jobless rate falls — because labor force shrank

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate fell again in October as payrolls continued to recover from the economic hit of last spring's pandemic-driven shutdowns, according to state figures released Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Pennsylvania House votes to impose fees on electric cars

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Motorists who register an electric vehicle in Pennsylvania would have to pay an annual fee, under lame-duck session legislation approved by the state's Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Wolf to veto bills on carrying, selling guns amid disasters

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf will veto legislation heading to his desk that would repeal long-standing laws intended to control the carrying of guns and prevent public officials from shutting down firearms sales during disaster emergencies declared by a governor.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Pennsylvania lawmakers begin advancing $11B budget package

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state Legislature was set to begin voting Thursday on a roughly $11 billion no-new-taxes spending package to carry state government through the rest of the fiscal year and fill, for the moment, a multibillion-dollar deficit inflicted by the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Wolf gets bills to protect selling guns during disasters

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Legislation heading to the desk of Gov. Tom Wolf repeals long-standing laws in Pennsylvania intended to control gun-carrying and prevent public officials from shutting down firearms dealers during disaster emergencies declared by a governor.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Pennsylvania lawmakers prepare to vote $10B budget package

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state Legislature was set to begin voting Thursday on a nearly $10 billion no-new-taxes spending package to carry state government through the rest of the fiscal year and fill, for the moment, a multibillion-dollar deficit inflicted by the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

A rusty Giuliani returns to the courtroom on Trump's behalf

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Rudy Giuliani, representing a client inside a courtroom for the first time in nearly three decades, showed some rust as he tried to make the case that President Donald Trump has been robbed of reelection.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

A rusty Giuliani returns to the courtroom on Trump's behalf

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Representing a client inside a courtroom for the first time in nearly three decades, Rudy Giuliani showed some rust as he tried to make the case that President Donald Trump has been robbed of re-election.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

In court, Giuliani argues to block Biden win in Pennsylvania

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, returned to federal court Tuesday after a long hiatus to accuse Democrats in control of big cities of hatching a nationwide conspiracy to steal the election, even though no such evidence has emerged in the two weeks since Election …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Pennsylvania lawmakers aim to fill virus-inflicted deficit

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's state Legislature is working this week to assemble a spending plan to carry state government through the rest of the fiscal year and fill, at least for the moment, a multibillion-dollar deficit brought on by the economic impact of the coronavirus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Trump campaign drops key request in Pennsylvania lawsuit

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign is withdrawing a central request in its lawsuit seeking to stop the certification of the election results in Pennsylvania, where Democrat Joe Biden beat Trump to capture the state and help
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trump campaign retreats from key claim in Pennsylvania suit

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign is withdrawing a central part of its lawsuit seeking to stop the certification of the election results in Pennsylvania, where Democrat Joe Biden beat Trump to capture the state and help
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trump campaign retreats from key claim in Pennsylvania suit

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign is withdrawing a central part of its lawsuit seeking to stop the certification of the election results in Pennsylvania, where Democrat Joe Biden beat Trump to capture the state and help win the White House.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Suburban Philadelphia voters surge with verve to oust Trump

MORRISVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Voters in Philadelphia’s suburbs have whipped up wave after wave of anti-Donald Trump sentiment since 2016, hurling perhaps their biggest rebuke yet to the Republican this month.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Court blocks small number of ballots in Pennsylvania over ID

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania judge sided with President Donald Trump's campaign Thursday and ordered counties not to count a tiny number of mail-in or absentee ballots for which the voter didn't submit valid identification within six days after the Nov. 3 election.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Tally may bring challenges under Pennsylvania recount rules

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania counties ground through ballot counting Tuesday, a week after voting concluded in a high-turnout battleground election that tested a new vote-by-mail law, as President Donald Trump sought to reverse a winning margin for former Vice President Joe Biden.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trump campaign sues to block Pennsylvania election result

