Government & Politics
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Delaware County Council Gets Push Back on Mental Health Facility Plan
A packed crowd told Delaware County Council Wednesday to abandon plans to use part of the former Don Guanella property as a mental health facility, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. Council acquired the former Don Guanella School property by eminent domain to create the county’s largest park, named Delco Woods. But a…
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Marple Commissioners Weigh in on Use of Don Guanella Property
As far as Marple Township is concerned, the former Don Guanella property has been rezoned for open space use, according to township solicitor Adam Matlawski. That’s despite a more recent Delaware County proposal that buildings at the former Don Guanella school could be a residential mental health facility, writes Siafa Lewis and Sean Tallant for…
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Highland Park School Celebrates Role in Making the Firefly the State Insect
Fifty years ago, in 1974, a Highland Park Elementary School third grade class successfully lobbied to have the firefly declared Pennsylvania’s insect. The school celebrated the anniversary Tuesday, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. Alum, state and local officials joined 730 students to recognize the year that 26 students from Dorothy Holzwarth’s class convinced…
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As the First Black Woman to Serve As Pennsylvania House Speaker, Joanna McClinton Wants to See More Progress
Pennsylvania House Speaker Joanna McClinton, the first Black woman to hold that position, is fighting for more progress in 2024, writes Sean Kitchen for The Keystone. McClinton, a Southwest Philadelphia native, started her public service career more than a decade ago as a staffer in State Sen. Tony Williams’ office. “I came to this job…
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Washington Post: Nearly Half of Polling Places Moved in Montgomery County For Passover Located in Synagogues
Some of Pennsylvania’s most populous counties, including Montgomery County, are relocating polling places out of synagogues and other Jewish buildings to avoid time conflicts with the first day of Passover, writes Mark Scolforo for The Washington Post. In Montgomery County, the most populous Philadelphia suburb, eight of the 17 polling places that were moved had…
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How Much Do You Really Know about Billionaire Jeff Yass and His Relationship to TikTok?
As Washington continues to wage war against TikTok, Jeff Yass, a Bala Cynwyd billionaire and cofounder of Susquehanna International Group, stands to lose a lot of money, writes Kalhan Rosenblatt for NBC News. Yass’ firm has a 15% share in TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, which is based in China, and he personally has about $21…
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2 Pennsylvania State Senators Are Proposing a ‘Jason Kelce Day’ on June 2
Is Pennsylvania ready for a Jason Kelce Day? There’s definitely political will here in the Philadelphia region, but what’s the feeling in Pittsburgh Steelers territory? Two state senators plan to introduce a resolution in the state Senate to make June 2, 2024, “Jason Kelce Day,” honoring his retirement from the Philadelphia Eagles. The date reflects…
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Video Store Cold Case: Two 20-Year-Olds’ 1993 Fatal Attack on the Job Remains Unsolved
As an indicator of just how cold an ongoing Bucks County cold case has gotten, its victims were two 20-year-old workers at a Warminster West Coast Video store — a chain that went defunct back in 2009. Joe Holden, CBS3, reported this tragedy’s decades-long investigation. Bryan Benson and Seann Campbell were closing the West Coast…
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Bidens Visit Restaurant Owners in Rose Valley on Way to Strath Haven Rally
President Joe Biden kicked off his re-election campaign with a rally Friday evening at Strath Haven Middle School in Wallingford, but first, he and the First Lady made an unscheduled stop to visit a family in Rose Valley, writes Julia Terruso and Jesse Bunch for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Bidens greeted Jack Cunicelli, his wife…
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President Biden to Hold Rally at Strath Haven Middle School Friday Evening
Strath Haven Middle School in Wallingford is scheduled to have a unique visitor Friday when President Biden visits Strath Haven for a campaign rally fresh from his State of the Union address, writes Julia Terruso for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Biden is expected to hold a rally there in the early evening, kicking off his campaign…
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Ensuring Election Integrity: KYW Newsradio Explains Pennsylvania’s Voting Machine Testing
Pennsylvania’s voting machines go through several layers of testing – both on federal and state levels – to make sure the results they produce are accurate, writes Carter Walker for KYW Newsradio. All voting machines are tested before every election to ensure they are working properly. Each machine produces paper ballots that can be audited.…
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Nikki Haley’s Son Nalin Is an Outspoken Villanova Senior
Unlike most children of politicians, Nikki Haley’s son, Nalin Haley, isn’t one to lay low. In fact, the Villanova University senior has been churning things up working the campaign trail for his presidential candidate mother, writes Victor Fiorillo for Philadelphia Magazine. Though one anonymous person at the university described the political science major as “more…
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WSJ: Take These Steps While Doing Your Tax Return to Avoid Costly Mistakes, IRS Audits
It takes an average of nine hours for people to do their taxes, which is more than enough time to make a mistake or two, writes Ashlea Ebeling for The Wall Street Journal. Filing errors range from forgetting to report interests to making a math mistake and much more. If the IRS catches those mistakes…
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PA Secretary of State Addresses Election Fears, Remains Optimistic Despite Conspiracy Theories
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt recently addressed potential concerns over the upcoming presidential election in November in hopes of preempting conspiracy theories, writes Sean Kitchen for The Keystone. Schmidt was cautiously optimistic about election officials being able to count mail-in ballots following the election. “While the law hasn’t changed, a couple other things have,”…
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Housing Coalition Urges Solutions as Delaware County Counts 300 Homeless
The Delaware County Housing Coalition is confronting a critical challenge–Delaware County counts 300 homeless people here, with 20 renter households facing eviction notices daily. Families are “a paycheck away” from losing their homes, and a holistic approach to solving the problem of the unhoused is needed, said Delaware County Human Services Director Sandra Garrison. The…
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Widener Students Get First-Hand Access to New Hampshire Primary
The New Hampshire primary is known for being the first-in-the-nation primary election in presidential election years. As candidates flocked to the small New England state, so too did a group of Widener students and faculty to get inside access to the events. Led by Associate Professor Angie Corbo, chair of communication studies, and Professor Wes Leckrone, chair of political…
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Chester Mayor Stefan Roots: Compromise Is the Road Out of Bankruptcy
Chester’s new mayor, Stefan Roots, is talking compromise with state receiver Michael Doweary so the city can emerge from bankruptcy, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. “It’s my intention to work as constructively with the receiver’s team as possible so that Chester can emerge from bankruptcy in a financially strong and sustainable position,”…
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Bala Cynwyd Billionaire Jeff Yass Donates Millions to Texas Governor Re-election Campaign
Jeff Yass, co-founder of Susquehanna International Group based in Bala Cynwyd and one of the richest men in the world according to Forbes, last week donated 6 million dollars to Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s re-election campaign, writes Shelly Hagan for Bloomberg. Both Yass and Abbott are supporters of school choice programs. Abbott’s campaign office said…
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