Category: News

  • Mitt Romney Headed To Weatherly On Saturday

    Republican Herald Mitt Romney, the presumed Republican candidate for president, will visit the Hazleton area Saturday, officials said Thursday. The former Massachusetts governor will tour Weatherly Casting and Machine Co., […]

  • Liquor Privatization Vote Postponed Until Monday, Maybe Longer

    PA Independent It belongs to Pennsylvania, at least for now. Richard Granger, clad in a bright yellow shirt, is pleased. He stood alongside dozens of people Wednesday on the marble […]

  • GOP Officials See Signs Of Pa. Electoral Vote Shift

    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette As President Barack Obama sought campaign cash in a state that rewarded him with a landslide four years ago — the Democrats’ fifth straight presidential win in Pennsylvania […]

  • Corbett Says Unemployment Reform Equals More Jobs

    PA Independent Gov. Tom Corbett signed a bill into law Tuesday that will let the commonwealth pay off nearly $4 billion in federal debt. The bill, passed by both chambers […]

  • GOP Hopefuls Burn Casey, Obama On Coal

    Politics PA Under President Obama, EPA regulations have stifled job creation and destroyed jobs, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tom Smith and other Pennsylvania Republicans told reporters during a campaign stop […]

  • Gerlach, Meehan Fight Medical Device Tax In Obamacare

    Journal Register Congressmen Jim Gerlach and Patrick Meehan took their fight against the medical device tax on the road Tuesday with a visit to the headquarters of Neuronetics, a medical […]

  • Poll: Obama Leads In Pennsylvania But Remains Vulnerable

    Stephen Sheppard National Journal President Obama holds a slight lead in the race for Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes, but Republican challenger Mitt Romney remains well within striking distance in the […]

  • Romney, Obama Headed To Pennsylvania. Is It On?

    Colby Itkowitz Allentown Morning Call Look out Keystone State, you’re in the political cross-hairs. Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney have both scheduled events in Pennsylvania this week, even as the […]

  • Pennsylvania’s Position In Presidential Politics

    Tom Fitzgerald Philadelphia Inquirer Republicans have lost Pennsylvania in the last five presidential elections. Mitt Romney’s pollster did not include it on a list of seven crucial battleground states in […]