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A move to restrict abortion rights nationwide may have an impact on Pennsylvania's Senate race. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham proposed a bill Tuesday that would bar most abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy.
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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman said Wednesday he will debate Republican Mehmet Oz next month. Fetterman suffered a stroke in May and said he is looking into using closed-captioning to help with auditory processing at the debate. He said his doctors can’t be sure about the timetable for his recovery, and stroke experts say the final outcome of that process is hard to predict.
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Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race will play a big role in deciding which party controls the chamber next year, and one of the big policy areas affected by that control is workers’ rights.
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Republican Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz is teaming up with U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey to publicly call on his Democratic rival in Pennsylvania, John Fetterman, to participate in a debate.
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A steady drizzle didn't stop thousands of workers from marching in Pittsburgh's Labor Day Parade — the first in-person march since the coronavirus struck in 2020. Prominent Democrats such as U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman and gubernatorial contender Josh Shapiro also joined in.
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With midterms approaching and the commonwealth’s open U.S. Senate and gubernatorial races remaining highly competitive, national Republicans and Democrats view Pennsylvania as one of the country’s most important battlegrounds.
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During a town hall before hundreds of supporters in Monroeville Monday night, Republican Senate candidate Mehmet Oz criticized opponent John Fetterman for not committing to debates. And while he argued that Fetterman should be more forthcoming about the effects of a stroke this spring, he suggested Fetterman may be avoiding a debate for fear of having to articulate the policies he supports.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz is taking a sharper tone in attacking the health of Democrat John Fetterman in their Pennsylvania Senate race. The celebrity heart surgeon’s campaign says that if the state’s lieutenant governor “had ever eaten a vegetable in his life, then maybe he wouldn’t have had a major stroke.”
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Lt. Gov. John Fetterman spoke publicly in Pittsburgh for the first time since he suffered a stroke in May on Tuesday, as his Republican opponent in the U.S. Senate race, Dr. Mehmet Oz, pressed Fetterman to commit to debates – and sharpened his criticism of Fetterman’s health problems.
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On today’s episode of The Confluence: A recap of U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman’s return to the campaign trail, and news about Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano’s use of military imagery; we look back on water protection in western Pennsylvania since the Clean Water Act was created in 1972; and what greater access to public restrooms in Downtown Pittsburgh could mean for visitors and businesses. Today’s guests include: Chris Potter, WESA’s Government and Accountability Editor; Heather Hulton VanTassel, Executive Director, Three Rivers Waterkeeper; Heather Starr Fielder, chair of the Department of Community Engagement and Leadership at Point Park University.