Pennsylvania Politics Information Directory

A third of the incumbent Pennsylvania legislators, 73, seeking for re-election this year to the state House or Senate have no primary or general challenger to worry about, according to a review of the unofficial candidate lists from the ...

STROUDSBURG — A man on trial for vehicular homicide in the death of a veteran Pennsylvania state senator was drunk and crossed into the path of the senator's car before crashing into it, according to prosecution testimony Wednesday. ...

Bob Maley was a tremendous asset to the State of PA. To infer that his firing was based on anything other than political reasons is dead wrong. Talking about the DOT site issue was in no way an exposure for the state, it was merely ...

The Beal are already permitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture to raise whitetail deer for sale and breeding. Township officials said the Beals were granted permission to construct a large net fence around a portion of the ...

Veon and former House Democratic aides Annamarie Perretta-Rosepink, Steve Keefer and Brett Cott are accused of diverting state resources and employees to help with political campaigns and other improper purposes. RecommendRecommend (0) ...

Washington (CNN) -- Health care reform takes center stage Thursday as President Obama and top congressional Democrats work behind closed doors to nail down a final agreement. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- who has sounded increasingly optimistic that ...

BELOW THE JUMP--- Troubles mount for FEMS; WaPo ed board demands answers on ambulance miscues; bike lanes planned for Pennsylvania Avenue median; DISB rolls back CareFirst rate hikes; EastBanc finally gets West End deal; party-crasher is running for ...

HARRISBURG, Pa., March 11, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President William George today officially announced his plans to retire as President of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO at the conclusion of his term in May of 2010 after ...

STATE COLLEGE, PA. — The violent threats are not what bother Michael Mann the most. He's used to them. Instead, it's the fact that his life's work — the effort to stop global warming — has been under siege since last fall. That's when Mann ...

“The people of Illinois, they don’t want tax increases,” Madigan said. “They’re hurting. People are out of work. You should admire the governor for standing up in these times and say, ‘Look if we wish to maintain the fiscal integrity of ...

Frustrated at seeing their legislative agenda stymied, unions are becoming increasingly active in competitive Democratic Senate primaries. Across the country, labor groups are using their organizational muscle early against candidates whom they see ...

Sunday’s Spokesman-Review will have a special feature in the Today Section on Obama and guns. Not Barack Obama and his stance on gun control. Michelle Obama and her “guns”. (Psst. That’s her upper arms for those of you who are wondering ...

Many celebrate with green beer, but next week, some St. Patrick’s Day revelers will get to puff the holiday away with stogies. At an annual St. Patrick's Day gathering for the city's political and business elite, guests will be free to chomp on ...

Arlen Specter has always been a survivor. The Pennsylvania Senator has endured two bouts of Hodgkin's lymphoma and the chemotherapy that goes with it, a couple of procedures for a recurrent benign brain tumor, and heart-bypass surgery that sent him ...

The Missouri Senate race features two of the best-known families in state politics. The Democratic candidate is Secretary of State Robin Carnahan. Her father is former Gov. Mel Carnahan, her mother is former Sen. Jean Carnahan, and her brother is Rep ...