- Poll: 72% Say Taxpayers Not Getting Their Money’s Worth from Public SchoolsSo much for throwing more money at the problem, which is what Democrats and their Big Labor allies always suggest as way to fix the broken public education system in the United States. The vast majori...
- Pennsylvania prisons are a revolving doorThe Pew Center on the States says in a recent report that the recidivism rate for prisoners released between 2004 and 2007 was 40 percent in Pennsylvania.Podcast: Pennsylvania prisons are a revolving...
- A Triad Q and A: Kevin Shivers, NFIBThis week, our TSN interview series continued as Tony May sat down for a chat with Kevin Shivers, the Pennsylvania State Director for the National Federation of Independent Business. Shivers talked ab...
- Understanding Real vs. "Sticker Price" TuitionA common misconception in debating higher education funding is that the posted rate of tuition, or "sticker price," is what students actually pay. This is exemplified in a commentary by State Sen. Jak...
- Casey hires Sestak campaign spokeswomanReporters who covered Joe Sestaks Senate race will remember a late edition to the campaign team -- a veteran in communications who worked as a press secretary in the Clinton White House and before tha...
- Toomey on Trump, defends Club for GrowthSen. Pat Toomey didnt have much to say about Donald Trump but he made it pretty clear whose side hes on in the Club for Growths attack on the real estate mogul turned reality star turned possible GOP...
- Scarnati: Release Funds from Legislative Surplusvia Micek… Senator Scarnati has introduced a bill to release most of the legislative surplus into the general fund. What’s the legislative surplus, you might ask? Each year the legislature appro...
- Profile In Courage: Mel GibsonIn making The Passion, Gibson faced an onslaught of criticism from a small number of loud-mouthed whiners who wanted to see their names in the papers. So, incredibly, they attacked Mel for not rewrit...
- Getting Tougher on Abortion ClinicsHB 574 Would Regulate Abortion Clinics like Surgical Centers PFC Applauds Committee Passage For Immediate Release April 11, 2011 Contact: Michael Geer or Thomas Shaheen (717) 545-0600 (Harrisburg, PA)...
- Medical Marijuana in Michigan: “Out of Control”“Medical Marijuana” has been proposed in legislation in the PA Senate. This Lansing State Journal story shows that pot use for medical purposes is “out of control,” and that there is a small n...
- May 2011 primary candidatesYou can also find a list here. * Note: Addresses for some candidates, mostly those for law enforcement and judicial positions, were not provided by the elections office. They do not appear on the map.
- Scarnati Unveils Drilling Impact Fee Proposal: Says Budget Won't Pass Without It.State Senate President Joe Scarnati ... ... this morning unveiled a proposed impact fee on Marcellus shale natural gas drillers thats projected to raise $45 million in its first year, rising to $172...
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- Who Won the Straw Poll at #plc11The announced winner of the PA Leadership Conference straw poll was Herman Cain. But that result came from combining first choice and second choice votes. If we look at only the first choice ballo...
- Senate candidate rallies ACTIONDefeating President Obama and Sen. Bob Casey Jr. in 2012 was the rallying cry from Marc Scaringi to members of ACTION, Americans for Christian Traditions in Our Nation, at its quarterly breakfast meet...
- Among The Conservatives, Part I.About 800 Movement Conservatives ... ... packed into a hotel ballroom in suburban Harrisburg tonight for the annual Pennsylvania Leadership Conference. Participants from all parts of the state spent...
- The Taxman ComethDespite Governor Tom Corbett’s firm pledge, there will be an extraction tax levied on Marcellus Shale drillers in Pennsylvania. The question has really become more of a “when,” not an “if.”...
- Who's Creating Jobs in Pennsylvania?It's clear the Marcellus Shale is revitalizing rural economies across the commonwealth by increasing local revenue and paying landowners billions of dollars in leases and royalties, but the natural ga...
- Toomey's balanced budget amendment tops GOP agendaSenate Republicans plan to band together to support a balanced budget amendment authored by Pennsylvanias own Pat Toomey. Toomeys office shopped a Congressional Quarterly story this morning that q...
- No Mammograms Available at Planned ParenthoodPlanned Parenthood CEO, Cecile Richards, has been going from talk show to talk show claiming that if federal funding stops for Planned Parenthood, then thousands of women will lose access to vital hea...
- Memo: County GOP chairman announces resignationThe chairman of the Lancaster County Republican Committee is resigning after only nine months to take a job in Gov. Tom Corbett’s administration. Greg Sahd notified the party today that he has acce...
- Lancaster County GOP calls special meeting for May 2The Republican Committee of Lancaster County announced this afternoon that a special meeting will be held Monday evening, May 2, to elect a new chairman. As you read here previously, former GOP Chairm...
- House Republicans Unveil Welfare Reform Proposal.Public Benefit Recipients ... ... would be required to undergo random drug and alcohol testing, face stricter penalties for fraud and undergo a more thorough screening of their eligibility for benef...
- Thursday Morning Coffee: House Advances Tort Reform Bill.Good Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers. We're running seriously late and behind the eight ball, courtesy of a choral performance by Little Miss Capitol Ideas' kindergarten class, so we're keeping thi...
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