Jonathan Lai, Philly Inquirer

Jonathan Lai

Philly Inquirer

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Past articles by Jonathan:

Philly spent more money buying beer for the Super Bowl than at any other time in the past two years

Beer spending that day in Philadelphia and its collar counties surpassed Thanksgiving Eve and New Year's Eve, typically the busiest days of the year for beer stores and bars. → Read More

The winners of this year’s local races will run Pa.’s 2024 election, and the stakes are high

The local officials Pa. elects this year will run the 2024 elections. They’ll be responsible for certifying the results. → Read More

We measured Eagles and Chiefs fans’ heart rates using their Apple Watches

We used Apple Watches to see how heart rates fluctuated during the Super Bowl. → Read More

Police investigating Comcast outage on Super Bowl Sunday as attempted ‘theft’

The outage began about 1 p.m. and continued for several hours, affecting Philadelphia's Fishtown and neighboring areas. → Read More

Watching the Super Bowl? Got an Apple Watch? We want to talk to you.

If you’re watching the Super Bowl in the Philadelphia region and you have an Apple Watch, we want to talk to you for a fun little experiment. → Read More

Special elections for two Pa. state House vacancies will be held Feb. 7, court rules

The decision was a victory for Democrats, who had sought the Feb. 7 date for holding the special elections. → Read More

The Pa. House speaker election is upending Harrisburg. ‘All hell broke loose.’

Tuesday’s speaker election was full of surprises — even by Harrisburg standards. And many questions remain about what will happen next under House Speaker Mark Rozzi. → Read More

The new Pa. House speaker was a surprise. Here’s what happened.

What happened during the vote for Pa. House speaker? We break it down. → Read More

Philly’s low voter turnout is a warning sign hidden in Pennsylvania Democrats’ big wins

An Inquirer analysis of the almost-final 2022 results and those from past elections raises questions about the city’s future role in statewide races. → Read More

Democrats appear to have won a majority of seats in the Pa. House for the first time in 12 years

The race for control of the chamber had come down to just two uncalled races: the 151st District and Bucks County’s 142nd District. Democrats needed to win only one to take a majority. → Read More

We’re tracking the vote count in the last two Pa. state House races that will determine control

With almost all votes counted across Pennsylvania, control of the state House has come down to two districts in Bucks and Montgomery Counties. → Read More

How The Inquirer is reporting the results of Pennsylvania’s 2022 midterm elections

The dramatic expansion of mail voting has brought major changes to how voters cast ballots, how votes are counted, and how election results are reported. → Read More

Philly is considering a last-minute change that will slow down the counting of votes

If Pennsylvania’s high-stakes U.S. Senate race is as close as expected, a wait for results out of the state’s largest city is sure to shine a national spotlight on Philadelphia. → Read More

John Fetterman’s Pa. Senate campaign is suing to have undated and misdated ballots counted

There will likely be tens of thousands of undated and wrongly dated ballots rejected statewide under a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling. → Read More

Judge says it’s too late to force Philly to reinstate process for counting double votes

But in a withering opinion, Common Pleas Court Judge Anne Marie Coyle blasted city elections officials for ending what she described as a valuable fraud deterrence and detection procedure. → Read More

Election updates: Candidates campaign around Philly; all eyes will be on Pa. on Tuesday

The entire country will be watching Pennsylvania's governor, Senate, and U.S. House races on Tuesday night. → Read More

The Pa. Supreme Court has issued a second order on mail ballot dates as the legal fight continues

The justices on Saturday clarified what they meant when they ordered earlier this week that wrongly dated mail ballots be rejected. Meanwhile, a new lawsuit was filed in federal court on the issue. → Read More

The Pa. Supreme Court has issued a second order on mail ballot dates as the legal fight continues

The justices on Saturday clarified what they meant when they ordered earlier this week that wrongly dated mail ballots be rejected. Meanwhile, a new lawsuit was filed in federal court on the issue. → Read More

Pennsylvania’s vote count will be slower and more ballots will be rejected after a new court ruling

Since the Pennsylvania Supreme Court didn’t define a wrongly dated ballot, counties are now scrambling to figure out how to identify them just days before the midterm elections. → Read More

Do naked ballots mean trouble for John Fetterman? Here’s what you need to know.

A down-to-the-wire U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania has renewed some attention — albeit less than two years ago — on how mail ballots can be rejected in the state. → Read More