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Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. inches closer to banning handheld cell use while driving Yesterday, the Pa. House voted 124-77 in favor of a ban on the use of handheld phones while driving.…

  Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Why Pa.'s attorney general race has national impact Beyond the all-important races for president and U.S. Senate, “Pennsylvanians will be able choose nominees for another race with national…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Watch: 'Inside the messy battle for the biggest swing state of 2024' In a new Wall Street Journal video, the Journal “talked with voters, officials and campaign managers across…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! 16 Pa. House primaries are 'winner takes all' While multiple state House and Senate races are expected to be competitive heading into November, in 16 House districts, the competition…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pollster questions polls on Trump v. Biden in Pa.  Jim Lee, the head of Susquehanna Polling & Research (SP&R), has an op-ed in RealClear Pennsylvania on why he thinks…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Biden's new rail crew rule is 'handout' to unions Yesterday, the Biden administration issued its final rule mandating a minimum two-person crew on freight trains. The issue re-emerged as…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! 3rd-party candidates face hurdles to get on Pa. ballot Last week, the Forward Party announced its candidates for state attorney general and treasurer. But Spotlight PA reports that the…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! A primary election primer With just over three weeks before the April 23 primary election, Spotlight PA provides a “who, what, when, where, and how” guide for voting, including…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! GOP lawmakers unveil energy package The Delaware Valley Journal reports, “Two weeks after Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced his cap-and-trade carbon credits system, House Republicans unveiled a vastly different…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Appeals court upholds dating requirement for mail-in ballots The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that Pennsylvania’s requirement that voters put the correct hand-written date on the outside…