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Litigants still digesting decision
Various local parties involved in a lawsuit that resulted in a preliminary injunction in a settlement that halted drilling in the Allegheny National Forest are being tight-lipped regarding Judge Sean McLauglin's decision that was handed down on Tuesday.
Is anyone watching the turnpike agency?
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is again mired in controversy. Former U.S. Rep.
Turnpike Commission a cauldron of corruption
Font size: [A] [A] [A] On Oct. 29. the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission submitted a third application to toll Interstate 80.
More work scheduled for spring
It's taken a lot of work to come as far as they have, and the Friends of the Embassy are gearing up to make another push to complete the outside of the theater.
Pa. Turnpike Commission should be eliminated not expanded
On Oct. 29 the Turnpike Commission submitted a third application to toll Interstate 80.
History buff makes even federalism fun
John Peterson doesn't rule with an iron fist - he works with cartoons, laughter and respect instead.
The Warren County Career Center is getting a financial boost of $190,000, Superintendent Dr.
Tom Ridge endorses Attorney General Tom Corbett for governor of Pennsylvania
Former Gov. Tom Ridge stopped by the Barnes & Noble in Camp Hill this month to promote his new book.
The Post-Journal, Jamestown New York
In 1909, Wallace Arnold of Bethel, Vt., and Warren G. Strickland of Akeley, Pa., both of whom were confined in the Erie County jail charged with passing counterfeit money had made a detailed confession.
He served as a congressional staffer, as a journalist, as a political candidate and, finally, on patrol as a Marine reservist in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Enemy fire killed Marine Cahir
When he left Centre County in 1990, a graduate of State College Area High School and Penn State, Cahir went to Washington and began staff work on a Senate committee.
Reporter-Turned-Marine Killed in Afghanistan
His father, John Cahir, told NBCWashington that he and his wife are devastated by the loss of their son, but they are "so proud" of their son and his accomplishments.
Former reporter-turned-Marine killed in Afghanistan
A former news correspondent for The Express-Times and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Bill Cahir has been killed in combat in Afghanistan, family and friends said Thursday in a report from the newspaper.
Ex-congressional candidate Cahir killed in Afghanistan
A family friend says former news reporter and Pennsylvania congressional candidate Bill Cahir has been killed in Afghanistan while serving with the Marines.
Liberals, conservatives come together in Pittsburgh
One group gathers Downtown today to figure out how to turn years of hard-fought political victories into sweeping changes in health care, energy, environmental and foreign policy.
GOP attacks Peterson, Dems offer support
The Minnesota GOP plans to spend thousands of dollars on local ads attacking U.S. Rep.
He may be a fiscal conservative, but U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson's spending on staff salaries in his first three months in office puts him at the top of his class.
Rep. Peterson in hot water over 9/11 crack
U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson scrambled Monday to defuse a comment that, on its face, insulted a quarter of his constituents in the Seventh Congressional District.
Rep. Peterson: Conspiracy theorists make town meetings impossible
The birther movement has become quite the headache for Republicans. The group of conspiracy theorists still convinced President Obama is not an American citizen have been getting some undeserved attention after one woman interrupted a town hall meeting to spew her nonsense and the video went viral online.
American Resources Can Stimulate Economy, Says GOPa er
Former Rep. John Peterson explains that America needs to use its own oil and gas resources to stimulate the economy.
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