Brian Higgins

Republican candidates battling for seats on Lower Macungie's Board of Commissioners are trading last-minute barbs over campaign contributions and how those donations have been reported leading up to Tuesday's primary. Challengers Ron Beitler and Brian...

In three-plus years since Lower Macungie seated its first elected Board of Commissioners, no single issue in the Lehigh Valley's third most populated municipality has been more discussed, dissected and criticized than the rezoning of David Jaindl-owned...

WASHINGTON -- The morning after the Boston Marathon bombings, Ben Cardin, the first speaker on the Senate floor after leaders opened the day's session, marked the national crisis with some heartfelt thoughts on … school libraries. "Across the...

Lower Macungie Zoning Hearing Board member William Royer made a statement to Lower Macungie Commissioners last week regarding his board's decision on a challenge related to zoning changes on David Jaindl-owned land. Royer's board ultimately dismissed...

The East Penn School Board will be getting at least two new members after the November 8 election. Five seats on the nine-person board will be up for grabs and voters will have seven candidates to choose from: incumbents Charles H. Ballard, Samuel "Sandy"...

Republican Senate Leader Dean Skelos endorses Cuomo to fill Hillary Clinton's Senate spot at a meeting of the Commercial Industrial Brokers of LI, according to a report in the Long Island Business News. Given Dean-o's warm rapport with Gov. Paterson,........

Siena has another poll on who Gov. Paterson should pick to replace Hillary Clinton: Cuomo outpolls Caroline Kennedy 26-23, and outpolls her 30-28 among Democrats. Kirsten Gillibrand got 7 percent, Brian Higgins 6 percent, Tom Suozzi 5 percent. Twenty...

Brian Higgins, a Democratic Congressman from western New York once mentioned as a possible appointee to the Senate seat now occupied by Kirsten Gillibrand, has called on Gov. David Paterson to cancel the latest cash raid on the New......

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is one of only three New York Congress members who own firearms or have valid pistol permits, a Newsday survey found. Gillibrand owns two rifles. Her office said she does not have a pistol permit. Permits......