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Suburban Philly Resident Cut By Political Signs Rigged With Razor Blades, Police Say Suburban Philly Resident Cut By Political Signs Rigged With Razor Blades, Police Say
Suburban Philly Resident Cut By Political Signs Rigged With Razor Blades, Police Say Police in Bucks County are investigating after they say a resident was cut by razor-rigged political signs strategically placed in their yard. A booby-trapped campaign sign for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro, among two others, were placed without permission on the resident's property, Upper Makefield police said in a Sunday, Oct. 16 Facebook post. When the homeowner tried to remove the sign, they were cut by the razor blades taped around the edges of the board, authorities said. "Obviously, this was designed to inflict punishment on anyone who attempted to remove the sign…

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by Nicole Acosta
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US Census Bureau: Pennsylvania Loses One Electoral College Vote US Census Bureau: Pennsylvania Loses One Electoral College Vote
US Census Bureau: Pennsylvania Loses One Electoral College Vote For the tenth consecutive decade Pennsylvania’s population has declined, forcing the state to lose a US House seat and an electoral college vote. Pennsylvania has been a battleground state in recent presidential elections but it will now have only 19 votes in the electoral college. PA will maintain its ranking as the state with the sixth highest number of electoral college votes between Ohio and Illinois. The U.S. Census Bureau has not officially released figures on how the population changed from 2010 to last year. The population decline will not just effect the state’s influence in the …

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Could Lose At Least 1 US House Seat, Census Numbers Say PA Could Lose At Least 1 US House Seat, Census Numbers Say
PA Could Lose At Least 1 US House Seat, Census Numbers Say Pennsylvania is expected to lose at least one of its 18  seats in the US House before the next election, according to early census data predictions. The U.S. Census Bureau will release preliminary numbers from the 2020 census by the end of the month, but an early population predictions show the shrinking population of the state is enough for it to loss one district. Pennsylvania has lost at least one congressional seat after every census since 1920, or at least one every 10 years for the last 100 years. If the predictions are correct, new district maps will need to be drawn prior…

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by Jillian Pikora