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Pennsylvania ends U.S. Senate recount after Casey concession
Nov 22, 2024 · Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt has told counties to end their Senate race recounts after U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) conceded to Republican Dave McCormick. “Continuing the recount would not be in the best interest of taxpayers,” Schmidt said in a statement on Friday. The recount was ...
Bob Casey concedes in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race
Nov 21, 2024 · U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) on Thursday dropped his bid for reelection, conceding to GOP challenger Dave McCormick, putting an end to one of the most hotly contested and expensive Senate races of the cycle, and an end to …
Pennsylvania General Assembly session draws to a close with …
Oct 23, 2024 · “That said, there is still time to work on critical legislation, including providing survivors of child sex abuse an opportunity to seek justice, ensuring protections from discrimination, a long-overdue cost of living increase to retired public servants, adequately funding our mass transit systems and helping counties count votes quickly and accurately with pre-canvassing, in addition to the ...
Pennsylvania awards $120 million in school-based mental health …
2 days ago · Hundreds of private schools across Pennsylvania will receive nearly $20 million in state grants for mental health programs and building safety improvements, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) announced Tuesday. The awards to the 367 schools, including Catholic and other ...
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Nov 22, 2024 · Trump taps Project 2025 co-author to lead White House budget office BY: Jennifer Shutt - November 22, 2024 WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday invited Russell Vought to once again run the White House budget office, though it wasn’t entirely clear how the role will mesh with the government staffing and funding cuts envisioned by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
Questions about provisional ballots remain as Casey and …
The Democratic and Republican parties will withdraw 20 lawsuits on behalf of their candidates for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seat following incumbent Sen. Bob Casey’s concession Thursday to Senator-elect Dave McCormick. Filed in more than a …
Casey and McCormick vie for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seat
Oct 15, 2024 · The battle for Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral votes may garner the most headlines nationwide, but the race for its U.S. Senate seat may determine whether Democrats will retain control of the upper chamber, or Republicans can win enough seats to flip it. The candidates meet again Tuesday for their second and final debate, after an acrimonious […]
Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race between Casey and McCormick …
Nov 13, 2024 · Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt said Wednesday that the unofficial vote count for the U.S. Senate race between Democrat Bob Casey and Republican Dave McCormick is within the 0.5% margin, which means the …
Shapiro signs final budget bill after late night votes in the Pa ...
Dec 14, 2023 · In a late night voting session on Wednesday more than five months after its deadline passed, the Pennsylvania Legislature sent the final pieces of the state budget to Gov. Josh Shapiro to sign.