Many state legislators around the country somehow have concluded that cross-dressing is a major issue regarding school governance. But in Pennsylvania, lawmakers should be far more concerned about the ...

Different political parties have different political philosophies and approaches to governance, so a candidate’s affiliation with one of them at least indicates to voters how that individual might ...

Different political parties have different political philosophies and approaches to governance, so a candidate’s affiliation with one of them at least indicates to voters how that individual might ...

Different political parties have different political philosophies and approaches to governance, so a candidate’s affiliation with one of them at least indicates to voters how that individual might ...

Should candidates in Pennsylvania school board races be permitted to cross-file? Cross-filing is allowed only in lower-level judicial races and for school board candidates in the Keystone State. It is ...

I enjoy the Tribune-Review. It is a very focused hometown newspaper. Sometimes, however, when it publishes an article that affects the entire state, it really goes overboard in trying to be a big ...

Under the Pennsylvania Election Code, candidates for school boards, for county courts of common pleas and for district judgeships may run as a Republican, a Democrat or both in the spring primaries.

HARRISBURG — When Devon Taliaferro first ran for school board in Pittsburgh Public Schools, she filed as a Democrat. She’s a registered member of the party and considers herself a progressive on ...

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When I was a little girl, there was no such thing as cross-filing. Candidates who wanted to win a nomination – and they could only win one – had to stick with their party affiliations and hope that ...

High-flying ideals often crash and burn when they run into the intractable obstacle of practical politics. There is, perhaps, no better example than Pennsylvania’s law allowing candidates for local ...