🗳️ What’s on your Philly ballot this November

🚆 SEPTA Cuts Loom as GOP Wonders What To Tax

With just a few voting days left on the state legislature’s calendar this year, there still isn’t a plan for boosting public transit funding. Republican leaders in the state Senate want to generate revenue for transit funding by taxing skill games — but their caucus disagrees internally on what skill game regulations should look like. [Spotlight PA]

🫏🐘 The Philly Area Is National Politics’ Main Character Right Now

Former President Donald Trump danced at a town hall in Montco over the weekend, President Joe Biden came to town last night for the Philadelphia Democratic City Committee’s fall dinner, Sen. JD Vance and First Lady Jill Biden each campaigned in the suburbs yesterday, and Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to be in Bucks County today. [Inquirer 🔒]

🔊 Lawyers Must Apologize for South Philly ‘Scream Test’

Residents were alarmed last month when an hour-long recording of a woman screaming reverberated through their neighborhood. It turns out that it was a test to verify a specific claim related to an ongoing lawsuit — and last week, a judge ordered the law firm responsible for the sound to issue a formal apology. [NBC10]