Mike Stack

If Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski faced Gov. Tom Corbett in a Pennsylvania gubernatorial matchup today he would win. Pawlowski, who has hinted at an interest in the 2014 governor's race, performs at the top of the list of potential Democratic challengers,...

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......

Good Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. In case you missed it yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee got the next set of budget dominoes in line as it voted, along party lines, to send the $27.65 billion budget plan approved by the......

Other than a slight bit of jaundice, Lindsey Horn's new bundle of joy arrived healthy. And big. Very big. Very, very big. Newborn Connor Bridge weighed in at a whopping 13 pounds, 1 ounce, when he came into the world Dec. 2 at 11:07 a.m. at Saint...

(Philadelphia Magazine Photo) You Have To Read Down A Bit ... ...in this Philadelphia magazine profile of state Sen. Larry Farnese, but there's a pay-off: "He’ll say, ‘We have to stay for the end credits because there’s a scene that&#...

Good Afternoon, All. If there was any doubt, it looks like the vogue for reform has passed and the wave of anger from the 2006 cycle has officially subsided. We've just gone and checked the list of candidates from the......

So that Corbett administration spending hike for public education we've been hearing so much about? Turns out much of it is going to cover pension costs and only a little bit will go toward making your kid smarter. Our Mothership colleague Steve Esack...

A Group Of State Senate Democrats ... ... gathered to mark the year anniversary of the end of the state's adultBasic health insurance program, which offered subsidized coverage for about 40,000 low-income Pennsylvanians. During an event at the Capitol...

Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Some state lawmakers are increasing the pressure on the Corbett administration to revive the shuttered health insurance program for low-income Pennsylvanians known as adultBasic. It's been about a year since Gov. Tom...

Good Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Whether they like it or not, residents of the city of Harrisburg are the stroke of the pen away from having more in common with the citizens of Washington D.C. than they ever thought. The......

Good Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Our apologies for our tardiness this morning. We had some personal commitments this morning that took precedence. But we're back with a quick round-up of reaction to yesterday's Senate vote in favor of the Corbett......

Good Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Once again behind the eight-ball and severely undercaffeinated, we'll dispense with the usual preamble and dive right into the Top Five Stories making news this 13th day of July. 1. As the federal government this......