FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-6, at a rally in Philadelphia during her first run for office, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018.
Matt Rourke / AP Photo
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-6, at a rally in Philadelphia during her first run for office, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018.
Matt Rourke / AP Photo
The Inquirer’s Jonathan Tamari looks at how swing-district members of Congress are focusing on issues like the spotted lanternfly, the health effects of PFAS chemicals and the opioid epidemic — rather than the impeachment inquiry that’s dominating national headlines. The story focuses on Chester County Democrat Chrissy Houlahan and Bucks County Republican Brian Fitzpatrick, among others.
Still, even if Houlahan’s main focus isn’t on impeachment, her support for an impeachment inquiry last month did represent a broader shift among Democrats.
Tamari’s story focuses on representatives in the Philly region. But there’s a swing district candidate in mid-state Pa. who isn’t shying away from impeachment talk: York County Republican Scott Perry. The Freedom Caucus member participated in a closed-door hearing with the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine on Friday. Then he appeared on Fox News and defended President Trump.
Perry, you might recall, had his district redrawn by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court last year, making it much more competitive for Democrats. Pa. Auditor General Eugene DePasquale is expected to be Perry’s challenger next year.
Roll Call took a close look at how population changes in Perry’s district are part of a larger trend in Pennsylvania, as areas west of Interstate 81 lose population and areas east of it are becoming more diverse. Perry’s district straddles the highway.
State officials are warning hunters and anglers to watch out for fraudulent licensing websites. The state encourages hunters to be extra careful when submitting private and financial information on third-party websites, Rachel McDevitt reports for WITF.
WESA’s Lucy Perkins looks at the impact the Trump administration’s protectionist trade policies have had on the steel industry. Perkins describes mixed results, and during a recent visit to western Pa., Trump administration officials declined to cite local examples of new job creation.
Some school districts in Pennsylvania could lose millions of dollars because of deals they agreed to with RBC Capital Markets, The Inquirer’s Joseph N. DiStefano reports. I wrote about one of these interest-rate swap deals several years ago, after the 2008 financial crisis. That deal ended up costing the State College Area School District in Centre County $9 million.
A teacher in Delaware County was placed on leave for yelling “a slew of expletives and racist remarks” after a fender bender in the school’s parking lot, NBC News reports.
For the first time in more than a generation, unionized workers at Mack Truck operations in Pa. and two other states are on strike. The strike comes as demand for big trucks is starting to decline, according to The Morning Call’s Jon Harris. “Mack already was planning to put the Lower Macungie plant on temporary layoff for two weeks during the fourth quarter,” he writes.
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