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Pennsylvania Curbs Investment in Iran

The Pennsylvania Legislature is making foreign policy now, apparently. Gov. Tom Corbett this week signed a bill that makes companies choose: Do they want Iran’s […]

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Prediction: State Senate to Stay in GOP Hands

Republican Gov. Tom Corbett appears headed to a defeat, but Democratic challenger Tom Wolf will probably face a GOP-led House and Senate if he takes […]

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Daughter of State Senate Candidate John Kane Calls Him a Liar

The State Senate battle between Democrat John Kane and Republican Tom McGarrigle for the 26th District seat in Delaware and Chester counties is one of […]

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Daryl Metcalfe’s Bad Religion

Let’s give this to Daryl Metcalfe: If you wanted to create a religious-right bogeyman that almost perfectly fit the fevered nightmares of liberals, he’d pretty […]

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Airbender Movie Given Pa. Tax Credits for California Work

M. Night Shyamalan is a hometown boy: He has long favored shooting his movies in and around Philadelphia. The problem for his 2010 flick, The […]

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House Passes Gun Bill; Corbett Expected to Sign

The Pennsylvania House has approved a bill that would let the National Rifle Association (or similar “membership groups”) sue municipalities for having overly restrictive gun […]

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What Happened to 93,000 Pennsylvania Workers?

PA unemployment rate declines to 5.7% in September http://t.co/cyR5T9D3UJ — Governor Tom Corbett (@GovernorCorbett) October 20, 2014 Let us first acknowledge the good news: There […]

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How Will Pa. Supreme Court Deal With Porn Scandal?

Now that Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justices Seamus McCaffery and J. Michael Eakin have been connected to racy emails in an ever-widening scandal, the question becomes: […]

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Ed Rendell Returns to the Campaign Trail

Ed Rendell has returned to his natural environment, reports the Delaware County Daily Times: The campaign trail.

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Sen. Carper on How to Handle Ebola

Senator Tom Carper is the most popular elected official in Delaware, according to a new poll. It is easy to see why, when he came […]

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Four Lines of Political B.S. That Make Philly Voters Swoon

Got an election coming up? Running for political office in the city of Philadelphia? Or maybe you’re running for a state or local office that […]

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Darryl Metcalfe Moves to Block Immigrant Children from Pennsylvania

You’ve probably heard by now about all those immigrant children who have arrived at America’s southern border this year. Rep. Darryl Metcalfe has, and he […]

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Four Charts That Show Tom Corbett Doesn’t Understand Pennsylvania’s Economy

Tom Corbett seems determined to end his governorship the same way he arrived: By blaming the poor for their inability to find good work in […]

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Anti-Mumia, Pro-Gun Bills Pass in Harrisburg

Two high-profile bills passed major tests in the Legislature on Wednesday — a bill designed to reduce “victim anguish” caused by criminals like Mumia Abu-Jamal […]

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A Reply to Dom Giordano About Mumia Abu-Jamal

I don’t blame Dom Giordano for wanting convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal to shut the hell up. But even after reading Giordano’s case for anti-Mumia legislation […]