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Pennsylvania lifts ban on gas production in polluted village

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

The Independent UK

Democrats aim to steal GOP playbook on patriotism and freedom

"Freedom isn't telling women what they're allowed to do with their bodies," Shapiro said.

Axios

After another delay in a decision on supervised injection sites, Shapiro says he still opposes them

Pennsylvania incoming governor Josh Shapiro said Tuesday that he remains opposed to efforts to open a place in Philadelphia where people with addiction can use drugs under medical supervision, a day after the federal government asked for more time to respond to a lawsuit over a proposed supervised injection site…

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Inside the 14-Year Battle to Secure a Water Line for Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’

Long-suffering residents of Dimock, Pennsylvania, feel cautiously hopeful after Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro announces plea deal with natural gas company.

Capital & Main

Non-religious voters wield clout, tilt heavily Democratic

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

The Independent UK

Election-Denying Republicans Were Big Losers in the 2022 Midterms

And most of them quietly slunk away afterwards.

Reason

Gas driller pleads no contest to polluting town's water

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

The Independent UK

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Democrats made midterm gains in rural areas. Can they keep them?

Democrats had better than expected midterm elections in 2022, partly because of their ability to draw votes from rural areas. These voters could create new battlegrounds in 2024.

WEKU

Doug Mastriano supporters are flooding Pa. courts with baseless recount petitions in the governor’s race

PHILADELPHIA — Doug Mastriano lost by a lot.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Splitting pairs: Doubts about candidates prompted more split-ticket voting in midterms, tipping scales in tight races

AP VoteCast, an extensive survey of this year’s electorate, underscores how voters were selective in their choices in spite of today’s starkly polarized political climate, often rewarding candidates seen as mainstream while rejecting those viewed as too extreme.

Chicago Sun-Times

Grubhub says it’ll be more transparent about how it marks up food prices at local restaurants

Grubhub will be more transparent about its pricing after the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office found that the popular food delivery app charged customers more for some meals than they would have paid at the restaurants.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Taylor Swift tickets breakdown probed by attorneys general

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

The Independent UK

Commentary: Extend moratorium, then kill Pa.'s death penalty

Pennsylvania's dormant death penalty statute has hung around for more than a decade, costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and leaving a moral stain on the state. Protracted legal appeals and a moratorium on executions have idled Pennsylvania's Death House. Because of that, many people don't know the state's…

Tribune News Service

Shapiro to take office with mandate from Pennsylvania voters

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

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Mastriano ridiculed for reluctant concession of Pennsylvania governors race four days late on ‘Governor Mastriano’ headed paper

Pennsylvania Republican candidate is continued supporter of baseless election fraud conspiracies

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Why Pa. Democrats being inches from controlling the state House is significant — win or lose

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Democrats are inches from taking control of the state House for the first time in 12 years and even if they fall short, strategists and officials say, the party defied political gravity.

Tribune News Service

Blue wins in governor’s races lift the hopes of US climate advocates

Climate-literate blue governors — a mix of incumbents and upstarts — will be taking office around the Midwest and Northeast just as more federal money than ever is available for tackling climate change, pointing to a possible new wave of state-level action.

The Independent UK

Midterms reinforce Christian voter trends on abortion, GOP

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

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WEKU

The Democrats' strategy of boosting far-right candidates seems to have worked

Back in the primary season, a number of Democrats tried to boost far-right Republican candidates whom they deemed easier to beat in November. The strategy seems to have paid off.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

How Doug Mastriano’s run for Pa. governor veered far off course

DONEGAL, Pa. — Last week here in Westmoreland County, hours before Donald Trump flew in to rally voters for Doug Mastriano, a woman was doing yard work beside a lawn sign on Route 31 that read: “Elect Jesus for Eternal Life.”

Tribune News Service

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Good news for Democrats at state level, too

The Republicans’ failure to meet their widely predicted expectations has dominated the post-election national political conversation.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial: A caustic election cycle ends with Pa. voters opting to preserve abortion rights and defend democracy

In the end, Pennsylvania voters picked common sense over scare tactics.

Zenger

6 Midterm Election Races Where Religion Could Play A Major Factor

Many polls indicate a close race between the Democrats and Republicans holding onto their respective agenda promises.

The Independent UK

AP VoteCast: Midterm races a patchwork, not a national vote

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

The Conversation

In first nationwide election since Roe was overturned, voters opt to protect abortion access

The first major election since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade saw abortion rights on the ballot in a record number of states. The outcomes of these initiatives suggest that when Kansas voters in August 2022 rejected a proposed constitutional amendment declaring there is no state right to abortion,…

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