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Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Employees of the Pennsylvania Lottery will be briefed at 1 p.m. today on what appears to be an emerging Corbett administration plan to turn some of the agency's operations over to private managers, a source......

Gov. Tom Corbett stopped, took a breath, folded his hands and stared hard at the top of the podium in front of him, as if it were going to yield the answer to a question a reporter has just asked him about the sexual abuse scandal that has engulfed Penn...

So, how are things going? Does everything make sense? Do you believe your opinion matters? Is the governor listening? Pollsters ask these questions, and polls reveal that Gov. Tom Corbett is not listening and that not only aren't things going well, but...

Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Our Mothership colleague Steve Esack takes a fresh look at the education reforms currently all the rage in Washington D.C. and Harrisburg and asks one question: When it comes to educating kids, who's vision is......

While we've been out on the road following Pat Toomey on his town hall tour, we didn't get a chance to bring you the news of the Franklin & Marshall poll released Thursday. Thankfully, our bloggy brother, Capitol Ideas, has......

Gov. Tom Corbett says his long-awaited school reform package, which includes vouchers, charter school improvements and economic furloughs for teachers will be released soon. Some are expecting the Republican, who revved his legislative engines with a...

Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Hope you're enjoying the long bank holiday weekend. State offices are closed for the Spanish Imperialist Smallpox Infested Blanket ... erm, sorry ... Columbus Day holiday, so the posting schedule today might be a...

The race to take on Democrat incumbent Bob Casey hit its stride this week with two Republican businessmen from opposite ends of the state making their runs official within 24 hours of each other. Tim Burns, 43, of Washington County......

Gov. Tom Corbett stopped. He took a breath. He folded his hands and stared hard at the top of the podium in front of him, as if it were going to yield the answer a reporter has just asked him about the sexual abuse scandal that engulfed Penn State...

Mark your calendars: This budget season might well have marked the time when dents began appearing in Gov. Tom Corbett's famed pledge not to raise state taxes or fees. First thing's first: The $27.15 billion compromise spending plan for fiscal......

Pennsylvania has its first on-time state budget in nine years. But as is the case with any major legislation, there are winners and losers. Here's a quick look at whose stock went up and whose went down in the $27.15......