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| Today: 'Basically impossible,' prisoner swap, 'misleading' info, Harris flips on fracking, Title IX, and false alarms. Thanks for checking in. |
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Former President Donald Trump, in his Harrisburg campaign rally on Wednesday, repeated well-worn and unsubstantiated claims that Democrats carried out massive fraud in the 2020 election.
Democrats, he warned in a pre-show recording, would try to cheat in the upcoming election, adding: "It’s the only thing they do well."
But experts tell Spotlight PA that theories about broad collusion to alter results just don’t square with the reality that election administration in the commonwealth is local and decentralized, making major fraud — the kind alleged by Trump — basically impossible here.
Read the full report: How does PA election administration work? |
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“I am here to tell you as an auditor that processes matter.”
—Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor on findings of inconsistent safety inspection reporting by PennDOT in a state full of aging bridges |
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| From Don N.: "After growing through the conservatory roof, a century plant is finally in bloom after 22 years at Longwood Gardens in Chester County. It blooms just once, then dies." Send us your Pennsylvania photos by email, use #PAGems on Instagram, or tag us @spotlightpennsylvania. |
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 BLAME GAME: Local law enforcement are bristling at "misleading" Secret Service accounts of security failures around the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler, telling CNN the embattled agency is simply trying to pass the buck. |
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| 🤔 Know your news? Prove it with this week's Great PA News Quiz: Shapiro speculation and Pennsylvania goes to the Olympics. |
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POST-RIFT: The Luzerne County GOP has a new chair after seven of its top leaders resigned, per the Times-Tribune (paywall). Meanwhile, a state House GOP primary race there still hasn't been called three months later.
DONE DEAL: The Lehigh Valley Health Network-Jefferson Health merger is complete, creating one of the top revenue-generating health systems in the country and a 30-hospital system spanning New Jersey to NEPA.
COURT FIGHT: Allentown council has voted to hire a lawyer for a proposed lawsuit against Mayor Matt Tuerk over his voiding of a probe into city hall discrimination, Lehigh Valley News reports.
GRAFFITI PIER: Philadelphia's graffiti pier partially collapsed into the Delaware River this week. Here's video. No injuries were reported.
BATTER UP: College hospitality majors will feed this year's Little League World Series players in Williamsport, the Sun-Gazette reports. |
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Yesterday's answer: Quizzical
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NEW RULES: The Inquirer (paywall) reports more than 100 Pennsylvania schools (
SHOT SPOTS: As Pittsburgh