The Keystone (Pennsylvania)

1 week ago | keystonenewsroom.com | Patrick Berkery

During a police interview, authorities said Cody Balmer told them after he was taken into custody that he would have beaten Shapiro with a small sledgehammer if he had found him. HARRISBURG — A man who authorities said scaled an iron security fence in the middle of the night, eluded police and broke into the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion where he set a fire had planned to beat Gov. Josh Shapiro with a hammer if he found him, according to court documents released Monday.

2 weeks ago | keystonenewsroom.com | Sean Kitchen

Demonstrators took aim at Trump’s and Musk’s efforts to cut Social Security and Medicaid, roll back immigrant and LGBTQ rights, and cut critical government programs. Thousands of Philadelphia area residents hit the streets on Saturday to take part in the nationwide “Hands Off!” protest against President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Demonstrators gathered at Philadelphia City Hall and marched to Independence Mall, chanting and carrying signs attacking Trump and Musk.

3 weeks ago | keystonenewsroom.com | Sean Kitchen

A press release issued by Justin Douglas’ office stated that at least one of the Bhutanese refugees recently deported from Pennsylvania has already been arrested by Nepalese authorities while trying to visit family members living in refugee camps.

3 weeks ago | keystonenewsroom.com | Ashley Adams

She was 19 and pregnant, and thousands of miles from home, when she found out that her insurance wouldn’t cover an abortion. A similar scenario has happened to countless women in Pennsylvania, under a ban on Medicaid-covered abortions. Today, that ban is back in court. Imagine walking into a health care facility for a medical procedure that you agonized over getting, only to be told that your insurance doesn’t cover it.

4 weeks ago | keystonenewsroom.com | Sean Kitchen

James Malone defeated his Republican challenger by 482 votes in a special election for a state Senate seat in Lancaster County. Last week, Elon Musk was sounding the alarm about losing the seat, which Trump carried by 15 points in November.  East Petersburg Mayor James Malone sent shockwaves through Pennsylvania’s political universe on Tuesday after he pulled off a stunning upset in a Pennsylvania Senate special election.