Seventy-two percent of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties are defined by the Center for Rural Pennsylvania as being “rural”, meaning that 48 counties in PA make up 3.4...
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In the now famous Lincoln-Douglas debates during the 1858 U.S. Senate election in Illinois, Democratic U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas accused his Republican challenger Abraham...
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PA Business Leaders Favor State Spending Cuts
But, Overall They Support Ridge Budget Priorities Harrisburg (PA) – A strong economy has left Pennsylvania’s state treasury overflowing...
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Townships: the beauty of what they can do
“Township officials are elected to make policy decisions, levy taxes, borrow money, authorize expenditures and direct administration of their government...
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Township Officials In Pennsylvania Favor Local Tax Reform and Local Control of Zoning
New Survey by Lincoln Institute concentrates on local government issues (Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 27, April 2000) – Elected township...
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Voter turnout: what's wrong with that?
Pennsylvania was working hard to be the first but courtesy of Governor George Bush’s staff, Kansas actually took the honors. In...
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'Tis the wind and nothing more
“Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore ‘Tis the wind and nothing more…”–Edgar Allan Poe, The...
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"Budget fights puts Gov. Ridge on the hotseat"
Once upon a time a guy was offered a choice between eternity in Heaven or Hell. Doubting the wisdom of choosing...
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"Bahamas, beam me down"
The rampant flu that’s been sweeping the state this winter swept through our house last week turning the TV room...
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Ridge's Revenge
Five years ago when the Erie-elite invaded Harrisburg they were coming from a place that “most people never heard of...
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