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign launched a lawsuit to stop the certification of the election results in Pennsylvania, suing Monday as counties continued to sort through provisional ballots and mail-in ballots nearly a week after the election in the battleground state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Lawsuits' threat looms as Pennsylvania vote count grinds on

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign launched a lawsuit to stop the certification of the election results in Pennsylvania, suing Monday as counties continued to sort through provisional ballots and late-arriving mail-in ballots nearly a week after the election.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Native son Joe Biden takes Pennsylvania and the presidency

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania catapulted its native son, Joe Biden, to victory and the White House on Saturday after a long, hard-fought and expensive campaign in which Democrats wrested the battleground state's 20 electoral votes back from President Donald Trump after the Republican’s surprise victory in 2016.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Biden, Trump campaign in Pennsylvania; mail ballots roll in

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden stumped in Pennsylvania on Monday, the last day before Election Day, with counties reporting they have yet to receive almost 700,000 mail-in and absentee ballots in the premier presidential battleground state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Pennsylvania's top House races come down to 2 GOP-held seats

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The premier congressional races in Pennsylvania feature two Republican House members from opposite sides of the party's ideological spectrum trying to hang on for another term after recording narrow wins two years ago.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Late-arriving mail-in ballots count in Pennsylvania, for now

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Mail-in ballots received by Pennsylvania counties within three days of polls closing will count, the presidential battleground state's top election official said Thursday, although she cautioned that more litigation could change that.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Pennsylvanians urged to drop off mail-in ballots in person

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With six days until Election Day, Pennsylvania's top elections official on Wednesday urged voters in the presidential battleground state who have one of the roughly 1 million mail-in ballots outstanding to drop it off in person rather than mail it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Pennsylvanians urged to drop off mail-in ballots in person

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With six days until Election Day, Pennsylvania's top elections official on Wednesday urged voters in the presidential battleground state who have one of the roughly 1 million mail-in ballots outstanding to drop it off in person rather than mail it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

More than 3M in Pennsylvania apply for mail-in ballots

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A week ahead of the Nov. 3 election, applications in the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania for mail-in or absentee ballots exceeded 3 million, with Tuesday the last day to request one and legal wrangling creating uncertainty over the deadline to receive them.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

More than 3M in Pennsylvania apply for mail-in ballots

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A week ahead of the Nov. 3 election, applications in the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania for mail-in or absentee ballots exceeded 3 million, with Tuesday the last day to request one and legal wrangling creating uncertainty over the deadline to receive them.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trump intensifies fracking assault on Biden in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In a late gambit to win the battleground state of Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump and his GOP allies have intensified attacks on Joe Biden over fracking, hoping to drive a wedge between the former vice president and the white, working-class voters tied to the state's booming …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trump intensifies fracking assault on Biden in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In a late gambit to win the battleground state of Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump and his GOP allies have intensified attacks on Joe Biden over fracking, hoping to drive a wedge between the former vice president and the white, working-class voters tied to the state's booming …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trump intensifies fracking assault on Biden in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In a late gambit to win the battleground state of Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump and his GOP allies have intensified attacks on Joe Biden over fracking, hoping to drive a wedge between the former vice president and the white, working-class voters tied to the state's booming …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Democrats hope to ride spending wave to state House majority

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — National political winds, strong fundraising and heavy spending by outside groups are fueling Pennsylvania Democrats' hopes that they can pick up the nine seats they need to retake control of the state House of Representatives after a decade in the minority.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

GOP asks Supreme Court again to block PA ballot extension

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania Republican Party is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to speedily take up its case to block counties in the presidential battleground state from counting mailed-in ballots received up to three days after the Nov. 3 election.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

GOP asks Supreme Court again to block PA ballot extension

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania Republican Party is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to speedily take up its case to block counties in the presidential battleground state from counting mailed-in ballots received up to three days after the Nov. 3 election.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Democrats hope to ride spending wave to state House majority

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — National political winds, strong fundraising and heavy spending by outside groups are fueling Pennsylvania Democrats' hopes that they can pick up the nine seats they need to retake control of the state House of Representatives after a decade in the minority.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Ballots can't be tossed out over voter signature, court says

