Safety project moves forward with $1.49M grant
LEWISTOWN – Mifflin County commissioners approved a $1.49 million reimbursement agreement Thursday for pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements along Electric Avenue, a corridor county planners identified as the county’s highest priority for safety work. The project will cover state ...
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GOP search for noncitizen voters was fundamentally flawed
As conservative activists scour voter rolls for noncitizens who are ineligible to vote, one under-the-radar tool has proven popular: lists of people rejected for jury duty. Typically, noncitizens are not allowed to serve on juries, so courts ask people who are called for jury duty to confirm that they are citizens. The list of people who say that they aren’t is public information in Pennsylvania, and Republicans and conservative activists have sought to compare these lists with voter rolls in an effort to identify noncitizen voters. “I will not stop until we have acquired the ...
Swing district voters in Pa. grapple with economy, Iran war ahead of midterms
HARRISBURG — Four Pennsylvania races will help determine which party controls the U.S. House and sets the political agenda for the next two years. Spotlight PA spoke to voters in three of those critical congressional districts: the 1st, 7th, and 10th. They’re weighing their options against the issues that matter to them, like the economy, the war in Iran, and anti-corruption policies. Midterm elections generally draw fewer voters than presidential elections, though turnout rose in the last two midterms and could continue to rise this November. “I think it's just because the ...
Religion Briefs
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