Steve Samuelson

Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan, the well-heeled mayor who guided Bethlehem over the last decade, is expected Friday to throw his support behind Councilman J. William Reynolds to be his successor, snubbing veteran City Councilman Robert Donchez. Reynolds...

Mayor John Callahan's campaign, which is already winning the money race for Northampton County executive, has indicated it's leading in endorsements. The campaign announced Callahan has received 41 endorsements, including a former governor, a U.S....

Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan, who has guided Bethlehem over the last decade, on Friday threw his support behind Councilman J. William Reynolds to be his successor, snubbing veteran City Councilman Robert Donchez. Reynolds has spent much of the...

HARRISBURG — Republican Gov. Tom Corbett came into office in 2011 as an unabashed supporter of school vouchers, charter schools and other forms of school choice. When it was time to name an education secretary, he picked someone with the same mind-...

Years before he became Bethlehem's youngest city councilman, J. William Reynolds found his inspiration in music. A Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan fan, Reynolds first learned to play the clarinet, and then picked up the guitar at Moravian College,...

Residents in parts of the greater Lehigh Valley are going to need a new score card to keep track of who their state lawmakers are. The state Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld new legislative boundaries for the House and Senate as more geographically...

Here it is, hot off the presses: The list of state House committee chairmen and ranking Democratic members for the legislative session that starts in January. The list answers two very important questions: Namely, who the House GOP tapped to......

As you watch old movies on television about the kid who wants a BB gun, or the way George Bailey finds out how wonderful life is, or how an adorable little girl is won over by the Macy's Santa, take a moment to think about former state Rep. Brett Feese....

Good Afternoon, All. If you're not watching PCN right now, you're missing the House do its annual amendment dance with the state budget. As we type, Republicans and Democrats are consumed by a debate over how much extra money the......

The House Appropriations Committee just kicked out Senate-penned funding bills for Pennsylvania's four state-related universities and the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School, putting them in position for a vote by the full House any day now....

The state House is poised to begin debate as soon as Thursday on a $27.656 billion, no-tax hike budget plan that spares Pennsylvania’s state colleges and universities the deep cuts sought by Gov. Tom Corbett and provides public schools and......

Last week, the Lehigh County Democratic chairman rhetorically asked who would want to step into "the ring” if Bethlehem’s mayoral match-up between long-time Councilman Robert Donchez and Lehigh County Executive Don Cunningham materializes next...