JOSH SHAPIRO

A package of proposed amendments to the Pennsylvania constitution will likely not appear on the May primary ballot after legislators missed a Friday deadline to pass it.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Debra Todd will officially be installed as chief justice on Friday, making her the first female to serve as the court’s top-ranking jurist.

The inauguration for Pennsylvania's new governor, Josh Shapiro, was held on Tuesday. The Democrat took the oath of office outside the state capitol.

Democrat Josh Shapiro has become the 48th governor of Pennsylvania at the inaugural ceremony at the state Capitol.

Josh Shapiro announced that Cindy Adams Dunn will remain as secretary to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and Russell Redding will be the agricultural secretary.

New state data shows that an election eve Pennsylvania court decision that said mail-in ballots without accurate handwritten dates on their exterior envelopes can’t count resulted in otherwise valid votes being canceled in the high-stakes November election.

New data from Pennsylvania's elections agency shows an early November state court decision that barred mail-in ballots without accurate handwritten dates on their exterior envelopes resulted in otherwise valid votes being thrown out. The Department of State said this week more than 16,000 mail-in ballots were disqualified by county officials because they lacked secrecy envelopes or proper signatures or dates. Democratic voters, who are much more likely to vote by mail, made up more than two-thirds of the total canceled ballots.

Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania says he'll undergo surgery for prostate cancer, but is expected to make a full recovery.

A former Philadelphia election official who has told of enduring death threats whipped up by Donald Trump for defending the city’s 2020 vote-counting against the former president’s lies will be nominated for the top election administration post in Pennsylvania by the incoming governor, Josh Shapiro.

Authorities say the man suspected of fatally shooting a Pennsylvania police chief and wounding another officer in confrontations near Pittsburgh was killed by police after a chase.

Brackenridge, Pa. Police Chief Justin McIntire lost his life, Pa. Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro said. The suspect was killed in a shootout with police after initially fleeing in a carjacked vehicle, police said.

In an interview with police, the couple said they lived a primitive lifestyle and did not believe in modern medicine.

Josh Shapiro will be taking office as Pennsylvania’s next governor in January after running a campaign in which he spoke early and often about his Jewish religious heritage.

A Pennsylvania grand jury released a report that said a juvenile detention center in the state had a "dangerous lack of oversight." People were sexually harassed and beaten by guards.

One of Pennsylvania’s largest drillers will be allowed to extract natural gas from underneath a rural Pennsylvania community where it has been banned for a dozen years because of accusations it polluted the water supply.

Young voters who have been critical to Democratic successes in recent elections showed signs in November's midterms that their enthusiasm may be waning.

The November midterms broadened the party’s bench for potential presidential contenders, though none have said they would challenge Biden if he runs.

Voters with no religious affiliation supported Democratic candidates and abortion rights by staggering percentages in the 2022 midterm elections.

“We don’t sit around at our meetings patting ourselves on the back for not believing in God together,” said David Brown, a founder from the Philadelphia suburb of Ardmore. The group, mostly consisting of atheists and agnostics, mobilizes to knock on doors and make phone calls on behalf of Democratic candidates “who are pro-science, pro-democracy, whether or not they are actually self-identified secular people,” he said. Voters with no religious affiliation supported Democratic candidates and abortion rights by staggering percentages in the 2022 midterm elections.

Pennsylvania’s most active gas driller has pleaded no contest to criminal environmental charges in a landmark pollution case.

Voters deciding to split their tickets or buck their party altogether may have helped Democrats mount a stronger-than-expected performance in the recent midterm elections.

Some state attorneys general aren’t shaking off this week’s Ticketmaster debacle.

The results prompted Michigan’s secretary of state to predict that democracy will emerge stronger than it was before former president Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 vote

Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro is beginning the transition to his new job, pledging to work constructively with lawmakers and pledging to remain as attorney general until he takes office as governor in January.

President Joe Biden tried to shape the midterm elections not as a verdict on his time in office, but rather on the contrast between Democrats and Republicans on American democracy.

The settlement resolves litigation with states, cities and tribes tied to the painkillers, and follows similar agreements with Walgreens and CVS.

Democratic Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro will take office with a decisive mandate from Pennsylvania voters, who overwhelmingly rejected a Republican drive to pare back abortion rights and voting laws in the premier battleground state.

Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano (R) conceded to Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro (D) on Sunday in the state’s gubernatorial race, five days after news outlets called the race against him. “Difficult to accept as the results are, there is no right course but to concede, which I do, and I look to the challenges ahead. Josh…

Evangelical Christians across the U.S. reconfirmed their allegiance to conservative candidates and causes in the midterm elections.

