It was cold in many parts of the Keystone State this week in a reminder that the general election is just 18 days away. Heck, there was even snow in the northwestern parts of the state. And yes, the Phillies are still playing baseball. Here are your ups and downs for the week ending October 21.
Let’s see … the Phillies won a playoff series … the Eagles and Penn State are undefeated … fall foliage is in high gear … what’s not to like in Pennsylvania right now? Here are our Ups and Downs for the week ending October 14.
We are just about one month from Election Day (November 8) and this is the best time of year in the Keystone State. Daytime temperatures
The timing was exquisite. Fall began yesterday evening and right on cue, the cooler air poured into the Commonwealth. Time for our first Ups and
As the final days of summer come to a close … the heat remains turned up as we approach the sprint to the general election
Hear the sounds? Smell that? It’s in the air. You can tell. No. Not football season. It’s general election season!
It’s the “last” weekend of the summer for most folks, as the three-day Labor Day holiday is upon us. Those who make news in politics certainly gave us a lot to digest during the last seven days … here is who we think had a good week, and those who may wish they had a better week.
Here are PoliticsPA’s Ups and Downs for the week ending August 25. Hollidaysburg Little League. The Little Leaguers from Blair County gave us all
Who had a good week in Pennsylvania politics … and who could have had a better week.
It was cold in many parts of the Keystone State this week in a reminder that the general election is just 18 days away. Heck, there was even snow in the northwestern parts of the state. And yes, the Phillies are still playing baseball. Here are your ups and downs for the week ending October 21.
Phillies. Philadelphia’s baseball team has become the darlings of the sport after knocking off a pair of division champions to advance to the NLCS. No matter what happens against the San Diego Padres, this will be a season that will be remembered for breaking the postseason drought. Oh yes, and the Schwar-bomb against Yu Darvish in game 1.
Mehmet Oz. The Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate received good news from polls showing the race with John Fetterman has tightened. He got some not-so-flattering news with an AP story about his professional choices. “Oz may have made his reputation as a surgeon. But he made a fortune as a salesman. Now he is trying to leverage his celebrity as the Republican nominee.”
Larry Krasner. The embattled Philadelphia DA says he expects an impeachment vote as early as next week. Krasner, who had been asked to testify before the GOP-led Select Committee on Restoring Law and Order privately on Friday morning, used the time to hold a news conference on the steps of the state Capitol, stating “This is an effort to impeach someone for political purposes who has done nothing corrupt and nothing illegal because they want to erase Philadelphia’s votes.”
Doug Mastriano. The GOP candidate for governor had two former colleagues at the U.S. Army War College criticize his candidacy with one saying he “is not fit for office.”
Gov. Tom Wolf. The outgoing Democratic governor announced the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) approved grants totaling $1,788,924 for 21 projects to increase the production of Pennsylvania-made malt and brewed beverages and enhance the Pennsylvania beer industry through promotion, marketing, and research-based programs and projects, and to enhance the Pennsylvania wine industry and increase production of Pennsylvania-made wines.
John Stanford. It was announced at Thursday’s school board meeting that the Allentown School District superintendent resigned effective October 28. The board voted 6-3 to approve a separation-and-release agreement with Stanford who had agreed to a five-year contract last September.
Yvonne Saadi. The assistant U.S. Attorney from Pittsburgh has been appointed to serve as the District Election Officer (DEO) for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and in that capacity is responsible for overseeing the District’s handling of election day complaints of voting rights concerns, threats of violence to election officials or staff, and election fraud, in consultation with Justice Department Headquarters in Washington.
Academy of the New Church. The seller of Mehmet Oz’s residence in Bryn Athyn included an interesting wrinkle in the fine print. The deed to Oz’s $3.1 million residence says if the celebrity doctor ever needs to sell his new home, then the last owner gets right of first refusal to buy it back.
Fulton County. The rural Pennsylvania county violated a court order when it allowed Speckin Forensics LLC, a forensics company, to examine voting equipment in July, marking the county’s second security breach of the machines, the Secretary of the Commonwealth alleged in a court filing.
Primanti Bros. The Pittsburgh-based restaurant had high profile guests on Thursday when President Biden, Sen. Casey, Gov. Wolf and Lt. Gov. Fetterman stopped by for a bite. Biden bought lunch and left a $40 tip. Biden ordered the Pitts-Burger.
Wayne Fontana. The state senator from Allegheny County announced over $139 million in PENNVEST loans and a grant for the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA). The grant, totaling $6,486,969, will be used to replace lead service lines, and leaking, undersized water mains.
Robert Vargo. The 25-year-old from Berwick has been indicted by a U.S. grand jury for threatening to kill Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chair of the congressional committee investigating the January 2021 assault on the US Capitol. Vargo also also threatened to kill the Thompson’s family and US President Joe Biden.
It was cold in many parts of the Keystone State this week in a reminder that the general election is just 18 days away. Heck, there was even snow in the northwestern parts of the state. And yes, the Phillies are still playing baseball. Here are your ups and downs for the week ending October 21.
