If you are involved in Philadelphia Public Schools — an administrator, a teacher, a parent, a city official trying to find funding — you are […]
Here’s something I’m not sure members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives have considered as they goof around on vacation and play games with the […]
[Update 2:30 pm] The Inquirer reports that next week’s Pennsylvania House session to approve the cigarette tax has been canceled. Instead, the chamber will return […]
Remember when Gov. Tom Corbett worried that immigrant kids coming north from drug-war-torn countries south of the border might bring diseases with them? Remember how […]
A Maryland historian and author, who used to live in Berks County, fired off an angry letter to a Lancaster newspaper recently, and it ran […]
Republican State Rep. Mike Regan, who lives in York County, has introduced legislation that would strip welfare benefits from those convicted of drug distribution. House […]
Even though Gov. Tom Corbett faces a steep climb to re-election — Tom Wolf has all but been coronated in some quarters — the assumption […]
The Pennsylvania Lottery has set a record for ticket sales for the fourth straight year, the Patriot News reports
The State Ethics Commission is examining four Philly-based lawmakers who reportedly took money in a sting operation later abandoned by Attorney General Kathleen Kane, one […]
Nobody liked the state’s new budget: Moody’s on Monday cut Pennsylvania’s debt rating to Aa3 — citing its disapproval of gimmicks used to balance that […]
The portraits of three former Pennsylvania legislative leaders at the state Capitol now have plaques detailing their convictions. This includes Philadelphia’s John Perzel, who was […]
Today I am item vetoing $65 million in general assembly spending & an additional $7.2 million in legislative-designated spending #pabudget — Governor Tom Corbett (@GovernorCorbett) […]
OK: William Hite can wait to Aug. 4 to find out if Philly will get a $2-a-pack cigarette tax to fund its schools. But he […]
Today’s the day: Gov. Corbett will either sign a $29.1 billion budget that’s already been approved by both chambers of the Pennsylvania Legislature — or […]
Every so often, when Mayor Nutter opens his mouth, a little gem tumbles out that captures matters perfectly. Yesterday, it was a five carat diamond. […]
