- Understanding the Support for Liquor Store PrivatizationOn Valentines Day, the Senate Law and Justice Committee heard testimonies on liquor store privatization, including comments from CF's Nathan Benefield and Duquesne University professor Antony Davies...
- School Vouchers vs Public School ReservesOne of the most popular criticisms of school choice is that it would drain funds from public school. But consider this: Critics of SB 1 say that vouchers will take $50 million from school districts...
- Pennsylvania Republicans, meet Marc ScaringiAt the state Republicans winter committee dinner last Friday, nearly everyone who spoke made declarations about unseating U.S. Sen. Bob Casey in 2012, but there was very little mention of what seriou...
- Quinnipiac poll: Casey and Toomey nearly same approvalBob Casey has been a U.S. Senator for four years and has decades-long recognition from his father, the former governor of the same name. Pat Toomey has been a U.S. Senator for less than two months and...
- Corbett Fires State Employees Over Abortuary “Oversight”Well done. “It happened because people weren’t doing their jobs, plain and simple,” Corbett said. Corbett said that four attorneys and two supervisors at the departments of Health and State were...
- Casey Still The Invisible SenatorSenator Casey’s job approval numbers in the latest Quinnipiac poll are better than the December figures, but not tremendously or surprisingly so given the relatively benign environment (at least com...
- Strict? Maybe, but only in comparison.Earlier this week, Governor Tom Corbett announced strict new regulations on abortion clinics in Pennsylvania, and the firings of a number of Pennsylvania department of health and department of state...
- 2 endorsed for MT board of commissionersA businessman who specializes in corporate finance and a retired land surveyor have received the endorsement of the Manheim Township Republican Committee for two open seats on the township's board of...
- Democrats hint at contest for county commissioner … in the primaryAs we told you yesterday, Craig Lehman will have company on this year’s election ballot for county commissioner: Jonathan Paul Fox, a 10-year employee of the now-defunct county Human Relations Commi...
- A Wisconsin Replay In PA?Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker ... ... has a (Republican) friend in Pennsylvania. GOP lawmakers who control the 203-member state House agree with the actions in Wisconsin, Steve Miskin, a spokesman for...
- Legislative Leaders Named To Redistricting Commission.Its Almost That Magical Time. The weather is getting warmer. Pitchers and catchers have reported to spring training. And House Speaker Sam Smith and Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, both R...
- Mitch Daniels CPAC SpeechIf you didn’t see Mitch Daniels, Gov. of Indiana, CPAC Speech, it’s worth watching – or reading. Here’s a link to a transcript of his speech: http://www.teapartynation.com/profiles/blogs/gov-...
- Meehan Sleeping In OfficeLamest complaint ever. A citizen’s watchdog group has requested an investigation into more than 30 members of Congress allegedly sleeping in their Washington, D.C., offices instead of finding lodgin...
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Rep. Pitts discusses Obamacare provisions expanding Medicaid that will cost states billions of dollars.
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