Category: News

  • Pa. Corrections System Cuts Considered

    Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Faced with soaring prison costs in a state where both violent and property crime rates are declining, Gov. Tom Corbett has tasked a panel of judicial, legislative and […]

  • Shickshinny Post Office Will Reopen, Barletta Says

    Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice The Shickshinny Post Office should reopen within 60 days after flooding from Tropical Storm Lee in September forced it to close, U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta announced today. […]

  • Poll: Casey Who?

    Philadelphia Daily News With one of the best-known names in Pennsylvania politics, Bob Casey Jr. easily won a seat in the U.S. Senate six years ago during a referendum election […]

  • The Hyper-Partisan President

    Real Clear Politics Toward the end of his State of the Union speech, President Barack Obama observed that Washington politicians should learn from the example of the U.S. military: “When […]

  • Senate Approves Bill To Accelerate Critical Utility Infrastructure Improvements

    The state Senate today unanimously approved legislation that will provide a critical tool to accelerate the replacement of aging natural gas, electric and wastewater systems in the Commonwealth, create new […]

  • Obama Recycles Rhetoric From Old SOTU Addresses [VIDEO]

    RNC The day after President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, the Republican National Committee is up with a new video suggesting that if the address sounded familiar, it’s […]

  • Sen. Toomey Responds To State Of The Union Address 2012

  • Senate GOP: We’ll Pass A Budget Every Year

    The Hill Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) pledged Tuesday that Republicans would pass a budget every year if they win control of the Senate in November. The election-year promise […]

  • State Of The Union: Rep. Meehan Responds

    Treddyffrin-Easttown Patch Republican Congressman Pat Meehan’s 7th Congressional District boundries are changing, but for now he still represents a small part of the Tredyffrin-Easttown Patch area. Tuesday night Meehan (R-PA […]