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This Saturday, June 19th:
Elected officials, law enforcement, and community anti-violence leaders are partnering to hold Gun Buyback events in Philadelphia.
Help make our communities a safer place. Save a life. Turn in a gun.
This Saturday, June 19th:
Elected officials, law enforcement, and community anti-violence leaders are partnering to hold Gun Buyback events in Philadelphia.
Help make our communities a safer place. Save a life. Turn in a gun.
Just last year, my office was before the Supreme Court defending women’s right to contraceptive healthcare under the ACA, and we will continue to fight for Pennsylvanians' access to reduced-cost, quality healthcare.
Americans have a right to access affordable healthcare--and today's ruling upholds that law of the land.
We defended the ACA in this litigation on behalf of the one million Pennsylvanians who rely on it for access to care from their doctors.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court dismissed a major challenge to the Obama era health care law on Thursday, turning aside an effort by Republican-led states to throw out the law that provides insurance coverage for millions of Americans.
I've worked to protect the rights of LGBTQ+ students. This new guidance will help ensure they get an education free from harassment and discrimination.
Using a Supreme Court ruling as its guide, the department issued guidance that discrimination against gay and transgender students was prohibited under the 1972 law.
AG Shapiro Announces Third Annual Pocono Raceway Drug Take Back
BREAKING
In conjunction with the 45th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury, my office has charged four individuals for their role in a $10 million Medicaid fraud scheme.
HARRISBURG—Attorney General Josh Shapiro, in conjunction with the 45th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury, today announced that four individuals have been charged for their role in a $10 million Medicaid fraud scheme. The scheme involved overcharging Pennsylvanians for non-medical transportation p...
Dangerous, seditious, action from a sitting President to undermine our democracy. It's increasingly clear we came very close to a constitutional crisis.
The former president began pressuring his incoming acting attorney general even before announcing that his predecessor was stepping down, emails show.
In 2019, my office sounded the alarm — these homemade gun kits are fi****ms. They should be treated the same way and subject to background checks.
Column: An Allentown shooting showed the problem of a growing scourge — a ghost gun.
BREAKING
My Office has charged an assistant marching band director at Central Dauphin High School with distributing child po*******hy.
HARRISBURG—Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that an assistant marching band director at Central Dauphin High School has been charged with distributing and possessing child po*******hy after investigators found at least 50 files containing images of child po*******hy in his home. He ha...
It’s been clear for a while now — ghost guns are becoming the weapon of choice for criminals. That’s why it’s so important we close the loopholes.
It’s a troubling trend on top of this year’s substantial increases thus far in both shooting victims and homicide victims.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer announce charges brought against a local business in Delaware County for exploiting and misclassifying its workers.
Just two more days left to submit your thoughts on how schools' should address sexual harassment and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Make sure your voice is heard. Submit comments to the U.S. Department of Education by following these instructions.
Just two more days left to submit your thoughts on how schools' should address sexual harassment and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Make sure your voice is heard. Submit comments to the U.S. Department of Education by following these instructions.
BREAKING
My Office has shut down another large drug trafficking operation in Kensington, the 6th since launching the Kensington Initiative.
HARRISBURG—Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that the Office of Attorney General (OAG) has shut down another large drug trafficking operation in Kensington, the OAG’s sixth since launching the Kensington Initiative. The months-long investigation, conducted by the Kensington Initiativ...
Let's speak some truth: there are no legitimate lingering questions from the 2020 election.
And there have been two audits done in Pennsylvania by law already.
We've already had two legitimate audits. Audits that comported with the laws here in Pennsylvania and showed this election was won by Joe Biden and lost by Donald Trump.
I swore an oath of office to protect the rights of all Pennsylvanians—no matter where you come from, what you look like, who you pray to, how you identify, or who you love.
I swore an oath of office to protect the rights of all Pennsylvanians—no matter where you come from, what you look like, who you pray to, how you identify, or who you love.
We cannot allow voting rights to become a partisan exercise or a partisan errand for Donald Trump.
We cannot allow voting rights to become a partisan exercise or a partisan errand for Donald Trump.