Two days after the midterm elections, misinformation about the results remains focused on Arizona and Pennsylvania.

Democrats supported far-right candidates in Republican primaries in the hope that they'd be easier to beat in the general election. The plan worked.

If Tuesday’s vote defied the durable history of presidential parties taking heavy losses in a midterm election, it also reinforced an often-forgotten fact: These campaigns are a patchwork of thousands of races, not a nationwide contest.

Election deniers who backed Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election failed in some of their highest-profile races.

A day after the midterm elections, misinformation about the results is zeroing in on the states of Arizona and Pennsylvania.

Republicans inched closer to a narrow House majority while control of the Senate hinges on tight Arizona, Nevada and Georgia races.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro wins Pennsylvania race for governor beating Trump-backed Republican Doug Mastriano.

Voters cast ballots for governors in 36 states on Tuesday, with 20 held by Republicans and 16 held by Democrats.

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Democrat Josh Shapiro won his bid for governor of Pennsylvania over Republican Doug Mastriano.

James Carville told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Tuesday that Democrats needed to focus more on messaging in 2024, regardless of the midterm election results.

All 50 states are hosting midterm elections that will determine the balance of power in Washington and state capitals across the nation.

Mr. Biden will head to Westchester County, New York, while Trump is in Miami.

Former President Barack Obama stumped fof Senate candidate John Fetterman and gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro during a rally in Pennsylvania.

Presidents Biden and Obama are stumping for Senate candidate John Fetterman in Philadelphia the same day former President Trump rallies for Mehemet Oz in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

President Biden and former President Barack Obama spoke at a campaign rally in Philadelphia for Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro and senatorial candidate John Fetterman.

The Democratic Party’s most powerful voices are warning that abortion, Social Security and democracy itself are at risk as they labor to overcome fierce political headwinds over the final weekend of the 2022 campaign.

President Joe Biden’s travel itinerary for his last big campaign swing before the midterm elections reveals his defensive stance in the campaign’s closing days.

Abortion access in several states could hinge on the outcome of November elections of lawmakers, governors, supreme court justices and attorneys general.

Republicans have political winds at their back, but the party's nominees in Pennsylvania for governor and Senate are running dramatically different campaigns and targeting two very different types of voters.

An energized President Joe Biden returned Friday to the Keystone State, his 15th visit since he took office, this time to attend a fundraiser with Vice President Kamala Harris and other leaders to boost Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman.

Former president Barack Obama will appear with Democratic hopefuls in Georgia, while President Biden and Vice President Harris are heading to Pennsylvania to help Democrats raise money.

In one of the most closely watched races in one of the most contested battleground states, both candidates for governor in Pennsylvania bring religion into their campaigns.

Josh Shapiro is well liked, while Doug Mastriano is viewed as extreme.

Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman struggled at times to explain his positions and spoke haltingly throughout a highly anticipated debate against Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz as they vie for a critical U.S. Senate seat.

In the open race for governor of Pennsylvania, the Democrat speaks in blunt terms about his GOP rival.

J.B. Pritzker, the Democratic incumbent governor of Illinois, appears to reverse course on school choice after previously attacking the program.

The subject of The Atlantic’s November cover story maintains his innocence. Will the politicians on Pennsylvania’s Board of Pardons vote to commute his sentence?

For years, Pennsylvania has had one of the highest drug overdose rates in the country, and 78% of all drug deaths in 2021 in the Commonwealth were fentanyl related.

Political campaign signs for three Democratic candidates were discovered with razor blades taped around their perimeters, police said.

Political signs in southeastern Pennsylvania have been found booby-trapped with razor blades, which resulted in sliced fingers for one resident, police said. Upper Makefield Township police said Sunday that a campaign sign for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro was placed without permission on someone's property, and while trying to remove it the resident found that razor blades had been “placed around the perimeter of the sign." Police said they inspected all campaign signs and found razor blades placed around the perimeter of signs for two other Democratic candidates, John Fetterman and Ashley Ehasz.

An AirTag led officers to a commercial dumpster where they discovered more than 100 signs in support of Democratic candidates or causes, police said.

Shapiro's massive cash haul brings the candidate's fundraising total this cycle to more than $50 million — the most of any gubernatorial candidate in the state ever.

