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News & Notes August 23, 2013 23 Aug 2013 | 07:09 pm
I'm likely to be flying to Santa Fe sometime in the next few days. I'll be there for 3-4 weeks. Both the President and Vice President will be in Scranton today speaking at Lackawanna College. Due t...
Corbett Revamps Staff, Hires Extreme Whackjob 21 Aug 2013 | 12:08 am
Gov. Gasbag has appointed key new personnel to his staff after failing to get his three major initiatives through the legislature. In fact Corbett hasn't accomplished much in his tenure except guttin...
Government Should Not Define What a Reporter is-or Isn't 20 Aug 2013 | 11:54 pm
by Walter Brasch Sen. Diane Feinstein and a horde of members of Congress of both parties want to decide who is and who isn't a reporter. Sen. Feinstein says a "real" reporter is a "salaried agent of ...
Government Planning to Ban Junk Food 19 Aug 2013 | 06:43 pm
by Walter Brasch Usually when I get a phone call at 2:13 in the morning, it means someone is in trouble. Sometimes, especially when Marshbaum is at the other end, it's better to have had the pre...
KU Polling Place Change Stirs Controversy 15 Aug 2013 | 09:32 pm
Kutztown University isn't actually in Kutztown but Maxatawny Township and students there have been voting on campus for a number of years. The poll has been in the lobby and hallway of an athletic bu...
NY Stop and Frisk Struck Down 12 Aug 2013 | 07:52 pm
The racist stop and frisk programs which result in high numbers of African-Americans being targeted by police, arrested, imprisoned then stripped of their rights has been declared unconstitutional in ...
Blog Update 12 Aug 2013 | 07:45 pm
It's been a quiet year for statewide political coverage. I imagine that'll change as the gubernatorial election heats up later in the year. Meanwhile there hasn't been a lot to report on or analyze ...
News & Notes August 10, 2013 11 Aug 2013 | 12:15 am
Montgomery County passed the 100 mark in same sex marriage licenses Friday. 103 couples have now secured the document and 33 of them have wed. Almost every day I see some pick-up truck with illegal,...
MontCo Rallies For Bruce Hanes and Marriage Equality 6 Aug 2013 | 04:17 am
As of closing today Montgomery County Register of Wills D. Bruce Hanes has given out 78 marriage licenses to same sex couples and 21 of them have wed. Sixteen couples applied today alone and last wee...
Nearly 1.8 Million in PA Will See Food Assistance Cut 5 Aug 2013 | 10:08 pm
By Chris Lilienthal, Third and State Nutrition assistance is our nation’s first line of defense against hunger and a powerful tool to help keep families out of poverty. Come November, this critical f...