Phillies. Philadelphia’s baseball team has become the darlings of the sport after knocking off a pair of division champions to advance to the NLCS. No matter what happens against the San Diego Padres, this will be a season that will be remembered for breaking the postseason drought. Oh yes, and the Schwar-bomb against Yu Darvish in game 1.
Mehmet Oz. The Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate received good news from polls showing the race with John Fetterman has tightened. He got some not-so-flattering news with an AP story about his professional choices. “Oz may have made his reputation as a surgeon. But he made a fortune as a salesman. Now he is trying to leverage his celebrity as the Republican nominee.”
Larry Krasner. The embattled Philadelphia DA says he expects an impeachment vote as early as next week. Krasner, who had been asked to testify before the GOP-led Select Committee on Restoring Law and Order privately on Friday morning, used the time to hold a news conference on the steps of the state Capitol, stating “This is an effort to impeach someone for political purposes who has done nothing corrupt and nothing illegal because they want to erase Philadelphia’s votes.”
Doug Mastriano. The GOP candidate for governor had two former colleagues at the U.S. Army War College criticize his candidacy with one saying he “is not fit for office.”
Gov. Tom Wolf. The outgoing Democratic governor announced the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) approved grants totaling $1,788,924 for 21 projects to increase the production of Pennsylvania-made malt and brewed beverages and enhance the Pennsylvania beer industry through promotion, marketing, and research-based programs and projects, and to enhance the Pennsylvania wine industry and increase production of Pennsylvania-made wines.
John Stanford. It was announced at Thursday’s school board meeting that the Allentown School District superintendent resigned effective October 28. The board voted 6-3 to approve a separation-and-release agreement with Stanford who had agreed to a five-year contract last September.
Yvonne Saadi. The assistant U.S. Attorney from Pittsburgh has been appointed to serve as the District Election Officer (DEO) for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and in that capacity is responsible for overseeing the District’s handling of election day complaints of voting rights concerns, threats of violence to election officials or staff, and election fraud, in consultation with Justice Department Headquarters in Washington.
Academy of the New Church. The seller of Mehmet Oz’s residence in Bryn Athyn included an interesting wrinkle in the fine print. The deed to Oz’s $3.1 million residence says if the celebrity doctor ever needs to sell his new home, then the last owner gets right of first refusal to buy it back.
Fulton County. The rural Pennsylvania county violated a court order when it allowed Speckin Forensics LLC, a forensics company, to examine voting equipment in July, marking the county’s second security breach of the machines, the Secretary of the Commonwealth alleged in a court filing.
Primanti Bros. The Pittsburgh-based restaurant had high profile guests on Thursday when President Biden, Sen. Casey, Gov. Wolf and Lt. Gov. Fetterman stopped by for a bite. Biden bought lunch and left a $40 tip. Biden ordered the Pitts-Burger.
Wayne Fontana. The state senator from Allegheny County announced over $139 million in PENNVEST loans and a grant for the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA). The grant, totaling $6,486,969, will be used to replace lead service lines, and leaking, undersized water mains.
Robert Vargo. The 25-year-old from Berwick has been indicted by a U.S. grand jury for threatening to kill Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chair of the congressional committee investigating the January 2021 assault on the US Capitol. Vargo also also threatened to kill the Thompson’s family and US President Joe Biden.
It was cold in many parts of the Keystone State this week in a reminder that the general election is just 18 days away. Heck, there was even snow in the northwestern parts of the state. And yes, the Phillies are still playing baseball. Here are your ups and downs for the week ending October 21.
Phillies. Philadelphia’s baseball team has become the darlings of the sport after knocking off a pair of division champions to advance to the NLCS. No matter what happens against the San Diego Padres, this will be a season that will be remembered for breaking the postseason drought. Oh yes, and the Schwar-bomb against Yu Darvish in game 1.
Mehmet Oz. The Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate received good news from polls showing the race with John Fetterman has tightened. He got some not-so-flattering news with an AP story about his professional choices. “Oz may have made his reputation as a surgeon. But he made a fortune as a salesman. Now he is trying to leverage his celebrity as the Republican nominee.”
Larry Krasner. The embattled Philadelphia DA says he expects an impeachment vote as early as next week. Krasner, who had been asked to testify before the GOP-led Select Committee on Restoring Law and Order privately on Friday morning, used the time to hold a news conference on the steps of the state Capitol, stating “This is an effort to impeach someone for political purposes who has done nothing corrupt and nothing illegal because they want to erase Philadelphia’s votes.”
Doug Mastriano. The GOP candidate for governor had two former colleagues at the U.S. Army War College criticize his candidacy with one saying he “is not fit for office.”
Gov. Tom Wolf. The outgoing Democratic governor announced the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) approved grants totaling $1,788,924 for 21 projects to increase the production of Pennsylvania-made malt and brewed beverages and enhance the Pennsylvania beer industry through promotion, marketing, and research-based programs and projects, and to enhance the Pennsylvania wine industry and increase production of Pennsylvania-made wines.
John Stanford. It was announced at Thursday’s school board meeting that the Allentown School District superintendent resigned effective October 28. The board voted 6-3 to approve a separation-and-release agreement with Stanford who had agreed to a five-year contract last September.