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's Supreme Court ruled unanimously Friday on a key concern surrounding an avalanche of mailed ballots, prohibiting counties from rejecting them if the voter's signature on it does not resemble the signature on the voter's registration form.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Ballots can't be tossed out over voter signature, court says

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's Supreme Court ruled unanimously Friday on a key concern surrounding an avalanche of mailed ballots, prohibiting counties from rejecting them if the voter's signature on it does not resemble the signature on the voter's registration form.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trump campaign tapes voters at drop boxes, threatens lawsuit

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Trump campaign has been videotaping people as they deposit ballots in drop boxes in Philadelphia in what it says is an attempt to catch violations, surveillance that the battleground state’s Democratic attorney general suggested could amount to illegal intimidation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trump campaign tapes voters at drop boxes, threatens lawsuit

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Trump campaign has been videotaping people as they deposit ballots in drop boxes in Philadelphia in what it says is an attempt to catch violations, surveillance that the battleground state’s Democratic attorney general suggested could amount to illegal intimidation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Ballot battle intensifies with new lawsuit, campaign taping

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Another lawsuit filed Thursday challenged Pennsylvania's court-ordered extension of the deadline to receive mail-in ballots in the presidential election, as a new legal fight brewed over the Trump campaign's videotaping of people dropping off multiple ballots in Philadelphia.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

New lawsuit targets Pennsylvania's mail-in ballot deadline

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A lawsuit filed Thursday is challenging Pennsylvania's court-ordered deadline to count mail-in ballots that are received as many as three days after the Nov. 3 election in the presidential battleground state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

High court allows 3-day extension for Pennsylvania ballots

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will allow Pennsylvania to count mailed-in ballots received up to three days after the Nov. 3 election, rejecting a Republican plea in the presidential battleground state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

High court allows 3-day extension for Pennsylvania ballots

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will allow Pennsylvania to count mailed-in ballots received up to three days after the Nov. 3 election, rejecting a Republican plea in the presidential battleground state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Prospects dim for critical election bill in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With 15 days until the presidential election, Republican lawmakers in the battleground state of Pennsylvania showed no sign Monday that they were ready to pass legislation authorizing counties to process mail-in ballots before Election Day, which is seen as crucial to producing a prompt election result.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

For Trump, city where 'bad things happen' looms large

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — When President Donald Trump told the world that “bad things happen in Philadelphia,” it was, in part, a blunt assessment of his party's struggles in the nation's sixth-most populous city.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

For Trump, city where 'bad things happen' looms large

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — When President Donald Trump told the world that “bad things happen in Philadelphia,” it was, in part, a blunt assessment of his party's struggles in the nation's sixth-most populous city.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Pennsylvania sees another big monthly drop in jobless rate

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate began to look like the rest of the nation's in September, taking another steep drop from its post-pandemic high as the labor force and payrolls grew, according to state figures released Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Talks on critical election legislation in Pennsylvania stall

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Closed-door talks on legislation seen as crucial to producing a prompt election result in the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania appeared stuck Thursday between the Democratic governor and the Legislature's House Republican majority.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Talks on critical election legislation in Pennsylvania stall

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Closed-door talks on legislation seen as crucial to producing a prompt election result in the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania appeared stuck Thursday between the Democratic governor and the Legislature's House Republican majority.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Pennsylvania becomes a battleground over election security

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — For anxiety over voting and ballot counting in this year’s presidential election, it’s hard to top Pennsylvania.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Pennsylvania high court to settle voter signatures fight

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court granted a request Wednesday to wade into a fight over whether counties should count mail-in ballots when a voter’s signature doesn’t necessarily match the one on their registration.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Pennsylvania becomes a battleground over election security

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — For anxiety over voting and ballot counting in this year’s presidential election, it’s hard to top Pennsylvania.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Mail-in ballot requests pass 2.6M in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With three weeks to go before the Nov. 3 election, more than 2.6 million registered voters have applied for a mail-in ballot in Pennsylvania, a battleground state hotly contested by President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Judge throws out Trump campaign's Pennsylvania lawsuit

