Harrisburg
In Abandoned Sting Operation, Liquor Privatization Was Bait
Here’s a question about the abandoned sting that has Kathleen Kane in so much trouble these days: How close did it come to criminalizing normal […]
New Privatization Proposal Would Allow Beer, Wine, Liquor be Sold In Same Store
PennLive reports on a new liquor privatization proposal put together by the Pennsylvania Retail Federation, Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association, Pennsylvania Business Council “and a group representing […]
Winners and Losers in the Abandoned Sting Case
With Thursday’s document dump and accompanying double dog dare, the Case of Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s Abandoned Sting has now played long enough for us […]
The Abandoned Sting Case Might Be Bigger Than You Thought
A judge on Thursday agreed to a request from several Pennsylvania media organizations to unseal investigative records from the abandoned sting that had caught five […]
Pa. Senator Kicked Out of Bar After Possible Fight
The Inquirer‘s Angela Couloumbis reports Pennsylvania Sen. Lisa Boscola, a Democrat from Lehigh, was asked to leave a Harrisburg bar after getting into a fight […]
Republicans Join Call for Marcellus Tax
ABC27 in Harrisburg reports that Republicans are increasingly joining Democrats in calling for a tax on drilling in the Marcellus shale. But Wednesday, a handful […]
Activist Brings “Private” Charges Against Lawmakers in Sting
Gene Stilp carries on where Kathleen Kane wouldn’t. PennLive reports: Self-styled political activist Gene Stilp filed a private criminal complaint Tuesday against three sitting state […]
PA Expected to Ban Underage Tanning
Thanks to the Pennsylvania General Assembly, this is what the state’s prom-goers are going to look like this year:
Poll: Pennsylvanians Don’t Trust State Government
PennLive reports: ” Buffeted by scandal, fewer than half of Pennsylvanians (46 percent) say they have a “great deal” or a “fair amount” of trust in their state […]
PA Senate May Ban Cash Gifts, Too
First the House, now the Senate: “Soon, there’s a chance none of Pennsylvania’s lawmakers will be able to accept cash gifts. On the heels of the House […]
PA House Bans Cash Gifts
CBS Philly reports: “Leaders of both parties in the Pennsylvania House have banned most types of cash gifts in response to recent allegations that some […]
New Group Aims to Make PA Government More Conservative
The right-leaning PA Independent reports on the appearance of a new group to push Pennsylvania’s GOP-held General Assembly in an even more conservative direction.
Poor and Accused of a Crime? You’re Better off in Philadelphia than Anywhere Else in Pennsylvania.
There are those who will see it as a mixed blessing, but there is one thing Philadelphia does better than every other city in Pennsylvania […]
PA Senate Dems Move to Raise Minimum Wage
PennLive reports on efforts in Harrisburg to raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour:
Pittsburgh Paper Asks Court to Unseal Sting Records
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has asked a Dauphin County judge to unseal records in the abandoned sting operation that caught Philly Democrats on tape taking cash […]