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The Occupy movement comes to PA; Republicans take aim at Solyndra; and more sniping in the Allegheny Exec race.
The Occupy movement comes to PA; Republicans take aim at Solyndra; and more sniping in the Allegheny Exec race.
On Tuesday, Joint Economic Committee Chairman Senator Bob Casey questioned Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke during a hearing that was conducted to gain a better grasp on what the Federal Reserve and Congress can initiate in order to stimulate economic growth in the United States.
The California company Soylndra is a hot topic these days, and not just because they manufacture solar panels. Republicans across the country and in Pennsylvania are eager to highlight what has become a high-profile, anecdotal indictment of President Obama’s economic and energy policies.
Occupy Wall Street? More like Occupy Broad Street. The string of protests inspired by OccupyTogether.org is in the process of expanding to Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Allentown, Reading and more.
PoliticsPA is proud to present the 15th installment of our Chief of Staff Spotlight feature. This week, we talked to Susan Mosychuk, CoS to Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Allegheny).
Our latest COS Spotlight; the Allegheny Exec candidates go all in on the air; the Koch/Iran story could wash up on some PA Republicans; Perzel’s former COS pleads; and Rep. Schwartz takes on the Medicare SGR.
The Allegheny County Executive race is heating up this week with both candidates launching ads via television and radio.
The details are still emerging on this story, but expect this to be a significant talking point in the run up to the 2012 elections. Behind the scenes, Democrats are working to link PA Republicans to a Bloomberg report that Koch Industries, owned by conservative mega-donors Charles and David Koch, has been illicitly dealing with Iran.
Brian Preski, one-time chief of staff to former state House Speaker John M. Perzel, interrupted his trial in the political corruption case known as “Computergate” this morning to plead guilty to 10 counts.
UPDATE, 3:10 pm: NBC10 spokeswoman Kathleen Burke just emailed this response on Brown’s FCC complaint: “Frankly, we’re surprised by this action as we’ve spoken with Karen Brown’s campaign about various options for air time that has comparable viewership. Details are still being worked out, and we’re confident that we’ll be able to reach a satisfactory resolution.”
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