Earlier today, I had the opportunity to sit down with John Fetterman who’s running for the Democratic Party nomination for the PA Senate. Last night, Fetterman took part in a debate at the Keystone Progress […]
Donald Trump’s South Carolina primary victory in one tweet: What led to @RealDonaldTrump‘s #SCprimary win tonight? https://t.co/pSLsXVHPll (via @CBSPolitics) pic.twitter.com/iAzxJb0RgV — CBS News (@CBSNews) February 21, 2016
The gun pictured above was stolen at the ironically named and NRA sponsored Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. When it comes to outdoor sports, that gun doesn’t really fit the look of a […]
Yesterday was the petition filing deadline for the 2016 Pennsylvania Primary, and the Keystone Building’s Hearing Room 1 had a steady flow of potential candidates, campaign volunteers and incumbents handing over petition signatures to Department […]
The day after Governor Wolf’s budget address State Senator Scott Wagner gave a twenty minute response to the budget on the Senate Floor, and the response was a prototypical Scott Wagner speech that attacked the thought […]
Before yesterday’s budget presentation, we reported that House Speaker Mike Turzai received over $50,000 from stakeholders in the industry in the weeks following his promise to kill the severance tax in the 2015-2016 budget. Minutes […]
With the spotlight shining on him from the balcony of the House Chambers, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf used the state’s largest stage to put House Republican leadership on blast. Afterwards, Republican leaders were angered to […]
Editor’s Note: This is the first post from Kevin Mahoney’s new blog, #Smackademics – commentary, analysis, and reflection on the politics of democratic praxis in higher education. You can visit #Smackademics or check out all […]
As Governor Wolf’s second budget address is getting under way, here are major highlights from the press conference with Budget Secretary Randy Albright: The proposed budget will be $32.7 billion. Property tax reform will not […]
At a June press conference , House Speaker Mike Turzai was joined by Chamber of Commerce and oil and gas lobbyists as he took the severance tax off of the budget table. He came out […]