Brett Sholtis is an investigative reporter on democracy. He can be reached at bsholtis@lnpnews.com.
- June 3, 2023
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About Brett Sholtis
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The final primary totals surprised Megan Eshleman.
Endorsed Republicans staved off challengers from both parties to gain ground in four competitive school districts, winning contested primary races in communities divided over culture wars issues.
When it comes to local politics, Republican voter Philip Lizee has shifted his priorities in the past couple years. He is still concerned about keeping taxes low and spending wisely, but the 67-year-old retired watchmaker says now he’s more worried about what he’s reading online and hearing …
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Hempfield school board members met behind closed doors last month with the attorney who helped the district craft its 2022 policy banning transgender athletes from competing on teams that correspond with their gender identity.
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Three Republican Warwick school board members say they recently met with the chief counsel for Independence Law Center, a Harrisburg-based legal advocacy group that has helped school districts restrict access to library books and adopt policies to expand Christian rights while often targetin…
WASHINGTON — As a postal worker, Gerald Groff delivered mail to residents of a rural corner of Lancaster County, but Groff’s core belief — that Sunday is a day of worship, and therefore he should not have to work — brought him to the nation’s capital Tuesday.
Lawyers for a former postal worker from Providence Township will make their arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court today in a case that could dramatically expand workers’ ability to secure religious accommodations.
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In federal district court in 2019, Gerald Groff explained why, as a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in Holtwood, he had refused to show up for work 24 times and ultimately resigned his position.
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When Randall Wenger walks into the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to help argue Gerald Groff’s religious liberty case, it won’t be his first time before the highest court in the land.
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The addition of Justice Amy Coney Barrett in 2020 gave conservatives a 6-3 majority on the nation’s highest court. That majority, in a set of opinions issued in 2021 and 2022, tilted the legal playing field toward people and institutions asserting certain rights related to religious practice.
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Would the school district allow a student to identify as a tomato?
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Three Republican former school board members formed Moms for Liberty in Brevard County, Florida, in January 2021. It is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, a designation used by many social welfare organizations that allows them to engage in political activities.
