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The May 16 primary elections for Philadelphia City Council featured races for all 17 seats, including seven at-large seats and 10 seats determined by geographic voting districts. On the Democratic side, the race for five at-large nominations is led by Isaiah Thomas, Katherine Gilmore-Richardson, Rue Landau, Nina Ahmad and Jim Harrity. Six district races were uncontested. Incumbents Cindy Bass, Quetcy Lozada and Anthony Philips lead their respective races. In the Republican at-large race, the lea...

Three Democratic representatives have requested over $10 million in combined earmarks to be directed to green initiatives in their own districts.

Council vice president Zach Adamson and 30-year council veteran Monroe Gray were among those defeated.

Monroe Gray, Zach Adamson and David Ray lost their bid for re-election to the council in Tuesday's primary.

I thought the gravy train of Republican laws and absurd actions that contradict how most Americans feel were conceived to stir their "base" voter. My bad. They must want all of us to vote because that's what they've accomplished.

To the Editor: On March 30, following the March 27 shooting at the Covenant School that left three children and three staff members dead, students and parents came to the Tennessee statehouse to demand stiffer gun laws. (Tennessee is an open-carry state with no permit required, and the legislature was considering lowering the age from […]

Democratic governors – including J.B. Pritzker of Illinois and Gavin Newsom of California – are waiting to see if the President falters

To the Editor: On March 30, following the March 27 shooting at the Covenant School that left three children and three staff members dead, students and parents came to the Tennessee statehouse to demand stiffer gun laws. (Tennessee is an open-carry state with no permit required, and the legislature was considering lowering the age from […]

The Republican-controlled Tennessee House will likely vote on Thursday to expel three Democratic representatives for leading recent gun control protests.

STORY: Last Thursday's protest saw hundreds of demonstrators flood into the statehouse four days after a Nashville school shooting ended with three 9-year-old children and three school staff members dead. | Apr. 06