Wall Street's investments in congressional campaigns and President Barack Obama appear to be paying off. One year after risky investments nearly caused a global economic...
Last summer, Gov. Ed Rendell held state workers, daycare centers and others hostage in his budget battle with state lawmakers.
Earlier this past week, Rendell was holdi...
This week's meeting in Cranberry Township over issues surrounding the extraction of natural gas from the mile-deep Marcellus Shale formation revealed the conflicting int...
Tuesday's indictments of state Rep. Bill DeWeese and two others on charges of using state employees for campaign work are the latest development in an ongoing investigat...
A news report came out of Washington, D.C., on Friday afternoon that should have been on every newspaper's front page and in every television or radio newscast this week...
Sounding like a Hollywood script in which the convict suddenly finds religion, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is now saying that it has found "good management" rel...
The probability that state inmates will begin being housed in the new Butler County Prison in about six months has had a positive impact on the county's proposed 2010 bu...
Even if they have had good reasons for not yet letting it be known what they plan to do regarding a required update of their hazard mitgation plans, it's time for 11 mun...
Gambling is back in the news in Pennsylvania. This time, the focus is on adding table games to help the state balance its budget.
It's worth remembering that the legali...
President Barack Obama says he wants to tackle the deficit next year. That's great news, because we're spending $1.4 trillion more this year than we're taking in.
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