Topic: Pennsylvania Politics

Ridge to Speak at Notre Dame

Former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge will speak at the University of Notre Dame this week. His visit is part of a weekend of events by...
Voters in Pennsylvania are not very happy with Congress or the federal government. . The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state...

Marcellus Shale gas on the burner

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is lobbying hard for the state legislature to levy a severance tax at the wellhead on natural gas...

Family Court development issue going to mediator

Donald W. Pulver's bid in bankruptcy court to maintain his role as developer of a new $200 million Family Court building at 15th and Arch Streets ...
State Senate Republicans have begun drafting legislation for a sweeping overhaul of Pennsylvania's oil and gas law that includes proposals for a ...

Candidate Corbett contradicts - himself

It is politically predictable, with control of the governor's office up for grabs in the Nov. 2 general election, for the candidates to accuse each...

Ad Watch: Owning 'extremist' in NV

Ovide Lamontagne's first TV ad goes up; Sharron Angle tries to explain that Harry Reid is the one with extreme policies that have damaged Nevada's...
In an early morning memo today, NJ Editor in Chief Ron Fournier announced the hires of two new reporters - they're both Statehouse reporters. They...

U.S. government seeks oil company tax to fund transportation

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell on Monday renewed a proposal to tax oil company profits and increase motor vehicle license fees to raise $1 billion to pay for repairs to the state's roads, bridges and public transit s

Pennsylvania voters back infrastructure tax hike: Governor

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -- Most Pennsylvania voters support a plan for higher taxes on oil companies and motor vehicle licenses to pay for repairs to roads, bridges and public transit, state Governor Ed Rendell said on Thursday.Rendell released the poll ah