Author: Angela Alleman

  • Toomey Co-Sponsors Earmark Ban

    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A temporary ban on Congressional earmarks could become an enduring law of the land under a bill amendment sponsored by Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. […]

  • Our “Interesting” President

    RNC Chairman Reince Priebus Townhall Zoo animals and art exhibits are “interesting.” Chronic unemployment is not — unless you’re President Obama. In a Google+ video conference Tuesday, President Obama told […]

  • RNC Invites Voters To Submit Resume To Obama

    Politico The Republican National Committee is encouraging voters to submit a resume to President Obama, after he offered to help an unemployed semiconductor engineer find a job during an online townhall. […]

  • Sunshine State Basking Under The Nation’s Gaze

    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette While Mitt Romney shook hands with the Republican voters who he hopes will support him in today’s Florida presidential primary, state Sen. Mike Haridopolos stood to the side […]

  • Local Elected Officials Gather For Mixer

    Carlisle Sentinel More than 130 local elected officials, from school board members and borough council members to township supervisors, state representatives, state senators and congressmen, gathered at the Allenberry Playhouse […]

  • The Most Polarizing President Ever

    Commentary Magazine It’s official now. Barack Obama’s ratings are “historically polarized,” according to a new Gallup survey. Jeffrey Jones of the Gallup organization writes, “The historically high gap between partisans’ job […]

  • GOP Blasts Justice Baer For Pa. Remapping Comments

    Philadelphia Inquirer The Pennsylvania Republican Party, in a funk over the state Supreme Court’s move to kill a legislative redistricting plan in which the GOP had the lion’s share of […]

  • Pa. Corrections System Cuts Considered

    Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Faced with soaring prison costs in a state where both violent and property crime rates are declining, Gov. Tom Corbett has tasked a panel of judicial, legislative and […]

  • Shickshinny Post Office Will Reopen, Barletta Says

    Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice The Shickshinny Post Office should reopen within 60 days after flooding from Tropical Storm Lee in September forced it to close, U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta announced today. […]