With 6 weeks to go until Election Day, a new poll in the key battleground of Pennsylvania indicates Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman ahead of GOP nominee Mehmet Oz in the Senate race

In one of the most politically competitive states in the U.S., the Democratic contender for Pennsylvania governor is waging a comparatively low-key campaign.

More than half of Pennsylvania voters will either definitely or probably vote for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro, according to a new Monmouth University poll released Friday. Thirty-three percent of voters said that they will “definitely” vote for Shapiro, compared to 21 percent for his Republican opponent, Doug Mastriano, while 21 percent said they will…

The great red wave is looming.

No issue has upended the battle for Congress and statehouses as abruptly.

Republican party members are backing Democrat PA Attorney General Josh Shapiro over state Sen. Doug Mastriano in the Pennsylvania gubernatorial race.

As attorney general, Josh Shapiro went to court repeatedly to defend Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration against legal challenges to his pandemic-era mandates and shutdowns.

Industry watchers thought a settlement late last year would spell the end of hotel resort fees, but the mandatory daily charges remain widespread.

A former opioid manufacturer is agreeing in principle to pay up to $2.4 billion in a deal with a dozen states over its marketing and product safety practices.

Republicans are warming up to the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, Doug Mastriano.

Timothy Loehmann, who killed Tamir Rice in 2014, did not have a background check for his Tioga Borough job, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro (D) said.

Democratic governors are showing the national party how to challenge the red states’ rollback of rights.

As nearly two dozen states move to ban or restrict access to abortion following Friday's Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, reproductive rights protests continued across the country.

The fate of the Democratic Party is intertwined in a pair of Pennsylvania elections that’ll be closely watched this year.

The aftershocks of Tuesday’s big primaries are still rumbling across Pennsylvania, but one impact is already clear: Republican voters’ choice of Doug Mastriano in the governor’s race is giving the GOP fits. Conversations with Republican strategists, donors and lobbyists in and outside of Pennsylvania in recent days reveal a party seething with anxiety, dissension and score-settling over Mastriano’s nomination. In the run-up to Tuesday night, Republicans openly used words and phrases such as “sui

Former U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador has won Idaho’s Republican attorney general primary, beating a longtime incumbent who'd been criticized by the far right for not taking a more activist role.

With its gubernatorial primary set for Tuesday, Pennsylvania is one of a handful of states where a new governor could protect or drastically restrict abortion access.

Doug Mastriano has won the Republican nomination for governor of Pennsylvania.

With six days until Pennsylvania's primary, Republicans are openly worrying that a leading candidate in the crowded GOP field for governor is unelectable in the fall general election and will fumble away an opportunity for the party to take over the battleground state's executive suite. Doug Mastriano, 58, a state senator since 2019 and a retired U.S. Army colonel, is running to the right of the nine-person Republican field and against the party's establishment in a state still roiled by former President Donald Trump's baseless conspiracy theories that Democrats stole the 2020 election there. Mastriano is a prominent peddler of the unsubstantiated claims that widespread fraud marred the 2020 election and that Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf was responsible for thousands of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes.

The fight for Congress often dominates midterm elections.

President Joe Biden has visited the bridge in Pittsburgh that collapsed just hours before his previously scheduled trip to promote his infrastructure package — a new law that aims to prevent just such disasters.

President Joe Biden will appear in Pittsburgh on Friday as an opening step in a broader campaign to promote the White House’s achievements in key states before the midterm elections.

Several state attorneys general sued the student loan company for allegedly engaging in unfair practices and offering predatory loans to students.

Several state attorneys general sued the student loan company for allegedly engaging in unfair practices and offering predatory loans to students.

The loan servicing giant has agreed to cancel student loan debts owed by roughly 66,000 borrowers as part of a settlement the company reached with 39 state attorneys general.

Settlement calls for 66,000 borrowers to each receive a $260 payment and forgiveness of $1.7 billion in private loans.

Navient, a major student loan servicing company, has settled allegations of abusive lending practices for $1.85 billion.

Pennsylvania's governor's race is likely to be one of the most competitive and expensive races for a governor's mansion in 2022. Cook Political Report rates the race as a toss-up.

The corporate developer of a multi-billion-dollar pipeline system that takes natural gas liquids from the Marcellus Shale gas field to an export terminal near Philadelphia was charged criminally on Tuesday after a grand jury concluded that it flouted Pennsylvania environmental laws and fouled waterways and residential water supplies across hundreds of miles. Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the sprawling case at a news conference at Marsh Creek State Park in Downingtown, where Sunoco Pipeline LP spilled thousands of gallons of drilling fluid last year.

