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Abortion access to be 'front and center' in Pa. gubernatorial, Senate races

HARRISBURG, Pa. — It was the U.S. Supreme Court decision that Republicans had been seeking for 50 years. But its timing couldn't have been worse, some political analysts told the Post-Gazette following Friday's landmark ruling.

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Where Pa. law stands on abortion, and what candidates for governor and US Senate want for the future

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Supreme Court's historic decision Friday to overturn nearly 50 years of precedent protecting the right to an abortion put a new focus on Pennsylvania's upcoming statewide elections.

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How Pa.'s Senate race between Fetterman and Oz could play out

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The matchup is finally set: Democrat Lt. Gov. John Fetterman will face Republican Mehmet Oz in the November election, in what's expected to be one of the most-watched and expensive Senate races in U.S. history.

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A major GOP group is ditching Bill McSwain, joining a last-ditch effort to help Lou Barletta stop Doug Mastriano

An influential Harrisburg conservative group that controls one of the biggest political action committees in Pennsylvania endorsed former U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta for governor on Sunday, calling on other contenders to do the same to stop State Sen. Doug Mastriano from winning the Republican nomination.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

As hate crimes rise, Pittsburgh houses of worship receive $1.1 million in state grants to enhance security

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Houses of worship around Allegheny County received more than $1.1 million in state grants to enhance their security, as hate crimes continue to rise in the state.

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Oz flaunts Trump endorsement as US Senate candidates try to prove their Pennsylvanian roots

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz debuted a new Trumpian confidence inspired by the former president’s endorsement, as the five candidates tried to set themselves apart as the “most Pennsylvanian” candidate in Monday’s debate for the GOP nomination.

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Everything to know about John Fetterman's 2013 incident with a jogger

PHILADELPHIA — In the first Pennsylvania Democratic Senate debate to feature all three major candidates, moderators asked Lt. Gov. John Fetterman a question about a January day in 2013. He had pursued a man and pulled a shotgun on him. Would he do anything differently today?

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GOP Senate candidate Mehmet Oz says his opponent's hedge fund costs Pennsylvania taxpayers

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz on Tuesday sought to attack GOP front-runner David McCormick for his role in leading a hedge fund that made hundreds of millions of dollars from the embattled Pennsylvania school pension fund, PSERS.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

A fight at the heart of PSERS: Who is in charge at the big pension fund? The board or its executives?

Glen Grell had been the executive director of Pennsylvania's biggest pension fund for two years in 2017 when he drove by the shuttered newspaper plant near his Harrisburg headquarters and noticed the "for sale" sign. Within a few months, the PSERS plan bought the place for $1.6 million.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Booze by the ballot: Pa. Republicans look toward referendum to privatize wine, liquor sales

Hoping to bypass the veto of a Democratic governor who’s already used it before on a similar proposal, Republicans in Harrisburg are considering the use of a constitutional amendment to privatize the state-run liquor system.

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