Franklin & Marshall College News

The American health-care system is widely perceived as too expensive, rigid, and inaccessible.

Coughing? Sniffling? Maybe a little feverish? For most people, getting the flu vaccine every year usually isn't a problem.

Terry Gabriel, a former steelworker who ran a bar and restaurant until he retired nine years ago, is frustrated because state lawmakers and the governor battled for 101 days before agreeing on a state budget this year.

As the city's transit strike drags into its fourth day, tempers are frayed, commuter trains are packed, streets are clogged and some residents remain virtually stranded at home.

Central Market is more than a building. It is more than a place where shoppers can buy food.

Republicans are seeking to break the Democratic Party's domination of City Hall and City Council in Lancaster as thousands of voters head to the polls today.

The presidents of the nation's major private research universities were paid a median compensation of $627,750 in the 2007-8 fiscal year - a 5.5 percent increase from the previous year - according to The Chronicle of Higher Education annual executive compensation survey.

With only a few hotly contested local races and some state judgeships at stake Tuesday, election officials and a political analyst are expecting a low voter turnout at the polls in Cambria and Somerset counties.

If you only saw the ads, you might think Tuesday's state Supreme Court election pits a partisan pit bull dedicated to Republican causes against a trial lawyer's lapdog whose insider status helped contribute to one of the worst courthouse scandals in state history.

A dad from Ephrata called Manheim Township School District. Would the district immunize his daughter against the swine flu even though she doesn't go to school there? A mom of a Franklin & Marshall College student from Richmond, Va., called Lancaster Regional Medical Center.

Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter's lead over his Democratic primary rival, Rep. Joe Sestak, has dwindled since summer, according to a Franklin and Marshall College poll conducted Oct.

U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter is in "a world of trouble" in his bid for a sixth term next year, a new statewide poll shows.

One in two Pennsylvanians has experienced pay reduction, layoffs or an inability to pay for medical care, among other hardships, during this worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, according to the latest poll from the Center for Opinion Research at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster.

The latest News 8 Franklin and Marshall College poll has been released. In the wake of the 101-day state budget stalemate, only 15 percent of people surveyed said that state lawmakers are doing an excellent or good job.

Superior Court Judges Joan Orie Melvin and Jack Panella are locked in a dead-heat in the race for state Supreme Court, based on a statewide poll released Tuesday that shows the lowest voter confidence in Pennsylvania's direction in 14 years.

Experts have mixed opinions about the importance of political endorsements on local elections.

During his run for president, Barack Obama's campaign relied on the Internet to organize millions of volunteers and secure contributions.

Kathryn H. Dougherty, 41, daughter of Joan Suknaic Dougherty and the late Joseph Horne Dougherty, died at home on Monday, Oct.

Pets: None currently, but loves dogs and is looking for a new one; The couple's dog, Mozart, a Papillon, died a month ago.

The James A. Michener Art Museum 's Outdoor Sculpture Garden hosts Aesthetic Distance, an installation of five sculptures by Philadelphia artist Virginia Maksymowicz from November 14, 2009 through February 28, 2010.