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After months of activism, Lehigh Valley Black leaders say they haven’t seen enough change Updated Feb 23, 2021; Facebook Share On May 25, George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis, a tragedy that would spark global civil rights marches for months to come. As protests for justice and equality swept the United States and the rest of the world, the Lehigh Valley joined in. Peaceful protests sprung up in Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton and surrounding towns and boroughs. Cries of “no justice, no peace” rang throughout downtowns around the area as...

Philadelphia recently continued to show gaps in public oversight. Amid calls for the police commissioner to resign, the city’s growing murder crisis is already up 46 percent from last year’s record-setting rate. At the same time, a scandal surfaced that showed the mayor and City Council entrusted the roll out of COVID vaccines to a 22-year-old huckster with no health-care background. Furthermore, a report paid for by the City Controller’s office showed how the city failed to prepare for a constant barrage of unlawful protests following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota. When lookin...

Julio Guridy, Allentown’s longest-serving city councilman, this week formally launched his campaign to oust Mayor Ray O’Connell.

With former President Trump’s signature still fresh on his pardon, Casey Urlacher now is on the April 6 ballot as a write-in candidate for the unpaid post of Mettawa mayor.

Updated 12/21/2020 8:11 PM The final day of candidate filing added four more contested village president and mayoral races in the Fox Valley to what was already shaping up to be a spring election with possible sweeping changes in local government. Geneva, East Dundee, Hampshire and West Dundee will all have contested races for the top spot in local government.   Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns has been part of the city government since 1997. To keep that streak alive, he'll face a rematch of the 2017 election. Resident Tom Simonian will take another shot at unseating Burns. Simonian has remained hi...