Category: News

  • New Lawmaker Evankovich Works To Perfect His Juggling Act

    Daveen Rae Kurutz Pittsburgh Tribune-Review While handling the obligations of family, work, farming and campaigning, Eli Evankovich became a pretty good juggler this summer. And, if anything, winning a term […]

  • Barletta Experiencing Whirlwind Orientation As Part Of Historic House Class

    Sam Galski Hazleton Standard Speaker

  • Senate Republicans Elect Leadership Team For New Session

    Press Release Senate Republicans today elected their leadership team for the 2011-12 legislative session. Senator Joe Scarnati (R-25) has been nominated once again to serve as President Pro Tempore. The full […]

  • Democrats’ Losses Ran Wide, Deep

    Jessica Taylor Politico Republicans have already gained as many as 60 seats in Congress, but when GOP gains are looked at on a state-by-state basis, the bloody picture for Democrats […]

  • Freudian Slips May Haunt Obama

    Keith Koffler Politico President Barack Obama, fresh from his drubbing in the 2010 midterms, is trying to revive his fortunes by pursuing a path toward the middle. But Obama’s effort […]

  • Republicans May Yet Have Upper Hand In Senate

    Gerald F. Seib Wall Street Journal On paper, the numbers tell you the Democrats held on to a majority in the Senate last week. In reality, things won’t be quite […]

  • GOP Victory Could Boost Natural Gas Drilling

    Marc Levy Associated Press The Republicans’ big election victories in Pennsylvania and on Capitol Hill could be Christmas-come-early for the drilling companies that are rushing to exploit the Marcellus Shale, […]

  • ObamaCare Hits The Most Vulnerable

    Mona Charen Town Hall Everyone agrees that the burden of dealing with escalating health care costs should not fall on the most vulnerable, right? Democrats in particular are always at […]

  • Gov.-Elect Tom Corbett Announces Members Of Transition Team

    Angela Couloumbis The Philadelphia Inquirer Gov.-elect Tom Corbett drew on top names in the state’s Republican establishment as he began assembling his transition team Wednesday, saying they would help him […]