Politics & Policy
Penn study finds ads target voters, but voters don’t approve
These words are spoken by a woman in an advertisement paid for by Crossroads GPS, the SuperPAC connected to R ...
13 years ago
Some top staffers to Philadelphia mayor quietly take higher pay
In 2008, when Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter was proposing unpopular budget cuts to pools and libraries, he was quick to point out tha ...
13 years ago
Election judge in Delaware County won’t enforce voter ID law
Controversy continues over Pennsylvania’s new law requiring photo ID at the polls. Now, one elections judge in Delaware Count ...
13 years ago
DOJ investigating Pa. voter ID law
As a legal challenge to Pennsylvania’s voter ID law gets under way, led by the ACLU, the U.S. Department of Justice has launched an ...
13 years ago
Penn State plea bargain exposes NCAA spinelessness. It’s all about the money.
Those in the know at Penn State are relieved that the university escaped the death penalty for its football program which could, and shou ...
13 years ago
NCAA gets it right – Don’t kill Penn State football, put it to work for abused kids
The NCAA got it right. The governing body for college athletics let Penn State football survive, but whacked the university hard. ...
13 years ago
Penn State removes Paterno statue
Penn State has finally done one thing right, and has this morning removed the statue of Joe Paterno from outside Beaver Stadium. Bu ...
13 years ago
Pa. will issue IDs just for voting
There’s a new twist to the debate over Pennsylvania’s voter ID law. The state is creating a new identification card, just for ...
13 years ago
Penn State students, alumni, and faculty are enablers, not victims, of the child sex abuse scandal
The devastating Freeh report on the Penn State Unive ...
13 years ago
About 50 mayors from around the country are gathered this week in Philadelphia for the U.S. Conference of Mayors summer meeting. Ph ...
13 years ago
3 area congressional races listed among nation’s most noteworthy
Three local congressional races are included in a new top 75 list of competitions across the country. The rankings from the National Jou ...
13 years ago
Research shows link between racial bias, support for voter ID
Despite the Democrat-Republican dichotomy in the public debate over voter ID, there’s wider support for voter ID requirements on bo ...
13 years ago