LOWER CHICHESTER >> Most of the candidates for state House and Senate in Delaware County attended a breakfast with the Delaware County AFL-CIO Saturday to ask for support and talk about issues related to labor — even though many of them are uncontested in the May 15 primary election. At the packed United Steelworkers Local […]
Month: April 2018
LOCK HAVEN — An outburst of applause greeted Mike Hanna Jr.’s firm statement, “No budget, no pay.” The candidate for his father’s seat in the state House of Representatives said the Pennsylvania Legislature has only one bill that must be passed, and that is the budget bill. If a budget isn’t passed in a timely […]
Here’s a glimpse of some of the women running for office this year, many for the first time. Women in the 2018 primary: Historic numbers An unprecedented number of women are running in the 2018 election cycle. Since the 2016 election, more than 34,000 women have contacted the advocacy group Emily’s List, which supports a […]
Rebecca Kinney has been a senior field tester for FirstEnergy Corp., in northern Pennsylvania, for 29 years. The majority of that time, Kinney has been the only female on the job. In January, Kinney did something out of character even for her: She entered the race for the 111th state House district, which covers Wayne […]