SEPTA Impact Possible; Turnout problems in Philadelphia; Senate race recount?

It’s already been a long week, and Friday morning could lead to a strike by SEPTA workers whose contract expires at midnight Thursday. They recently authorized a strike. The strike could impact the entire region, including thousands of public school students.

The strike, which involves more than 5,000 employees, will shut down the city’s bus and trolley routes, as well as the Market-Frankford and Broad Street lines. Regional Rail, Suburban Transit, LUCY and CCT Connect services will continue to operate as normal. Continue reading…

If Kamala Harris was going to win Pennsylvania and become president, she needed to beat Joe Biden here in 2020. And on Tuesday afternoon, multiple Democratic politicians reported that she was doing just that. In the end, this turned out to be untrue.

BP’s Meir Rinde dug into the numbers to find answers. One: Long lines suggesting high turnout were offset by far fewer mail-in ballots than in 2020. And he talked to experts about how Philadelphia can improve turnout rates. Continue reading…

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• Control of the Pennsylvania House rests on three undecided races, two of them in Philadelphia. (Spotlight, PA)