Mike Turzai

Good Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers. The state House convenes at 9:30 a.m. this morning to finally begin consideration of the 2012-13 state budget. The chamber broke for the night last night without beginning an expected debate on the $27,66 billion.......

Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Gov. Tom Corbett’s Cabinet secretaries supplemented their state salaries in 2011 with rental properties, investment income and other ventures, according to financial disclosure forms filed with the Pennsylvania...

Good Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Welcome back after the long holiday weekend. We hope it was everything you wanted it to be. Frankly, you couldn't be arriving at a better time. The state House and Senate are both out of......

Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. As they begin the final push to approve the 2012-13 state budget this week, state lawmakers know at least two things: the parameters of how much they’ll likely be allowed to spend and where any......

Good Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Gov. Tom Corbett accepted tickets to NFL playoff games and the National Hockey League’s Winter Classic and top leaders in the General Assembly earned outside incomes at law firms in 2011, documents show....

Gov. Tom Corbett weighed in Wednesday on the $27.6 billion budget backed by fellow Republicans in the state Senate, warning that even though the state has some extra money in its pocket, it’s still going to finish the fiscal year......

Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. When they return to work this afternoon, state lawmakers will begin the final push to approve a new state budget for the fiscal year that starts on July 1. Some parameters of the debate are......

Good Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Another weekend is upon us and the forecast, at least here in the seat of power, is calling for some decidedly non-spring like weather. So that means only one thing -- creating your own party.......

It appears there will be no local primary races for General Assembly seats. Based on the 2001 district maps, state Reps. Carl Walker Metzgar, R-Allegheny Township, and Frank Burns, D-East Taylor Township, will not have primary opposition on April 24....

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Corbett on Tuesday proposed a hold-the-line budget of $27.1 billion, with no tax increases, deep cuts to higher education assistance and a range of cost-cutting in services for the poor, elderly and disabled....

Although Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision on the General Assembly’s maps has left more questions than answers, one thing is clear: The court found the plan “contrary to law.” Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled Wednesday to...

Pennsylvania's state House majority leader, Mike Turzai, told top Republican Party officials this week he plans to run for a U.S. House seat in southwestern Pennsylvania, two party activists said Friday. Turzai is informing key people of his decision...