Jake Corman

At the state Republicans' winter committee dinner last Friday, nearly everyone who spoke made declarations about unseating U.S. Sen. Bob Casey in 2012, but there was very little mention of what serious contenders were willing to make the bid. That......

Cry havoc and let loose the Nittany Lions of War!!! PENN STATE You'll have to excuse if we're feeling a touch on the Shakespearean side. But it's a big day, what with everyone's favorite tragic hero Graham Spanier going before the Senate Appropriations...

Good Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Always a blog to look at the glass as half-full rather than half-empty (primarily because this means that we're at Happy Hour somewhere), we've been trying to find a silver lining in the ongoing discussion......

As Officials ... ... from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board made their annual budget pitch to the state Senate Appropriations Committee Tuesday, more than one lawmaker on the panel said they didn’t want to dwell on the potential privatization of...

Good Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers. We're running seriously late and behind the eight ball, courtesy of a choral performance by Little Miss Capitol Ideas' kindergarten class, so we're keeping this morning's entry short and to the point. The state...

Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. We're actually taking a badly needed day off today, but we couldn't leave you without your daily rundown of headlines and gossip. So without any more formalities, let's just dive right into the day's Top......

About 800 Movement Conservatives ... ... packed into a hotel ballroom in suburban Harrisburg tonight for the annual Pennsylvania Leadership Conference. Participants from all parts of the state spent the afternoon attending seminars on limited government...

Good Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Pennsylvania conservatives hold their annual love-in, The Pennsylvania Leadership Conference, this weekend at the Radisson Penn Harris Hotel just across the Susquehanna River from the Capitol in scenic Camp Hill, Pa....

A New Report ... ... issued by a natural gas industry watchdog group found that Pennsylvania lawmakers have received more than $7 million from gas drilling companies in the past decade, including about $3.4 million donated to those currently in......

Good Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers. After a lengthy absence, a cherished Capitol Ideas feature returns this morning. Yes, that's right, we're talking about the Name That Post Title competition so beloved by readers a year or two back. We offer......

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The latest plan by legislative negotiators to end the state's 2½-month budget impasse is being rejected by Gov. Ed Rendell. Rendell said at a Thursday event in Bensalem that the latest offer still doesn't come close to the kind...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Gov. Ed Rendell said Saturday he will press for improvements to a day-old agreement reached by three of the Legislature's four parties to end Pennsylvania's long budget stalemate, and renewed his promise to veto it without those...