Dominic Pileggi

Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. State lawmakers return to town in just about a week for an abbreviated fall session. But during the time they have, expect a renewed push for reforms to Pennsylvania's open-records law. After a summer of......

So much any hope for a palace coup. Senate Republicans and Democrats held the dullest leadership elections in the history of ever today, re-elecitng the same slate of leaders who saw them through the 2011-12 legislaitive session. Senate President Pro-...

Good Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers. We're nearing the end of Election Week 2012, and the past four business days have passed surprisingly quickly, given the drama and tension that has marked them. Well, quickly for us, anyway. Perhaps not so......

With their margins eroded in the staet House and Senate, senior Republicans said this afternoon that they won't be taking their eye off the ball in the new session that starts in January. In the House, GOP leaders say they......

Q: This is what Allentown needs: photo enforced stop signs. They have been very successful in California and Washington, D.C. These camera systems improve safety at intersections by monitoring vehicles and also help prevent pedestrians from being hit by...

Governor Tom Corbett today signed House Bill 135, the second phase of the Justice Reinvestment Initiative that will redirect funds from corrections to communities. Corbett also signed into law several other pieces of legislation, all related to...

Good Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Everyone knows the classic image of the campaign reporter. Rumpled. Maybe a touch grouchy. Definitely cynical and weary from endless hours on the road and endless meals at diners along the highways and byways of......

Good Afternoon, Everyone. Here's where things stand as of 12:34 p.m: 1. The House debated, and then went over, changes to the School Code Bill. The proposal would, among other things, place school superintendents' contracts under the auspices of...

Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. As hard as it is to believe, it's been a decade since a mining accident in rural Somerset County focused national attention on Pennsylvania, briefly turned a media star out of then-Gov. Mark Schweiker and......

Gov. Tom Corbett (R) and senior leaders of the state House and Senate announced Wednesday a "framework" has been agreed upon for a roughly $27.65 billion budget for next year. Top Republicans have been meeting privately with the governor for the last...

Senior legislative Republicans and Corbett administration officials concluded a second consecutive day of budget negotations this afternoon, saying, as they did the day before, that they're still working and that their talks are continuing. House Majority...

Good Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. The state House put its stamp -- such as it was -- on the proposed 2012-13 state budget yesterday, increasing funding for block grants that pay for all-day kindergarten; conservation programs and public libraries....