Campaign finance
PA budget gives new funds for drug treatment … if it’s enacted
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Heroin crisis There might be good news for those who care about drug treatment money.
Campaign finance
Attorney general candidates raised $6 million before Pennsylvania primary
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More than $6.2 million was raised by the five candidates for Pennsylvania attorney general ahead of Tuesday’s primary.
Nearly all of that — more than $5.6 million — was raised by the three Democratic candidates, according to state campaign finance data current as of April 19.
MONEY & POLITICS
Gov. Wolf and Legislature tangle over new budget
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As members of the Legislature jeered Gov. Tom Wolf’s assertion that House Republicans walked away from budget negotiations in December, it appeared that open wounds from an unfinished budget may taint the clean budgeting slate that was supposed to start Tuesday.
MONEY & POLITICS
For lawyers, by lawyers: The money behind the race for PA Supreme Court
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Nearly four out of every 10 dollars contributed to Pennsylvania Supreme Court candidates have been given by a lawyer, law firm, or a lawyer’s political action committee.
Gov. Tom Wolf and former Gov. Tom Corbett only raised about 6 percent of their money from the legal world in last year’s gubernatorial election, according to a PublicSource analysis.
DATA
2015 PA Supreme Court Voters’ Guide
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Use this PublicSource voters’ guide to make an informed vote for this historic state Supreme Court election.
Campaign finance
PA Supreme Court 2015: Newspaper endorsement roundup
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So far, four Pennsylvania newspapers have announced their endorsements, and there’s a fair amount of consensus.
IN-DEPTH
Mystery donor group fuels attack ads in PA Supreme Court race
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Many familiar organizations gave to Pennsylvanians for Judicial Reform so it could run attack ads against the three Republican candidates for Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
In the past month, the group raised more than $2.2 million from affinity groups representing Philadelphia trial lawyers, teachers’ unions, labor unions and others.
Pennsylvanians for Judicial Reform is an independent expenditure group, meaning they can buy political ads but they cannot coordinate with the candidates or advocate for the election or defeat of a specific candidate.
MONEY & POLITICS
Forums put spotlight on PA Supreme Court candidates
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Three of the seven candidates for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court appeared “in the light,” as one candidate put it this week in Pittsburgh, to be transparent and to answer questions from voters.
And they received a mountain of questions (more than 40) from a packed auditorium at the Homewood branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Tuesday night.
MONEY & POLITICS
Republican group to spend $1 million on PA Supreme Court race
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The Republican State Leadership Committee announced today that it plans to spend more than $1 million in television and digital advertising over the final two weeks of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court race.
MONEY & POLITICS
Attack ads begin in PA Supreme Court race
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The congenial Pennsylvania Supreme Court race turned negative over the weekend as the first television ads from an independent group aired.
