Barletta Vindicated Twice
A national poll shows wide support for Barletta’s move to cut federal funds from so-called “sanctuary cities,” and more details emerge suggesting that perhaps his town hall drama was coordinated.
A national poll shows wide support for Barletta’s move to cut federal funds from so-called “sanctuary cities,” and more details emerge suggesting that perhaps his town hall drama was coordinated.
Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams will endorse Patrick Murphy for Attorney General today, PoliticsPA has learned.
Sen. Bob Mensch found guilty; analysis of the Orie docs is not proven; Corbett takes a shot at teachers unions; and Daryl Metcalfe’s voter ID bill takes fire from the ACLU.
State Rep. Metcalfe’s bill to require photo IDs for PA voters, passed the House State Government Committee today. The civil rights advocates at the PA chapter of the ACLU were quick to criticize the measure, saying it would lead to disenfranchisement.
Governor Corbett singled out teachers unions today in keynote speech today to the American Federation for Children, a D.C.-based pro-vouchers group. Several dozen protesters, including representatives of teachers’ unions, also the made the trip from Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania loses journalism legend Al Neri, and members of the press across the state remember his legacy.
Albert J. Neri, 58, an award-winning state capitol correspondent for newspapers in Pittsburgh and Erie, died on May 7, 2011. For the past 15 months, Mr. Neri had been a resident of the Homeland Center, Harrisburg. He went there after complications from cancer treatment.
Former Minnesota governor and 2012 presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty is heading to Pittsburgh tonight to deliver the keynote address at the Allegheny County Republican Committee’s annual Spirit of Lincoln Dinner.
Philadelphia-based and nationally syndicated radio talk show host Michael Smerconish, also a twice-weekly columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, today joins the growing cadre of observers focusing on Montgomery County’s interesting race for the sheriff’s post.
Vowing to balance the budget in nine years – significantly quicker than the high-profile, controversial plan unveiled by Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin last month – Toomey’s blueprint is viewed by some Senate GOP aides as a more politically viable alternative to other Republican proposals, including one developed by fellow Senate freshman Rand Paul (R-Kentucky).
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