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Power, Profit, and Guardianship: The Fraught Legacy of Chester County Treasurer Patricia Maisano – DV Journal

4 days ago | delawarevalleyjournal.com | Todd Shepherd

(This article first appeared in Broad and Liberty)The incumbent treasurer of Chester County has twice been accused of fleecing elderly persons she was in charge of protecting during her career as a professional guardian. In another instance, attorneys she was working with in a guardianship accused her of nonpayment.
House GOP Replaces ‘Dead Wrong’ Biden Admin Veteran’s Mortgage Program – DV Journal

1 week ago | delawarevalleyjournal.com | Taylor Millard

Most Americans want to help veterans and their families who fall on hard economic times. Republicans say a bill that just passed the House does it the right way, cleaning up a mess left by the Biden administration. “The Biden administration was dead wrong to risk the future of VA’s Home Loan program by creating the VASP program, and the Trump administration was right to put an end to it,” said Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.).
Shapiro Administration Withheld Rows of Metadata on Vereb Scandal, Unlike in Similar Case – DV Journal

1 week ago | delawarevalleyjournal.com | Todd Shepherd

(This article first appeared in Broad + Liberty)Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office withheld rows of metadata in response to a document request from this organization — a striking departure from how it handled a similar request by another reporter well over a year earlier. The inconsistency again suggests that the administration may be selectively applying transparency rules when it comes to scrutiny of the Mike Vereb scandal.
‘Heat-Not-Burn’ Tobacco Products Fuel Hopes to Roll Back Cigarette Smoking – DV Journal

1 week ago | delawarevalleyjournal.com | Chris Woodward

There is an international business that has launched a tobacco product in the United States that it hopes will “end cigarette smoking for good.”The surprising part: That company is Philip Morris International. Stacey Kennedy, President Americas & CEO of PMI U.S. Business, believes it has the right technology to do it.
LOPEZ: Needless Lawsuit Threatening Energy Policy – DV Journal

1 week ago | delawarevalleyjournal.com | Mario Lopez |Mario López

At the end of last year, 11 Republican state attorneys general filed a lawsuit that will have significant, presumably unintended, and somewhat strange consequences on the energy market. Naturally, the energy industry and the price Americans pay for that energy are balanced. Spearheaded by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the lawsuit targets the “Big Three” financial asset managers: BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard.
PA Taxes More Than Other States for Gas, Gives Drivers Worse Roads – DV Journal

1 week ago | delawarevalleyjournal.com | Bradley Vasoli

(This article appeared in Broad & Liberty)Pennsylvania, , uses gasoline taxes to fund roads and bridges. The commonwealth takes more from drivers at the pump than almost any other state — yet still has more disrepair than most of them.
Undervote in Bucks County DA Race Blamed on Ballot Design – DV Journal

2 weeks ago | delawarevalleyjournal.com | Linda Stein

The Bucks County district attorney’s race was one of the most high-profile row office contests in Tuesday’s primary election. So, why did the candidates in both parties get so few votes? Some political observers say the ballot design is to blame. Republican candidate Jennifer Schorn received 6.5 percent fewer votes than the other GOP row office candidates. Democrat Joe Khan had 5.5 percent fewer votes than the other candidates in his party.
Counterpoint: Young Americans Would Not Rally Around Our Nation, But Don’t Blame Them – DV Journal

2 weeks ago | delawarevalleyjournal.com | Richard D. Kahlenberg

For an alternate viewpoint, see: Point: Yes, We Can Still Count on the Young to Defend America”As we approach Memorial Day, it is sobering to recognize that today’s young people are unlikely to respond as enthusiastically to a call to serve their country as members of the World War II generation did 80 years ago. Young people do not exhibit the high levels of patriotism and commitment to democracy found among earlier generations. However, I don’t blame young people.
Democratic Bucks Commissioners Vote to Stop Sheriff from Working With ICE – DV Journal

2 weeks ago | delawarevalleyjournal.com | Linda Stein

The Democrat-controlled Bucks County Commission on Wednesday adopted a resolution designed to block the GOP sheriff from cooperating with federal immigration officials in apprehending criminal aliens. Bucks County Sheriff Fred Harran recently announced his department is entering an agreement with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) to cooperate with enforcement actions under its 287(g) program. Hundreds of local law enforcement agencies have done the same across the country.
Voters Pick Republican Judicial Candidates Battista and Wolford – DV Journal

2 weeks ago | delawarevalleyjournal.com | Linda Stein

Judicial candidates Maria C. Battista and Matthew Wolford won their Republican primaries Tuesday, and they will be the party’s standard bearers for two appellate-level court openings in November. In the battle for Superior Court, Battista defeated Chester County Common Pleas President Judge Ann Marie Wheatcraft, who was the party’s endorsed candidate. Battista, from Clarion County, garnered 54 percent of the vote to Wheatcraft’s 46 percent. Battista was the endorsed candidate when she ran in 2023.