Be back July 5th.

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Ginny Gibble writes to us from Bausman with an interesting idea:
A working solution to Pennsylvania’s (and America’s) gun problems seems so simple to me, because it uses all the mechanisms we already have in place: License gun handling like car driving. You must first obtain a license and then show it to purchase ammunition or […]

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Given the difficulty most people seem to have getting to the polls once, I’m not sure this is such a good idea.
From The Associated Press:
A divided House State Government Committee on Thursday endorsed a plan to move Pennsylvania’s presidential primary up by 10 weeks to Feb. 12, while reserving a day in May for referendums […]

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Four years ago, in 2003, a federal appeals court ruled that Michigan’s sweeping drug-testing program for welfare recipients was unconstitutional. Nonetheless, a group of about six dozen Pennsylvania lawmakers — including five Republicans from Lancaster County — have signed on to a new House bill that would require people who want public assistance benefits to […]

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State Sen. Stewart Greenleaf, the Montgomery County Republican who has introduced legislation to ban smoking in all public places statewide in every session for the last decade, is finally about to get some good news: The Appropriations Committee’s going to vote on his newest bill — S.B. 246 — this afternoon, and is likely […]

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Don’t be alarmed if you hear the pop-pop-pop of celebratory fireworks over the state Capitol this eve. Our Legislature’s approval rating just surpassed that of … President Bush. OK. So it’s a small victory. But here it is, nonetheless: A full 1 percent of registered Pennsylvania voters surveyed in the new Franklin & Marshall […]

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