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HARRISBURG, Pa., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lt. Governor Jim Cawley today set Tuesday, August 7, as the date for a special election to fill the 40th senatorial district in Allegheny and Butler counties left vacant by the May 21 resignation of Senator Jane...
A Democratic Party activist in Pennsylvania has decided to switch her support to Republican candidate Mitt Romney, she says, because President Obama announced his support of marriage equality. read more
A local Girl Scout day camp team in April received the Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania Council President s Award for the 2010 and 2011 camp seasons.
President Barack Obama visits a wind energy manufacturer Thursday in Newton, Iowa, in his ongoing effort to get Congress to act on his "To Do List," which includes a clean-energy provision. Obama also has campaign stops scheduled in Des Moines and Palo Alto, Calif. It is worth noting that Iowa is a general election battleground [...]
Convicted Pennsylvania state Sen. Jane Orie stepped down from her seat Monday, a few days after her state Supreme Court justice sister was charged with similar allegations she used taxpayer-funded staff for campaigns.
The EA Sports NHL 13 cover campaign is quickly winding down and after a month of voting we're down to the final four players. On one side of the bracket the "Battle of Pennsylvania" will be rekindled with Claude Giroux vs. Evgeni Malkin. The other side will feature John Tavares vs. Pekka Rinne. Voting for the semifinals begins today and will run through Monday night. On Tuesday, the day before ...
Mon, 21 May 2012 17:23:18 by Brad Bumsted HARRISBURG -- Sen. Jane Orie today resigned from the state Senate in advanc...
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum will resume his campaign Tuesday with a slate of events in his home state, according to a schedule released by his campaign Saturday morning. Pennsylvania holds its primary on April 24, and there have been intensifying speculation that Santorum, hoping to avoid the embarrassment of losing in his own home state, would bow out of the race. The schedule of ...
The State Highway Patrol is kicking off a new program to train truck drivers to watch for signs of potential crimes and safety threats while they're traveling Ohio roadways.
A new poll of three swing states shows a virtual tie between President Obama and Mitt Romney in Florida and Ohio, and a single-digit lead for the president in Pennsylvania. The Quinnipiac University survey, published Thursday, gave Obama a 47-39 edge in the Keystone State. Obama leads Romney, 44-42, in Ohio but trails, 44-43, in Florida. Since 1960, no presidential candidate has been elected ...
Pittsburgh police say 11 people will be charged with obstructing traffic during a union-led demonstration against cuts to public education in the budget proposed by Gov. Tom Corbett.
PHILADELPHIA -- Patrick Murphy is throwing his support behind former opponent Kathleen Kane in the Pennsylvania attorney general's race. Murphy, a former two-term congressman, endorsed Kane on Tuesday.
CNN has projected Tuesday night that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will win the Nebraska and Oregon primaries. Romney's wins came just one day after Rep. Ron Paul said he would end active campaigning in the race. In Oregon, Romney had 73 percent of the vote with 51 percent of the state's precincts reporting. Paul had 12 percent, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum ...
Residents along a heavily traveled road in Johnstown are upset about a proposed plan that could affect their property and businesses. People who live and work along Goucher Street are calling the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's project useless and a waste of time. Constituents said they think the $3 million needed to complete the project should be used elsewhere. Westmont Drug Store ...
For a second time, the Waynesboro Area Education Association has voted to authorize a strike as the 29-month teacher contract impasse continues in the Waynesboro Area School District. The union — which represents 278 teachers — voted to accept Alex A. Kaschock’s Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board fact-finder’s report Wednesday afternoon in addition to the strike authorization, according to a ...
A federal judge has sentenced an Ohio man to just over six years in prison after he and his wife pleaded guilty in a plot to ship money to a Mideast terrorist group.
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