Tom Fontaine
Director, Politics and Editorial Standards at TRIB Live
Director of Politics and Editorial Standards, @TribLIVE.
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2 weeks ago |
triblive.com | Tom Fontaine
A pair of Democrats jumped out to early leads Tuesday night in the only two contested primary races for Allegheny County Council. In District 1, Moon’s Kathleen Madonna-Emmerling had collected 76.4% of the votes counted as of 9:40 p.m. compared to 23.2% for Carl Villella of Moon, according to unofficial tallies with about 60% of precincts reporting results and more than 4,300 write-in votes tallied. Republican Mary Jo Wise was unopposed for the GOP nomination.
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2 weeks ago |
triblive.com | Tom Fontaine
Six months ago, more than three-quarters of Pennsylvania’s registered voters cast ballots in the general election after being bombarded for months by campaign ads and seemingly nonstop news coverage of the presidential race. This year’s primary election, culminating Tuesday with in-person voting across the state, has been low-key by comparison.
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3 weeks ago |
triblive.com | Tom Fontaine
Iconic Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder has described Pittsburgh’s Clemente Museum as one of his “top five places on the whole planet Earth.”Vedder — who returns to Pittsburgh this weekend for a pair of sold-out shows at PPG Paints Arena — isn’t just an admirer of the late baseball legend and humanitarian Roberto Clemente or a fan of the Lawrenceville museum that preserves his legacy.
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1 month ago |
triblive.com | Tom Fontaine
Democrats are disappearing from elected office in the six counties surrounding Allegheny County. Just 13 Democrats combined serve as county commissioners or row officers in Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington and Westmoreland counties, compared to 57 Republicans. Only about a decade ago, nearly three times as many Democrats — 38 — served as commissioners or row officers in those counties, representing more than half of the 70 officeholders.
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1 month ago |
triblive.com | Tom Fontaine
Presidents of more than 150 U.S. colleges and universities, including six in Pennsylvania, co-signed a letter condemning what they called “unprecedented government overreach and political interference” by the federal government. Allegheny College President Ronald B. Cole was the lone co-signer from a Western Pennsylvania institution.
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