Fetterman will run for U.S. Senate, making the announcement Monday, Feb. 8, 2021 after kicking off an exploratory fundraising campaign last month that raised over $1 million. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania’s larger-than-life lieutenant governor, the 6-foot-8, bald and tattooed John Fetterman, will run for U.S. Senate, making the announcement Monday after kicking off an exploratory fundraising campaign last month that raised over $1 million. Another possibility is Jeff Bartos, a suburban Philadelphia real estate investor who started running for U.S. Senate before switching horses to become Fetterman's opponent for lieutenant governor in 2018. AdThe Senate seat in the presidential battleground is being left open after two-term Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey announced in October that he would not run again. Considering that kind of disgrace to the Senate, his style “should be the last of our concerns," Fetterman said.

Democratic candidate Joe Biden took the lead in Pennsylvania and Georgia over President Donald Trump on Friday morning. The outcome in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, and North Carolina will determine whether Biden defeats Trump in the presidential election. Some analysts believe Biden is poised to become the first Democrat in history to win Georgia since 1992. ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTESTrump has 214 electoral votes and he needed 56 more, while there are still 68 votes up for grabs. Victories in Georgia, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina would still leave him short 5 votes.

The path to possible reelection was narrow for President Donald Trump who needs to win Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes to stay in the race, analysts said. The path to possible reelection was narrow for President Donald Trump who needs to win Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes to stay in the race, analysts said. He was moving close to victories in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and North Carolina for 51 more electoral votes, which still leave him short 5 votes. Trump has a slight lead in GeorgiaThe race between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden is tight in Georgia where Trump is leading with a small margin on Friday morning. Biden leads in ArizonaFormer Vice President Joe Biden is leading the race in Arizona.

PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge in Philadelphia joined others Monday in ordering a halt to recent Postal Service cuts that critics say are causing mail delays and threatening the integrity of the presidential election. Postal Service itself that shows “a pronounced increase in mail delays across the country” since July, the judge found. The Postal Service, in response, called election mail the agency's “number one priority." Shapiro was joined in the Philadelphia case by attorneys general in California, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina and the District of Columbia. In the Washington case, which involved several presidential election battleground states, U.S. District Judge Stanley Bastian said state officials had made a “strong showing” that the Trump administration was using the Postal Service “as a tool in partisan politics.”

In the latest annual report on clerical sex abuse, dioceses and other Catholic entities reported paying out $281.6 million during the year for costs related to allegations, including payments for cases reported in previous years. There has been a huge overall surge in allegations over the past three years as dioceses faced unprecedented pressure to address the decades-old problem of clergy sex abuse. It is the 17th abuse report issued since 2002, when the U.S. bishops established and adopted a comprehensive set of procedures to address sex abuse allegations. Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, which advocates for survivors of clergy sex abuse, expressed concern about a section of the report indicating that only 60% of parishes nationwide were performing safety audits on their own. Every single sitting attorney general should be investigating cases of clergy abuse in their state, identifying enablers and removing them from power, and ensuring that hidden abusers are made known to their communities.

A member of the Philadelphia bomb squad surveys the scene after an ATM machine was blown-up at 2207 N. 2nd Street in Philadelphia, Tuesday, June 2, 2020. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)PHILADELPHIA – Explosions have hit 50 cash machines in and near Philadelphia since the weekend, and one man has died, in a coordinated effort to steal them or take the money inside, authorities said Wednesday. An email seeking comment on Crump's behalf was sent to the Defender Association of Philadelphia, listed in court documents as representing Crump. Crump was taken into custody during an undercover buy, and his vehicle was found to have enough dynamite to blow up at least four more ATMs, Shapiro said. “This individual, whether he proves to be associated with coordinated efforts to blow up ATMs in Philadelphia, sought to take advantage of civil unrest to sow chaos and destruction,” Shapiro said.

Copyright 2019 CNN(CNN) - Purdue Pharma has reached a preliminary proposed settlement with multiple state, local and tribal governments that accuse the company of helping to drive the opioid crisis, officials said. It allows the Sackler family to walk away billionaires and admit no wrongdoing," Shapiro said in a statement obtained by CNN. Sackler family wants a 'global resolution'The Sackler family issued a short statement Wednesday, but did not address the proposed settlement. Attorneys general in Connecticut and Massachusetts told CNN they have not made any settlement agreement with Purdue Pharma at this time. The attorneys general from Tennessee and North Carolina also wrote they expected Purdue Pharma to file for bankruptcy protection "imminently."