Smucker is seeking $250,000 in damages over an editorial that said Smucker lied about “liberals” pushing for federal funding for health care coverage for immigrants in the country illegally.
The first-term Democrat would offset more spending on education, human services, and a fund to respond to federal policies by tapping Pennsylvania’s emergency savings.
Advocates caution that the combination of closed primaries and America’s two-party structure disenfranchises the commonwealth’s fastest-growing voter group.
