House Speaker Keith McCall said Friday the chamber will not have a lame-duck session as had been planned for later this month. A memo from Mr. McCall says all House members should be on the floor Nov. 15 for Mr. McCall’s end-of-session remarks.

This week in our post-election Up & Down: Pat Toomey ran a solid campaign and holding off the last-minute Democratic surge was no easy task and Tom Corbett held on despite his gaffes and his advisors deserve a lot of credit for steering the ship through rough seas. Reps. Altmire and Critz held back the GOP wave but can they continue their luck? The Pennsylvania Republican Party exceeded a lot of people’s expectations and they have a lot of electoral accomplishments to be proud of. In addition, State Rep. Bill DeWeese’s political life is still alive despite attempts to knock him out. On the other hand, State Rep. Todd Eachus was not so lucky, he got caught up in underestimating his opponent and he paid the price. The Philadelphia Democratic Machine did their part for Sestak on Election Day but where were they for the last 6 months? What’s with Dan Onorato losing Allegheny County, the county he is responsible for governing? Finally, Gov. Rendell has been doing the national media circuit for months now, but did it come at a price locally?

The State House is starting to acclimate to life with a new majority, there are a couple stories about the possibility of privatizing state stores, and could we see a legislative proposal to downsize the General Assembly? Good Friday morning and welcome to the Buzz. Look for Up & Down this afternoon.

Thank you Pennsylvania! Thank you for joining me in this movement to take our government back and for placing your faith in me to serve

We have some State House and State Senate results for you, there are several post-mortems about the election in the papers this morning and Philadelphia’s mayoral election is starting to heat up. Good Thursday morning and welcome to the Buzz.

BY LIBBY NELSON (STAFF WRITER) Democrat John Blake won a decisive victory over Republican Frank Scavo in the race for the state Senate seat belonging

BY JOSH MROZINSKI (STAFF WRITER) Democratic incumbent Kevin Murphy is declaring victory over his Republican challenger, Mike LaPolla, in the race for state House District

Democrat Sid Michaels Kavulich pulled out a win Tuesday over Republican Dan Naylor in the 114th Legislative District in a race that got tighter as