<strong>Jeers:</strong> State Rep. Matthew Dowling, a Uniontown Republican, had planned on running for a fourth term this fall and likely would have won, given the leanings of his district and the fact that he romped to victory in 2020 with a commanding 68% of the ...
Democrats see glimmers of hope for the midterms as recent Republican 鈥渧ictories鈥� on guns and abortion 鈥� on top of the leadership鈥檚 astounding attacks on the democracy 鈥� continue appall the broader public. Yet prominent Democrats continue to commit unforced errors that hurt their ...
<strong>Editor鈥檚 note:</strong> <em>Syndicated columnist Diane Dimond is on sabbatical. The following is a reprint from 2019.</em>Sex registries are in the news again thanks to a couple of high-profile child sex abuse cases. Keeping ...
Forty-nine years ago the Supreme Court rendered a decision on Roe vs. Wade giving women the right to make informed and safer choices if they wanted to terminate a pregnancy. Prior to that decision, women were forced to turn to back-street butchers using coat hangers or tried to end their ...
In 2019, a list of pay raises in the Pennsylvania governor鈥檚 office brought criticism.Gov. Tom Wolf handed out increases to some of his top staffers, ranging from 7.7% to 36%.It wasn鈥檛 that anyone questioned the work. People questioned the timing, which came just after the governor鈥檚 ...
With the constitutional right to an abortion struck down by the Supreme Court, battle lines are being drawn in Harrisburg over the next steps.Lawmakers and Gov. Tom Wolf fought last week over funding to state-affiliated universities like the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State 鈥� a fight ...
