So I can’t sleep and roll out of bed at 2:30 a.m. and happen to flip on PCN (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it) and there’s the House-Senate conference committee. I watch a half hour. And I come to the conclusion that Pennsylvania is no closer to having a budget that it was […]

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Gov. Ed Rendell does “Morning Joe” on MSNBC. He said 1.) he doesn’t look at approval ratings (”Politicians should dedicate themselves to doing what they believe is the right thing.”) 2.) his proposed tax increases would cost Pennsylvanians only 70 cents more a day (or, he added, “about $4.90 a week — that’s one of […]

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As it turns out, a Lancaster County pastor is behind that recent kerfuffle over opening prayers in the House — specifically those mentioning “Jesus” or other specific religious figures. House leaders objected to a prayer delivered on June 10 by Pastor Jamie Mitchell, of NewSong Fellowship Church on Prospect Street in Lancaster, and drafted a […]

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Let’s ask state Rep. Robert E. Belfanti Jr., who returned to the House floor for the first time this week since being diagnosed with acute pneumonia in February. The Northumberland County Democrat, at one point, had slipped into a coma for a week and was reportedly near death. On his first day back, Wednesday, Belfanti […]

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… Mount Joy Township, according to Census Bureau estimates made public this week. Since 2000, the largely rural northwestern county municipality has grown faster than any of the county’s 59 other municipalities, by 31 percent or nearly 2,500 people.
Rounding out the Top 10 fastest growing municipalities here are: East Donegal Township; Adamstown Borough; Ephrata Township; […]

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