Pennsylvania American Water is seeking a 90-day extension to negotiate a sales agreement with Rock Spring Water Company in rural Centre County, which the Public Utility Commission ordered it to acquire in June after more than a decade of crumbling infrastructure and repeated regulatory violations.

Lawmakers in both parties have introduced at least nine bills to restrict or ban automated license plate readers as of early September, seven of them in the past six weeks, and both candidates for governor now oppose the technology.

Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt said Wednesday that state mail ballot laws are unchanged despite the president's directive to the Postal Service, and asked Pennsylvanians to sign up as poll workers to fill roughly 45,000 slots at more than 9,000 polling places.

In a Tuesday statement that did not name Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell or offer details, Gov. Mikie Sherrill said anyone reporting inappropriate behavior should not fear retaliation and that Caldwell's rights will be protected.

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Trump pledges $5,000 checks to every adult American if Republicans hold Congress

In his keynote address to the Republicans' midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday night, the president promised a $5,000 'dividend' to every adult American contingent on Republicans keeping control of Congress, and pleaded with GOP voters to pretend he is on the ballot.

Republican leadership sources believe Sen. Mitch McConnell will return for the September work period beginning Monday after a three-month absence; his vote is needed for Senate Agriculture Chair John Boozman to report out the farm bill Democrats blocked before the August recess.

Supreme Court weighs Postal Service mail-voting rules as election officials await clarity

The justices have two pending election cases, including the fight over Missouri's new Republican gerrymander and the Postal Service's mail voting restrictions, leaving state election officials without guidance weeks before ballots go out.

Esmerlyn Valdez homered and Konnor Griffin singled in two runs during a three-run seventh inning Wednesday in Chicago; Braxton Eisert took the win with 2.1 scoreless innings and five strikeouts, and Mason Montgomery closed it out.

The cornerback was limited in Wednesday's practice with a back injury ahead of Sunday's season opener against the Atlanta Falcons, and head coach Mike McCarthy said the team is healthy and he does not expect anybody to have a hard time getting ready.