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City Life

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 […]

State Capitol in Harrisburg
City Life

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 […]

Kathleen Kane
City Life

Kathleen Kane Just Turned The Abandoned Sting Case Into a Double-Dog Dare

The abandoned sting case — and it’s going to be with us awhile, now, clearly, so let’s come up with a clever name for it […]

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City Life

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 […]

City Life

Gov. Corbett Visits More PA Schools, Does Not Flee

Lehigh Valley Live reports: “Two Northampton County elementary schools made the grade today with Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett. Corbett visited the Wilson Area School District to present Williams Township […]

City Life

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 […]

City Life

No Surprise: Tom Wolf Is Biggest Spender in Gov’s Race

PennLive reports: “York County businessman Tom Wolf, who has largely self-funded his campaign in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, has spent more money than all of […]

City Life

Vape No More: Nutter to Sign E-Cigarette Regulations

This press release, just now in our inbox, confirms Mayor Nutter will sign bills heavily regulating e-cigarettes in Philadelphia. If you were vaping publicly, well, […]

City Life

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:

City Life

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 […]

City Life

Let’s Teach Philly Kids to Use Guns — Properly

Over the weekend, a 2-year-old boy in West Philadelphia shot and killed his 11-year-old sister. The gun —a .357 Magnum — had been stored on […]

City Life

Tom Wolf Is the Future of Politics

We’re just a few weeks out from the Democratic primary election in Pennsylvania, and two should-be contradictory facts appear to be completely true: • Barring […]

City

Babette Josephs Booted from Ballot in State Rep Race

The path is now clear for a Brian Sims re-election. Babette Josephs was kicked off the ballot this morning, per the Daily News. A petitioner […]

City Life

Wolf Continues to Lead Democrats Running for Governor

Can anybody catch Tom Wolf in the Democratic primary for governor? A new poll suggests it will be difficult: “Wolf, a former state revenue secretary, […]

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City Life

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 […]