Yvonne Saadi. The assistant U.S. Attorney from Pittsburgh has been appointed to serve as the District Election Officer (DEO) for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and in that capacity is responsible for overseeing the District’s handling of election day complaints of voting rights concerns, threats of violence to election officials or staff, and election fraud, in consultation with Justice Department Headquarters in Washington.
Academy of the New Church. The seller of Mehmet Oz’s residence in Bryn Athyn included an interesting wrinkle in the fine print. The deed to Oz’s $3.1 million residence says if the celebrity doctor ever needs to sell his new home, then the last owner gets right of first refusal to buy it back.
Fulton County. The rural Pennsylvania county violated a court order when it allowed Speckin Forensics LLC, a forensics company, to examine voting equipment in July, marking the county’s second security breach of the machines, the Secretary of the Commonwealth alleged in a court filing.
Primanti Bros. The Pittsburgh-based restaurant had high profile guests on Thursday when President Biden, Sen. Casey, Gov. Wolf and Lt. Gov. Fetterman stopped by for a bite. Biden bought lunch and left a $40 tip. Biden ordered the Pitts-Burger.
Wayne Fontana. The state senator from Allegheny County announced over $139 million in PENNVEST loans and a grant for the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA). The grant, totaling $6,486,969, will be used to replace lead service lines, and leaking, undersized water mains.
Robert Vargo. The 25-year-old from Berwick has been indicted by a U.S. grand jury for threatening to kill Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chair of the congressional committee investigating the January 2021 assault on the US Capitol. Vargo also also threatened to kill the Thompson’s family and US President Joe Biden.
It was cold in many parts of the Keystone State this week in a reminder that the general election is just 18 days away. Heck, there was even snow in the northwestern parts of the state. And yes, the Phillies are still playing baseball. Here are your ups and downs for the week ending October 21.
Phillies. Philadelphia’s baseball team has become the darlings of the sport after knocking off a pair of division champions to advance to the NLCS. No matter what happens against the San Diego Padres, this will be a season that will be remembered for breaking the postseason drought. Oh yes, and the Schwar-bomb against Yu Darvish in game 1.
Mehmet Oz. The Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate received good news from polls showing the race with John Fetterman has tightened. He got some not-so-flattering news with an AP story about his professional choices. “Oz may have made his reputation as a surgeon. But he made a fortune as a salesman. Now he is trying to leverage his celebrity as the Republican nominee.”
Larry Krasner. The embattled Philadelphia DA says he expects an impeachment vote as early as next week. Krasner, who had been asked to testify before the GOP-led Select Committee on Restoring Law and Order privately on Friday morning, used the time to hold a news conference on the steps of the state Capitol, stating “This is an effort to impeach someone for political purposes who has done nothing corrupt and nothing illegal because they want to erase Philadelphia’s votes.”
Doug Mastriano. The GOP candidate for governor had two former colleagues at the U.S. Army War College criticize his candidacy with one saying he “is not fit for office.”
Gov. Tom Wolf. The outgoing Democratic governor announced the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) approved grants totaling $1,788,924 for 21 projects to increase the production of Pennsylvania-made malt and brewed beverages and enhance the Pennsylvania beer industry through promotion, marketing, and research-based programs and projects, and to enhance the Pennsylvania wine industry and increase production of Pennsylvania-made wines.
John Stanford. It was announced at Thursday’s school board meeting that the Allentown School District superintendent resigned effective October 28. The board voted 6-3 to approve a separation-and-release agreement with Stanford who had agreed to a five-year contract last September.
Yvonne Saadi. The assistant U.S. Attorney from Pittsburgh has been appointed to serve as the District Election Officer (DEO) for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and in that capacity is responsible for overseeing the District’s handling of election day complaints of voting rights concerns, threats of violence to election officials or staff, and election fraud, in consultation with Justice Department Headquarters in Washington.
Academy of the New Church. The seller of Mehmet Oz’s residence in Bryn Athyn included an interesting wrinkle in the fine print. The deed to Oz’s $3.1 million residence says if the celebrity doctor ever needs to sell his new home, then the last owner gets right of first refusal to buy it back.
Fulton County. The rural Pennsylvania county violated a court order when it allowed Speckin Forensics LLC, a forensics company, to examine voting equipment in July, marking the county’s second security breach of the machines, the Secretary of the Commonwealth alleged in a court filing.
Primanti Bros. The Pittsburgh-based restaurant had high profile guests on Thursday when President Biden, Sen. Casey, Gov. Wolf and Lt. Gov. Fetterman stopped by for a bite. Biden bought lunch and left a $40 tip. Biden ordered the Pitts-Burger.
Wayne Fontana. The state senator from Allegheny County announced over $139 million in PENNVEST loans and a grant for the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA). The grant, totaling $6,486,969, will be used to replace lead service lines, and leaking, undersized water mains.
Robert Vargo. The 25-year-old from Berwick has been indicted by a U.S. grand jury for threatening to kill Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chair of the congressional committee investigating the January 2021 assault on the US Capitol. Vargo also also threatened to kill the Thompson’s family and US President Joe Biden.
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