Joseph B. Scarnati

HARRISBURG — Choice and convenience. They are two words Gov. Tom Corbett has used often since February. He says them when talking about his budget proposal to expand beer sales and sell the state-owned liquor store system to fund a four-year grant...

Senate Democrats would consider a Pennsylvania Supreme Court nominee from Republican Gov. Tom Corbett who is "nonpartisan and non-ideological" and vows not to seek election to the seat in 2016, said Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa. "We would like to...

HARRISBURG — First came the cops. Then came the drug-and-alcohol counselors. Next up was the moms. And finally, the kids. All of them told a state Senate committee Tuesday they oppose a plan to privatize wine and spirits sales and make beer more...

It's been 46 days since the Pennsylvania House voted to privatize the state liquor system and expand beer sales to more stores. Starting Tuesday, the state Senate tackles privatization. The Senate Committee on Law & Justice will hold the first of at...

On the eve of key hearings on Gov. Corbett's liquor privatization push, the top Republican in the state Senate is making no promises that his chamber will kick out a privatization bill any time soon. President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati (R., Jefferson)...

Alloway appointed to Senate GOP Campaign Committee CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — State Sen. Richard Alloway has been appointed chairman of the Senate Republican Campaign Committee for the 2013-14 election cycles. State Sen. Joe Scarnati, president pro...

Good Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. We've all had them -- those hallucinatory nights, where you wake up in the darkness of your own 3 a.m. of the soul, wondering why you're dreaming about Spencer Tracy chasing after you with a......

Today is the final day of the 2011-12 legislative session. State lawmakers are expected to work through the night today to try to wrap up any unfinished business before they depart for an Election Season break With the cancellation of......

Good Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Happy Thanksgiving Eve. With any luck, most of you will be turning your attentions away from the affairs of state today and in the general direction of food, family and holiday travel. Wherever you're headed......

Good Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Some of you may recall that, about a week ago, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission announced that it could move to all-electronic tolling within about five years' time. Unremarked at the time was how the switch......

So much any hope for a palace coup. Senate Republicans and Democrats held the dullest leadership elections in the history of ever today, re-elecitng the same slate of leaders who saw them through the 2011-12 legislaitive session. Senate President Pro-...

Good Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Everyone knows the classic image of the campaign reporter. Rumpled. Maybe a touch grouchy. Definitely cynical and weary from endless hours on the road and endless meals at diners along the highways and byways of......