Lisa Baker

Good Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Well, here we are, starting one of the last working days before the Christmas interval. Hopefully you have all your shopping finished and you've laid in a sufficient supply of Curiously Strong Adult Beverages so......

Local electric company officials were patting themselves on the back last week at a hearing in Harrisburg to review how the utilities performed in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. Unlike many of you, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission...

Good Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. We're reading to Little Miss Capitol Ideas' first-grade this morning, so let's get right to it. Gov. Tom Corbett and his staff are facing questions today over an administration plan to hand $1.65 billion in......

Former state Sen. Charles Lemmond, R-Luzerne, has died. He was 83*, the Times-Leader of Wilkes- Barre* reports. Here's part of what the paperr has so far: "Former state Senator Charles Lemmond has passed away, according to state Senator Lisa Baker's......

The popping sounds Belinda and Jamin Sell heard late one September night were unusual and alarming, like nothing they had heard before. They didn't immediately know it, but the ripping and tearing that echoed in the darkness were the sounds of their...

The Pennsylvania Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved a package of bills to provide state relief for victims of this year's floods, including $150 million in borrowing. The eight-bill package would provide low-interest loans for businesses and...

Good Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. As Pennsylvania Republicans roll into town tonight for their fall meeting, they'll be confronting an issue as contentious as any one they've dealt with in recent years: Namely, Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi'...

Good Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. After a marathon of kvetching last night and so many Parliamentary maneuvers by Democrats that they could have gone on tour with George Clinton, the state House is poised to take its first vote today......

Gov. Tom Corbett’s top education adviser acknowledged Tuesday that Pennsylvania’s poorer school districts would be hurt disproportionately by the Republican’s proposed funding cuts, but insisted that spending more on schools has not...