• Re. Schroder Out
  Pawatercooler.com
  It appears Curt Schroder will be bowing out of the PA6 GOP primary. This is despite the fact that most of the committee people that supported him still did, even after the reentry of Jim Gerlach into...
• Brett Miller: Resume and letter to GOP
  Capitol Punmanship
  Republican Brett Miller, a Warwick Middle School guidance counselor and East Hempfield Township supervisor, announced Sunday night he will seek GOP endorsement for the seat. Miller will face fellow Re...
• Argall Declares For Congress, Will Challenge Holden in 17th CD.
  Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
  Blowing The Lid Off ... ... one of the worst-kept secrets in Pennsylvania politics, state Sen. David Argall, R-Schuylkill, announced this morning that he plans to challenge U.S. Rep. Tim Holden, D-17t...
• Sestak Challenges Specter To Debates.
  Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
  In The Time-Honored Tradition ... ... of challengers everywhere, U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak has challenged U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter to a series of debates leading up to their Primary Day steel cage match for...
• Twitter Opens Up the Dome
  The Triadvocate
  On a recent Tuesday afternoon, State Rep. Josh Shapiro (D-Montgomery) plops down 140 characters about his work with the Obama Administration on health care. A few feet away, State Rep. Eugene DePasqua...
• Why are Electricity Rates Increasing? Competition Failed?
  PolicyBlog
  In the past few weeks ConEdison, MX Energy, and now Dominion Energy are raising their rates (this only affects those who haven't switched). Far from failure, the recent increase is proof that competi...
• Pittsburgh’s Prevailing Wage
  Pawatercooler.com
  Montgomery County commissioner far-left progressive candidate for Governor Joe Hoeffel has injected himself into the story over Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl’s veto of a prevailing wage bill. Mr...
• State House 41: Dumeyer, Pickard out
  Capitol Punmanship
  Former Lancaster County GOP Chairman David M. Dumeyer, in a move that will likely surprise some in the party, said this morning he will not run for retiring state Rep. Katie True’s seat. The West He...
• Coming to Lancaster: Nancy Pelosi
  Capitol Punmanship
  Yep, you heard that right. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, will headline the Pennsylvania Democratic Party’s annual convention, being held at the Lancaster Host Resort Feb. 5 an...
• The Guv Candidates Talk Taxes, Marcellus Shale.
  Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
  Six Of The Seven Men ... ... looking to become Pennsylvania’s next governor staked their ground on the thorny issue taxes Saturday as they looked to shore up their support among party loyalists in t...
• Leaving Pennsylvania
  TONY PHYRILLAS
  Allied Van Lines has released its 42nd Annual Magnet States Report, which tracks where people are moving to and from across the United States.Texas is the No. 1 destination spot in U.S. for fifth year...
• Obama's Top 10 Disasters of 2009
  TONY PHYRILLAS
  America's third-largest political party has compiled a list of the 10 biggest blunders of Barack Obama's first year in office.From the Libertarian Party, which also asks readers to note similarities t...
• Magical Marcellus Mystery Tour
  The Triadvocate
  Last week, Governor Ed Rendell announced, to the shock of no one, that he would again pursue an extraction tax on natural gas. Some may recall that taxing natural gas drillers has become the preferred...
• Republican Party of Pennsylvania: Resolution on Card Check
  The Conservative Reform Network Blog
  The Informed Voter is our Ally and it is evident that the media is not giving this issue the attention it deserves just as it has ignored international Climategate issue and Pennsylvania’s Bonusgat...
• Right-to-Know Law Still on a Learning Curve
  PolicyBlog
  Since the new Open-Records law took effect last January, the number of requests for information have skyrocketed; increasing by as much as 130%, according to the Patriot News. The Pittsburgh Tribune R...
• Heads Officially Roll in Bonusgate
  Pawatercooler.com
  I understand that people only plead guilty when the case against them is really really good. Former state House staffer set to plead guilty The former personnel director for Pennsylvania’s House Dem...
• Abolishing the Jury Commissioner
  Pawatercooler.com
  Times-Herald: A bill under consideration in the state Senate would allow dozens of counties, including Luzerne, to eliminate the position of jury commissioner by a simple majority vote of county commi...
• The top 5 stories that set the stage for 2010
  pa2010.com
  If 2010 is to be an unpredictable political thunderstorm, 2009 was when the clouds gathered into position. There were many developments that set the stage, but here’s our take at the most important...
• Meehan camp says it raised $580K last quarter
  pa2010.com
  Former U.S. Attorney Pat Meehan’s congressional campaign said Tuesday that it has racked up more than $580,000 in donations during the last three months of the year, a haul that would affirm forecas...
• TUESDAY LEFTOVERS: Hoeffel on the slush fund, the southwest for Corbett, a Bedford Dem backs Wagner
  pa2010.com
  Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Hoeffel wants the General Assembly to return its seemingly ever-growing legislative surplus to the state’s general fund. Even as the state continues to piece toget...
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