Dominic Pileggi

Gov. Tom Corbett and legislative Republicans said Wednesday that they’d arrived at a “framework” for a $27.656 billion state budget for 2012-13 that adds money to some state programs that had originally been targeted for cuts. The...

Good Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Now we're hardly the type of blog who'd gratuitously start a class or generational war, but, man, do the Baby Boomers have a lot to answer for. Not only did they foist horrible Nora Ephron-penned......

With a simple Facebook status message, state Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi ended a week of speculation that he'd run for Democrat Bob Casey's U.S. Senate seat. "After a great deal of careful consideration, I have decided not to enter......

State Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi, architect of this year's plan to change how Pennsylvania's electoral votes are counted, is considering jumping in to the crowded Republican U.S. Senate primary contest. “I have been approached by a...

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....

Good Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Majority Senate Republicans will unveil a $27,65 billion budget plan this morning that restores $245 million in spending on higher education and cuts $165 million in unspecified spending from the Corbett...

From New Capitol Ideas Intern Michael Macagnone: HARRISBURG _ Chants in English and Spanish echoed through the the Capitol dome Monday during a rally against bills that critics say would hurt ordinary citizens even as they try to clamp down......

HARRISBURG _ The chairman of Monroe County’s board of commissioners urged a legislative panel on Monday to honor the region’s decades-old wish for its own state Senate seat. “My citizens can no longer afford to pay school property...

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....

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...