12.05.13 |
A bill at the center of a package of child abuse reforms has passed unanimously through a Senate committee. The legislation could get a full Senate vote as early as next week. The proposal is the legal centerpiece of a huge overhaul of the state's ...
12.05.13 |
Former Pennsylvania Democratic Governor Ed Rendell says the inability to ensure a smooth rollout of the Obamacare exchange website amounts to the greatest failure of management by any Democratic president. Rendell, the former mayor of ...
12.03.13 |
A court clerk in suburban Philadelphia who defied Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage by signing licenses for scores of gay couples is urging the state's highest court to overturn an order that required him to stop. Lawyers for D. Bruce Hanes, ...
12.02.13 |
Political pundits in Pennsylvania say the race for governor is still wide open with six months to go until primary day. A new survey by the Pittsburgh “Tribune Review” gives the edge for the Democratic ...
11.27.13 |
Pennsylvania Representative Daryl Metcalfe has introduced a House Resolution calling for the impeachment of state Attorney General Kathleen Kane. Metcalfe says Kane’s repeated violation of her constitutional, statutory ...
11.27.13 |
Pennsylvania property owners have long been clamoring for a change in the way public education is funded. State legislators are listening. But a complete overhaul of the school property tax system will take a while to accomplish. Three pieces of ...
11.26.13 |
Good-government groups in Pennsylvania are concerned about pork spending contained in the nearly 2-and-a-half billion dollar transportation bill. The historic infrastructure improvement effort funnels 40 million dollars next year to a ...
11.26.13 |
Rep. Mike Peifer of Honesdale thinks Pennsylvania hunters need a reason to hunt coyotes. He’s introduced a bill that would allow the Pennsylvania Game Commission to offer a $25 payment per coyote. The State Game Commission estimates the ...
11.25.13 |
Tucked away on page 89 of the 127-page transportation funding plan that the General Assembly sent to Gov. Tom Corbett last week is a provision that will allow motorists press the pedal a little harder to the metal without fear of flashing red and ...
11.25.13 |
Tucked away on page 89 of the 127-page transportation funding plan that the General Assembly sent to Gov. Tom Corbett last week is a provision that will allow motorists press the pedal a little harder to the metal without fear of flashing red and ...
