By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. — A proposed amendment to Pennsylvania’s state constitution that would create judicial districts for the election of appellate court judges won’t be on the primary ballot in May, but it could still go to the voters this year. House Bill 38 was put on hold after two Republicans on the House […]
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As Commissioners, we take seriously our role to protect Chester County’s natural resources and to try to ensure the health, safety and welfare of you, our residents, our businesses and the environment. The two major Mariner East 2 (ME2) pipeline construction events that occurred this past week – including the incident resulting in the release […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Immigrants’ rights advocates say a new rule expanding fast-track deportations is unconstitutional, and they’ve filed suit in a federal court to try to stop it. The new rule went into effect July 23. Before then, undocumented immigrants apprehended within 100 miles of the border who could not prove they […]
Written by Andrea Sears PHILADELPHIA – A habeas petition has been filed in federal district court seeking the release of a gay Mexican immigrant being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention in York Prison. In January Jose Nunez Martinez and his husband, a U.S. citizen, were attending what they thought was a routine marriage interview at the U.S. […]
By: Andrea Sears PHILADELPHIA – Banning ads about controversial issues is a violation of free-speech rights – that’s the claim of a lawsuit filed against the nation’s sixth-largest public transit system. The Center for Investigative Reporting has compiled data showing racial disparities in home mortgage lending in 61 American cities, including Philadelphia. But when it sought to […]
By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Civil-liberties advocates call a bill passed Monday by Pennsylvania’s House Health Committee “unconstitutional and unenforceable.” House Bill 2050 would make it a crime to perform an abortion based on a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome. Elizabeth Randol, legislative director for the ACLU of Pennsylvania, noted that other states have passed […]
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