Former New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney has filed a lawsuit claiming he was illegally removed from the state’s Apportionment Commission, which handles the redistricting process. Oral arguments in the suit are expected to begin at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Sweeney, a Democrat, lost his Senate seat after being upset in the 2021 election by Republican Ed Durr.



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A giant brawl was caught on video at the Golden Corral Buffet & Grill in Bensalem, Bucks County on Friday. Police believe more than 40 people were involved in the fight, which drove patrons to flee the restaurant as people threw chairs and tables in the dining room.



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A Pennsylvania appeals court has struck down the commonwealth’s landmark 2019 mail-in voting law, though the near certainty of an appeal means voters might not notice a difference until the Supreme Court weighs in. In a 49-page opinion issued by Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt on Friday morning, a five member panel of the court found 3-2 that the law, which allows all Pennsylvanians to vote by mail without an excuse, was unconstitutionally enacted as a statute, rather than being approved through the state’s long and rigorous constitutional amendment process.



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Guns were pulled out by passengers in SEPTA’s City Hall station two days in a row this week. On Thursday afternoon, a firearm was aimed at a group of high schoolers and late on Friday night a man brandished his weapon during an argument.



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