AP: Corbett to pick Stevens for Pa. high court

MARK SCOLFORO and MARC LEVY , The Associated PressPosted: Thursday, June 13, 2013, 4:12 PM HARRISBURG, Pa. – Gov. Tom Corbett plans to nominate say appeals court Judge Correale Stevens ...

Corbett trails two Democratic challengers in Qunnipiac poll

POSTED: Friday, June 7, 2013, 8:48 AM Thomas Fitzgerald, Inquirer Politics Writer U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz is the frontrunner among Democrats and leads Pennsylvania Gov. Corbett (R) by 10 percentage ...

Giving it away: PA subsidies a symptom of state-by-state competition

Melissa Daniels , PA INDEPENDENTPosted: Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 1:49 PM HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania next year faces about a $520 million budget gap, yet it’s still giving businesses millions in ...

Pa. Treasurer McCord travelling like a guv candidate

POSTED: Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 12:41 PM Thomas Fitzgerald, Inquirer Politics Writer State Treasurer Rob McCord so far has been the quiet man in the Democratic race for governor. Insiders ...

Lawmakers need a ‘one-thing’ rule

Once one thing is picked by the governor and legislative leaders, all other things – naming bridges, diseases of the month, state insects – get shelved unless or until the ...

Kutztown new open-carry policy a trend?

Susan Snyder, Inquirer Staff WriterPosted: Friday, May 10, 2013, 12:40 PM Kutztown University may not be the only say system school to start allowing guns to be carried in “open ...

Corbett to Malvern audience: Dems twisted my words

Corbett read aloud from a transcript of the interview, emphasizing his last answer, in which he voiced “serious concern” that many employers had stated they “can’t find anybody that has ...

Pa. nurses lose injunction bid

Commonwealth Court Senior Judge Keith Quigley on Thursday rejected the union’s bid for a preliminary injunction to stop the closure of 26 clinics – virtually all in rural areas – ...

"The Corbett economic miracle"

If you are as old as me, you remember “the Massachusetts miracle.” It won a bland non-entity named Michael Dukakis the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination, as he briefly convinced the ...

Pa. Senate highways plan would up ante 50 percent

MARC LEVY , The Associated PressPosted: Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 11:47 AM HARRISBURG, Pa. – Spending on Pennsylvania’s highways, bridges and mass transit systems would get a huge shot of ...