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Saturday threw out a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump’s campaign, dismissing its challenges to the battleground state’s poll-watching law and its efforts to limit how mail-in ballots can be collected and which of them can be counted.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Judge throws out Trump campaign's Pennsylvania lawsuit

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Saturday threw out a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump’s campaign, dismissing its challenges to the battleground state’s poll-watching law and its efforts to limit how mail-in ballots can be collected and which of them can be counted.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Stay-at-home order expands as overflow facilities get ready

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf put another 2.5 million Pennsylvania residents under an order that restricts people from leaving home Friday, as his administration confirmed more coronavirus cases and deaths and major facilities were enlisted to help with hospital overflows.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Jobless claims swamp Pennsylvania amid rise in virus cases

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Pennsylvania rose by 50% to more than 1,600 cases, while record numbers of state residents filed for unemployment compensation, Gov. Tom Wolf's administration said Thursday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Governor extending stay-at-home order to two more counties

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf's administration reported more coronavirus-related deaths in Pennsylvania on Wednesday and ordered residents of Lehigh and Northampton counties to stay home, with few exceptions, as more of the state is put under the directive in an effort to slow the virus' spread.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Pennsylvania lawmakers vote to delay primary election

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania lawmakers voted Wednesday to delay the state's primary election by five weeks to June 2, potentially past the spike of the state's spreading coronavirus cases.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Wolf reopens gun shops, orders more residents to stay home

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Even as he ordered residents of another county to stay at home, Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday quietly allowed gun shops to reopen on a limited basis during the coronavirus pandemic after several justices of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court urged him to do so.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

As coronavirus cases grow, Pennsylvania eyes later primary

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania saw another big increase in confirmed coronavirus cases Sunday, as well as another death, as lawmakers speed legislation to delay the state's April 28 primary election and relax rules around how mail-in ballots can be processed in advance of polls closing.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Pennsylvania reports COVID-19 death; Wolf defends shutdown

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's coronavirus death toll rose by one on Saturday as lawyers for Gov. Tom Wolf asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging his authority to shutter “non-life-sustaining” businesses, declaring that unprecedented action is needed to combat a global pandemic they called “perhaps the biggest catastrophe …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Wolf retrenches sweeping order, amid complaints, lawsuits

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Under fire from business groups and Republican lawmakers and facing lawsuits over a broad shutdown order designed to slow the spreading of the coronavirus, Gov. Tom Wolf's administration defended its actions as critical to preventing hospitals from being overwhelmed, but it also made a series of …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Governor orders 1000s of businesses to shut down over virus

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf issued a sweeping shutdown order to tens of thousands of “non-life-sustaining” businesses Thursday, decreeing they must close their physical locations by 8 p.m. to slow the spread of the coronavirus or face enforcement by state police and other government agencies.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Governor orders Pennsylvania schools closed for 2 weeks

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — All schools in Pennsylvania will be closed for two weeks, Gov. Tom Wolf announced Friday as the state takes sweeping measures aimed at slowing the spread of the new coronavirus.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Governor closes schools in Philly suburb hit by virus

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday ordered schools and other facilities closed in Montgomery County, a Philadelphia suburb of more than 800,000 people hard-hit by the COVID-19 outbreak, as he discouraged large gatherings of people statewide and canceled prison visits.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Biden's big wins also were big for his Pennsylvania backers

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Party stalwarts in Pennsylvania heaved a collective sigh of relief as Joe Biden, the choice of many party leaders in the battleground state, emerged from the presidential primary pack as the consensus pick to lead the party's moderate wing.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Lawmakers urged to act now to save state university system

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The leader of Pennsylvania's system of 14 state-owned universities told lawmakers Tuesday that it is urgent they act to help the schools in the face of sinking enrollment, rising student debt and a lagging commitment of public tax dollars to higher education.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Official: Paterno didn't do enough to stop abuse

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS AGO