The law affords some state lawmakers the opportunity to issue subpoenas. But subpoenas need to be tied to a specific and legitimate legislative purpose.
Being the errand boy for Donald Trump is not a legitimate legislative purpose.
If they try and bring this sham audit to Pennsylvania, they’ll have to go through me.
Some Republicans want Arizona-style audit of Pa.'s election results, but prospects are murky.
Have thoughts on how schools’ should address sexual harassment and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity? @usedgov wants to hear them!
Submit your comment by June 11th by following these instructions:
Have thoughts on how schools’ should address sexual harassment and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity? @usedgov wants to hear them!
Submit your comment by June 11th by following these instructions:
Demanding this partisan sham audit to undermine our elections is not patriotic, it’s seditious. Telling the truth and speaking with moral clarity to your constituents, that’s patriotic.
We know “The Big Lie” is dangerous. It’s already led to public servants, Republicans and Democrats, receiving death threats, and inspired a violent insurrection. It can’t continue.
I won’t stand for this and am ready for the fight.
Former President Donald Trump issued a statement Friday backing a legislative audit of the 2020 election in Pennsylvania. Trump celebrated the three Pennsylvania lawmakers who visited a similar audit in Arizona this week — including state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin — and name checked two se...
This is how you combat voter disenfranchisement -- with a big band and mail box costumes. Thanks for showing us all how it's done, Doylestown.
A flamboyant delivery from Bucks Voices shows continued support for more ballot drop boxes in Bucks County.
We had a free, safe, and secure election run by Republican and Democratic county election officials across our Commonwealth.
That’s the simple truth.
The rest is noise. Dangerous noise.
If you cut staff to the point that you can’t give nursing home residents the care they need -- we’re going to find out, and we’re going to hold you accountable.
It wasn’t a financial collapse that led to this staffing crisis.
They could afford to schedule or hire more people. They had options to make this right.
But in the end, the Regional Director of Operations at St. Francis recklessly prioritized profits over people.
The result of a joint investigation conducted by the Office of Attorney General and Darby Borough Police, former Regional Director of Operations at St. Francis Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare, has pled to his role in recklessly endangering three residents of the facility.
Happy Pride Month!
We take this time to celebrate our LGBTQ+ friends and family in Pennsylvania.
And renew our dedication to taking action to protect our LGBTQ+ community -- anyone who attacks your civil rights will have to answer to me in court.
Happy Pride Month!
We take this time to celebrate our LGBTQ+ friends and family in Pennsylvania.
And renew our dedication to taking action to protect our LGBTQ+ community -- anyone who attacks your civil rights will have to answer to me in court.
Happy Memorial Day!
Today we remember our fallen soldiers, and express our heartfelt gratitude to those who continue to serve.
Happy Memorial Day!
Today we remember our fallen soldiers, and express our heartfelt gratitude to those who continue to serve.
2019: My Office launches our Track+Trace initiative, Montco gun dealer signs up for electronic records.
2021: Authorities are able to use those e-records to track a gun used in a homicide. They find and arrest the straw purchaser.
Sincere Burnett, 21, is facing charges after authorities say he purchased and illegally transferred a firearm used in a murder in Norristown late last month.
The goal of these radical bills that cut off access to reproductive healthcare?
To start a fight. One that will end up in front of the Supreme Court.
If that happens, I'm prepared to act.
With enough of our voices speaking up and speaking out, these kinds of extreme, reckless bills will never become law.
3 anti-abortion bills are expected to go up for a vote in the Pennsylvania House next month. Democrats offered a rebuke to bills from House Republicans.
Live with Governor Tom Wolf addressing the continued, sustained assault on the fundamental right to reproductive healthcare.
"It’s a commonsense piece of gun reform that we all can live with."
Couldn't agree more, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. We need to close this loophole.
https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/2021/05/27/Whether-you-buy-a-gun-or-build-one-from-a-kit-the-same-rules-should-apply/stories/202105180079
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has taken a firm stance when it comes to the so-called “ghost guns” made from do-it-yourself kits...
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