Category: News

  • Senate Finance Committee Hearing Examines Pension Issues, Possible Solutions

    CBS 21 The Senate Finance Committee took a closer look at the financial challenges of state and municipal pension systems and gathered suggestions for possible solutions during a public hearing […]

  • Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s Approval Rating Is On The Rise, Poll Shows

    Associated Press A new Quinnipiac Poll says Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s job approval rating is on the rise. The poll out Thursday said the first-term Republican had a 50 percent […]

  • Pa. Passes Tougher Rules On New Teen Drivers

    Amy Worden Philadelphia Inquirer When it comes to carloads of passengers and unbuckled seat belts, Pennsylvania is finally enacting laws that most states already have for new teenage drivers. Those […]

  • Survey Shows Obama In Trouble In Pa.

    Brad Bumsted and Mike Wereschagin Pittsburgh Tribune-Review President Obama and Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney would be in “a dead heat” in Pennsylvania if the presidential election were held today, said […]

  • Congressman Lou Barletta Speaks At Carbon GOP Rally

    Ron Gower The Times News One of the largest gatherings at a Carbon County Republican Committee dinner in recent years attended the fall rally Tuesday night at Capriotti’s Restaurant in […]

  • Pennsylvania, Ohio Voters Unhappy With Obama, Quinnipiac Polls Say

    Los Angeles Times President Obama continues to have trouble in Pennsylvania and Ohio as a majority of voters in those battleground states said that he does not deserve to be […]

  • The Coming State Legislature Session Must Preserve Job Growth

    State Rep. Warren Kampf From jobs to shale to liquor sales, State Rep. Warren Kampf offers his take on Autumn in Harrisburg. When session came to recess in July, we […]

  • FEC Fines Callahan

    Politics PA Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan has been fined by the Federal Elections Commission for using $9,932 of funds from his mayoral campaign for his congressional campaign, Colby Itkowitz of […]

  • Toomey Hopes Super Committee Will Reform Tax Code

    National Journal on Fox and Friends Tuesday, Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., said the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction should consider reforming the tax code if it is “serious about growth.” Toomey […]